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The 20 countries with the highest trade surplus in 2017

The 20 countries with the highest trade surplus in 2017 (Figures expressed in billions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise specified)

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.

China 421.44
Germany 281.27
Russia 115.33
South Korea 95.22
United Arab Emirates 92
Saudi Arabia 87.35
Netherlands 77.69
Brazil 60.29
Taiwan 57.88
Italy 53.6
Ireland 50.08
Singapore 45.55
Iran 45
Qatar 37.64
Switzerland 30.76
Belgium 26.43
Japan 26.21
Malaysia 22.69
Kuwait 22.4
Venezuela 21.1