1  BIS Review 73/1999  Graph 2 Gold Reserves in Relative Terms  Gold per GDP Unit  Gold / Imports  0.9%  United States  United States  6.5%  Germany  6.3%  1.6%  Germany France  2.0%  France  9.0%  Italy  2.0%  Italy  8.9%  9.0%  Switzerland 2.6%  Netherlands Japan  0.2% 0.5%  United Kingdom  Canada  15.8% 22.0% 59.9%  France Italy  365.5  Switzerland 68.9  Netherlands  0.3%  Germany  45.0  Italy  Canada  1.6%  United States  54.3  France  Sweden  1.7%  Sweden  Gold / Currency in Circulation  45.1  Germany  Switzerland  Japan  12.3  33.0% 97.1%  Netherlands  6.0  46.8% 1.7%  United Kingdom  16.0%  Belgium  29.1  Belgium  Belgium  Canada  30.5  United States  United Kingdom  1.8% 1.6%  0.1%  Grams of Gold per Capita  Japan  Japan  0.6%  Sweden  5.2%  United Kingdom 1.1%  Belgium  25.4%  Switzerland Netherlands  19.5%  Sweden  16.6  Canada  2.6  14.3% 3.3%  Source : IWF, OECD  As you can see, Switzerland probably represents an extreme case with regard to gold holdings.
18.05.2022  Welcoming remarks Pathways to Gender Equality in Central Banks Margarita Delgado Deputy Governor  Dear ladies and gentlemen, I feel very honored to participate in the opening of this conference co-organized with the International Economic Association, Banco de la República and Banco de España. The development of initiatives, such as this one that gives visibility to issues related to gender diversity, are key to finding solutions to the waste of talent that involves not taking this diversity into account, consequently putting economic growth at risk and depriving economies of opportunities to develop. Ensuring diversity and, in particular, gender balance, must be a priority in our organizations and, with this commitment, we work at the Banco de España, where we have made significant progress in recent years. By the end of 2021, 51% of our total staff were females, and it is noteworthy that, in one decade (since 2012), that proportion has increased in nearly 10 percentage points. More than 4 years ago, in April 2018, Banco de España joined Bank Al Maghrib, the central bank of Morocco, to organize the first international meeting between international central banks with the aim of studying and fostering female leadership in central banks.