Live gold prices across the Middle East and Africa, from Egypt and Turkey to Nigeria and South Africa, in local currencies.
This region is the widest on the site. It stretches from the Levant and North Africa to West, East, Central and Southern Africa, and it includes both some of the largest gold-producing countries and some of the largest jewellery markets. A shopper in Cairo buying 21K jewellery and a trader in Accra dealing in gold bars are in very different worlds, but both start from the same international price.
In North Africa and the Levant, jewellery is the main way people buy gold. Egypt is known for 21K gold, while 18K is the standard in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. Turkey has a long tradition of gold as savings, including gold coins that are bought as gifts. In sub-Saharan Africa the picture is mixed: some countries mine gold and export most of it, while shoppers buy jewellery locally at different karats.
Currencies add another layer. Many West and Central African countries use the CFA franc, which is pegged to the euro, so their gold prices track both gold and the dollar-euro rate. Other currencies have moved sharply against the dollar in recent years, which makes a local price change quickly even when the dollar price is stable. Where a country uses the US dollar or an unusual official exchange rate, the page says so.
Use the list below to compare prices across countries. Each page shows 24K, 22K, 21K and 18K per gram, ounce, tola and kilo, plus major cities for the biggest markets. As always, the figures are the spot-based value of the gold and do not include making charges, taxes or dealer margins.
Prices are the spot-based value of 24K gold per gram in the local currency, updated live. They exclude making charges, taxes and dealer margins. See the methodology.
