Europe regional rankings

Silver per capita in Europe

Switzerland leads broad silver holdings per capita in Europe among 45 eligible countries at 21.8 fine troy ounces per resident.

Countries45
Published measures4
Population basis2025
Current releasesilver-beta-2025.12-global-v1
45 ranked

Broad silver holdings per capita in Europe

Broad silver per capita attributes estimated above-ground investment and ornamental stocks to countries and divides them by resident population. This is a directional country-attribution model, not a household ownership census. Industrial silver in use is excluded, and every row retains an uncertainty range.

Broad silver holdings per capita in Europe
RankCountryGrams per residentTroy oz per personTotalPopulation yearStatus
1SwitzerlandEurope678.01121.86,080 t2025Based on country-specific evidence
2AustriaEurope263.3438.472,400 t2025Based on country-specific evidence
3GermanyEurope167.7075.3914,100 t2025Based on country-specific evidence
4PortugalEurope151.754.881,580 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
5United KingdomEurope145.2164.6710,100 t2025Based on country-specific evidence
6ItalyEurope139.4854.488,250 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
7BelgiumEurope131.8184.241,550 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
8FranceEurope116.2783.747,750 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
9NetherlandsEurope114.4613.682,100 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
10PolandEurope111.4293.584,250 t2025Based on country-specific evidence
11SpainEurope109.6263.525,250 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
12SlovakiaEurope61.7111.98338 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
13FinlandEurope59.0551.90332 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
14LatviaEurope58.711.89109 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
15CroatiaEurope58.7021.89226 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
16LiechtensteinEurope58.111.872.3 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
17San MarinoEurope58.0731.871.9 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
18CzechiaEurope57.2481.84607 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
19AndorraEurope57.1821.844.7 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
20MaltaEurope56.1281.8030.6 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
21NorwayEurope55.3251.78311 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
22LuxembourgEurope54.6771.7637.2 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
23IcelandEurope54.6661.7621.8 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
24RomaniaEurope54.3171.751,027 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
25SloveniaEurope54.1731.74115 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
26IrelandEurope52.8931.70281 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
27GreeceEurope52.8191.70525 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
28DenmarkEurope52.6821.69316 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
29EstoniaEurope52.4761.6970.5 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
30BulgariaEurope52.3941.68352 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
31CyprusEurope50.9811.6469.9 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
32LithuaniaEurope50.9751.64144 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
33MonacoEurope49.5921.591.9 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
34HungaryEurope48.4341.56467 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
35Vatican CityEurope48.3071.550 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
36SwedenEurope48.2471.55514 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
37RussiaEurope43.0561.386,200 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
38UkraineEurope38.3061.231,493 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
39BelarusEurope37.7281.21339 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
40MontenegroEurope37.4081.2023.7 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
41Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope37.1821.20117 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
42SerbiaEurope36.2261.16242 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
43MoldovaEurope36.1891.16108 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
44North MacedoniaEurope35.811.1565 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
45AlbaniaEurope33.811.0993.7 t2025Based on regional and peer-country estimates
5 ranked

Silver investment holdings per capita in Europe

Investment silver per capita attributes physically backed funds, bars and coins to eligible countries and divides the estimate by resident population. Vault, fund-listing and investor locations do not always align. This is an attributed estimate and not a census of what residents personally own.

Silver investment holdings per capita in Europe
RankCountryGrams per residentTroy oz per personTotalPopulation yearStatus
1SwitzerlandEurope591.02919.05,300 t2025Based on country-specific evidence
2AustriaEurope181.0495.821,650 t2025Based on country-specific evidence
3GermanyEurope123.6993.9810,400 t2025Based on country-specific evidence
4United KingdomEurope103.5213.337,200 t2025Based on country-specific evidence
5PolandEurope76.0342.442,900 t2025Based on country-specific evidence
3 ranked

Silver mine production per capita in Europe

Silver mine production per capita divides the silver content produced by mines during 2025 by the same country's 2025 resident population. Mine production is an annual flow. It does not show where the metal is refined, held or ultimately owned, and the USGS source names only 14 countries individually.

Silver mine production per capita in Europe
RankCountryGrams per residentTroy oz per personTotalPopulation yearStatus
1SwedenEurope37.5351.21400 t2025USGS estimate
2PolandEurope34.0841.101,300 t2025USGS estimate
3RussiaEurope8.3330.2681,200 t2025USGS estimate
2 ranked

Silver underground reserves per capita in Europe

Underground silver reserves per capita divide a source-reported estimate of economically recoverable geological stock by resident population. This is a geological stock estimate, not above-ground silver or resident ownership. Kazakhstan and Sweden remain unavailable rather than being treated as zero.

Silver underground reserves per capita in Europe
RankCountryGrams per residentTroy oz per personTotalPopulation yearStatus
1PolandEurope1,546.89549.759,000 t2025USGS reserves estimate
2RussiaEurope638.920.592,000 t2025USGS reserves estimate
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How to use this comparison

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