Top 15 OECD Countries with Highest Current Account Surpluses in 2017

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3. Germany

% of GDP: 8.3
Trade surplus value: $288.82 billion

One of the world’s largest economies, Germany comes up next on our list of OECD countries with highest current account surpluses in 2017, with a huge trade surplus of $288.82 billion, and a current account surplus of 8.3% of the country’s GDP.

Germany’s main export is cars, although machinery and mechanical appliances follow closely in value. The country also exports a lot of electronics, pharmaceutical products, and other apparatus.

They also import machinery and mechanical appliances, as well as electronics and vehicles, with similar values going for each of these. Mineral fuels and oils, as well as pharmaceutical products follow next.

Top 15 Countries with Highest Current Account Deficit in 2017

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