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Russia is also a leading producer and exporter of minerals and gold. Russia is the largest diamond-producing nation in the world, estimated to produce over 33 million carats in 2013, or 25% of global output valued at over $3.4 billion, with state-owned ALROSA accounting for approximately 95% of all Russian production. [231]
By 2016, the Russian economy rebounded with 0.3% GDP growth and was officially out of the recession. In January 2017, Russia had foreign currency reserves of around $391 billion, an inflation rate of 5.0% and interest rate of 10.0%. [a] [8] Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the country was hit with a new financial crisis.
[7] [8] Since China's transition to a socialist market economy through controlled privatisation and deregulation, [9] [10] the country has seen its ranking increase from ninth in 1978, to second in 2010; China's economic growth accelerated during this period and its share of global nominal GDP surged from 2% in 1980 to 18% in 2021.
GDP per adult, in US dollars. (2022 publication). [3] Location Region GDP per adult Andorra * Europe 52,474 Anguilla * Latin America 26,510 Bermuda * North America 189,744 Bhutan * Asia-Pacific 4,696 British Virgin Islands * Latin America 76,114 Cape Verde * Africa 5,380 Cayman Islands * Latin America 145,583 Cook Islands *
Here, 'worth more' means that its value is greater than tomorrow. A dollar today is worth more than a dollar tomorrow because the dollar can be invested and earn a day's worth of interest, making the total accumulate to a value more than a dollar by tomorrow. Interest can be compared to rent. [2]
In the first three months since the start of the invasion of Ukraine, Russia earned $24 billion from selling energy to China and India. [168] About 20 percent of Russia's oil exports went to China, Russia's largest single buyer as of November 2021. That year, China purchased an average of 1.6 million barrels of Russian crude oil per day.
The Great Recession in Russia was a crisis during 2008–2009 in the Russian financial markets as well as an economic recession that was compounded by political fears after the war with Georgia and by the plummeting price of Urals heavy crude oil, which lost more than 70% of its value since its record peak of US$147 on 4 July 2008 before ...
The Trillion dollar club is an unofficial classification of the world's major economies with a gross domestic product (nominal GDP) of more than US$1 trillion per year. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As of 2023, it included 19 countries.