MOSCOW, July 13 At the end of 2023, Russia entered the the top ten countries in terms of trade surplus, according to an analysis of World Bank data.
In total, the countries of the world last year exported goods worth 23.3 trillion dollars, and imported 22.9 trillion, resulting in a trade surplus of 365 billion dollars.
China was able to earn the most from trade, receiving a trade surplus of $594 billion. Next come Germany with a surplus of 245.3 billion and Ireland with net trade revenues of 178 billion. The top five also includes Singapore ($155 billion) and Switzerland ($131 billion). Sixth place was taken by Saudi Arabia with 127 billion.
Following the results of last year, Russia received income from trade of 121 billion dollars and became seventh on this list. Rounding out the top ten are the Netherlands (97 billion), Australia (83 billion) and Brazil (81 billion). There were 43 countries in the world with a trade surplus of $2.5 trillion.
At the same time, the number of countries with a trade deficit reached 72, collectively they went into negative territory by $2.3 trillion. The absolute leader here was the United States, which imported 1.1 trillion more goods from other countries than it sold itself.
India was second in this indicator, but its trade deficit is more than four times smaller than the American one — only 245 billion. Third place is occupied by Great Britain, which went into the red by 232 billion, fourth by France (88 billion), and fifth by Turkey (87 billion).