The data displays the 20 countries with the highest trade surplus worldwide in 2017. In 2017, China was the country with the highest trade surplus with approx. 421 billion USD.
The leading trade nations
Typically a trade surplus indicates a sign of economic success and a trade deficit indicates an economic weakness. However, if that were true, then the top four, China, Germany, Saudi Arabia and Russia, would be considered the best performing countries in the world. However, this would mean that the U.S., Great Britain, India and Japan would be among the weakest nations considering that they are four countries with the highest trade deficit.
