Gold ETF inflow in 2025: India ranked third globally; Nippon ETF in worlds top 15
Gold has regaled investors with splendid returns in 2025, having appreciated in the range of 60-70%. Investments have poured into the precious metal and India has emerged as the third biggest source for inflow into gold ETF. Nippon ETF has broken into the top 15 of the gold ETF funds worldwide.
Kolkata: Driven by the continuous bull run in prices and advice by prominent investment experts, Indians have poured in so much funds into gold ETFs (exchange traded funds) that the country has broken into the top three globally in terms of funds inflow into gold ETFs. Gold ETFs has been a rage globally, thanks to the rise in gold prices in the markets worldwide.
India has attracted as much as $4.37 billion during 2025. The amount has put the country ahead of countries such as Switzerland, the UK, France. Indian was behind only the US and China in terms of Gold ETF inflows. While on the one hand, the country as a whole shot into the global top three, one of the country's prominent AMCs also shot into the top 15 funds worldwide with its Golf ETF.
Gold ETF inflows by country
US: Fund flow $49,815.7 bn
China: Fund flow $15,467.3 bn
India: Fund flow: $4,368.2 bn
Switzerland: $4,335.1 bn
UK: $3,784.9 bn
Nippon India ETF Gold BeES performance
The performance of Nippon India ETF Gold BeES shone in 2025 like the metal it invested in. It has secured a place among the top 15 of the gold ETFs in the world in terms of fund flows. According to the World Gold Council rankings for December 2025, Nippon India ETF Gold BeES was the only Indian such fund to feature in the ‘Top 20’ globally in terms of inflows.
In the top 15 funds, as many as five are from the US. The top slot belonged to SPDR Gold Shares of the US which attracted $23,361.2 mn. Nippon India ETF Gold BeES attracted an inflow of $1,172.2 million. "Gold continued to play a meaningful role in investor portfolios in 2025, as global markets navigated macro uncertainty, currency volatility, evolving interest-rate expectations and heightened geopolitical risks," Vikram Dhawan, head, commodities and fund manager, Nippon India Mutual Fund was quoted in the media as saying.
Why is gold ETF fit for modern investors
According to World Gold Council, gold ETFs attracted net inflows of $88.50 billion in 2025. From the beginning of 2025, prominent fund managers and investment specialists have been advising the people to use gold as a portfolio diversifier. Gold ETF is the most modern method of investing in gold. They need no safe keeping since the investments are electronic and carry no hassle like physical gold. Also they need to storage space and rentals like safe deposit vaults of banks. If one has a demat account, one can easily invest in gold ETFs. And these instruments have high liquidity to add to the convenience of investors. Also, if one stores gold in the form of jewellery and if he/she wants to sell it, the buyer will deduct the making charges and only pay for the amount of gold in the piece of jewellery. But there is a small difference between gold ETFs and gold mutual funds.
The price of gold has been fuelled by geopolitical tensions, safe haven demand from investors and the jewellery sector. On January 12, 2026, the price of gold (999 purity) climbed to an all-time high of Rs 1,40,005 per 10 gram.
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