​​​​A gold bar weighs 12.5 kilos on average, but the price of gold can fluctuate considerably.  At the end of 2022, the value of Danmarks Nationalbank's gold stock was kr. 27.0 billion.

Most of Danmarks Nationalbank's gold is stored at the Bank of England, where the Nationalbank has had gold since it was moved for safety reasons during the Cold War. In September 2022, Danmarks Nationalbank inspected its stock of gold in the Bank of England.

Danmarks Nationalbank's gold constitutes 0.2 per cent of the central banks' aggregate stocks of around 35,000 tonnes of gold. It is estimated that central banks hold just under one fifth of all the gold extracted in the world, which is around 197,600 tonnes.

For historical reasons, many central banks hold stocks of gold. Gold used to play a key role in the cash system and monetary- and foreign-exchange-policy more generally. For further information about the historical role of gold in the monetary system, see the article in the right-hand box.