The share of global official gold reserves not stored at the Federal Reserve Bank in New York (FRBNY) and Bank of England (BOE) in London has reached 78% in 2024, from 51% in 1972.
I assume you for China you are also include official reserves, which you have proved are significantly less than actual reserves. So ROW gold reserves are much greater than West.
I believe it would be useful to present 2 graphs, the one you have, based on official reserves, and another for your best estimates of actual reserves.
In your last graph, does West include the the claimed 8000+ tons of the US?
As I recall your earlier research has indicated that this claim is highly questionable.
Yes that is included
Then ROW is already greater than West.
I assume you for China you are also include official reserves, which you have proved are significantly less than actual reserves. So ROW gold reserves are much greater than West.
I believe it would be useful to present 2 graphs, the one you have, based on official reserves, and another for your best estimates of actual reserves.