These charts are from the data wrangler Nick Laird at goldchartsrus.com.
They are ranked in terms of tonnes of gold produced, and not any other investment metric.
"If at the start this cancerous growth in the nation was not particularly noticeable, it was only because there were still enough forces at work that operated for the good, so that it was kept under control. As it grew larger, however, and finally in an ultimate spurt of growth attained ruling power, the tumor broke open, as it were, and infected the whole body." The White Rose, Munich 1942