World map: home prices and central bank gold
One map of the world for two questions: what a square metre of home costs in gold, and how much gold each central bank holds.
Home prices around the world, in gold
In June 2026 a square metre of home was dearest in Hong Kong (140 g of gold), United Kingdom (44 g of gold), Austria (38 g of gold). Over ten years to Q2 2026 home prices rose against gold in 0 of 50 economies with a series.
- 1Hong Kong140 g per m²
- 2United Kingdom44 g per m²
- 3Austria38 g per m²
- 4Taiwan36 g per m²
- 5United Arab Emirates33 g per m²
- 6Ireland32 g per m²
- 7Germany30 g per m²
- 8Croatia30 g per m²
- 9Spain29 g per m²
- 10Vietnam28 g per m²
The map and the table of all 62 countries: home prices in gold
Central bank gold around the world
In Sep 2026 69 central banks held 30,418 tonnes of gold, United States the most with 8,134 tonnes.
- 1United States8,134 t
- 2Germany3,349 t
- 3Italy2,452 t
- 4France2,437 t
- 5China2,410 t
- 6Russia2,264 t
- 7Switzerland1,040 t
- 8India881 t
- 9Japan846 t
- 10Türkiye791 t
The map and the table of all 79 countries: central bank gold
What the figures are
A price per square metre is what sellers ask for the homes they listed in June 2026, as a median, in grams of gold at that month's gold price; it is not what buyers paid. The change of home prices is the change of each economy's own index, which compares across economies where a level would not.
Central bank gold is what each central bank reports to the International Monetary Fund, checked against the IMF's own dollar value. Countries without a figure are hatched on the maps and nothing is estimated for them.
Questions about the world map
What does the world map show?
Two maps on one projection that keeps area true: the median asking price per square metre of homes in 62 countries in grams of gold and in US dollars, with the change of home prices against gold over time for 50 economies; and the gold that 69 central banks hold, in tonnes, per resident, as a share of reserves and by month.
Why measure homes and central banks in gold?
Gold has no issuer and no inflation target, so a price in gold shows what a home or an economy is worth in something that no government prints. The same square metre can be dearer in a currency and cheaper in gold at the same time.
Where do the figures come from?
House prices: Untera's index of asking prices and the Bank for International Settlements' property price series. Gold held: the International Monetary Fund's reserves template. Gold price: the World Bank. Population: the World Bank. Each map page says which figure comes from which source and what it is not.