At 39 percent of GDP, Russia's shadow economy is the fourth largest in the world, according to a new report
Russia’s shadow economy makes up 39.37 percent of the country’s annual GDP — 33.6 trillion rubles — according to a new study by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. In terms of percentages, that’s the fourth largest shadow economy in the world, behind only Azerbaijan (67 percent), Nigeria (48 percent), and Ukraine (46 percent). ACCA observed the smallest shadow economies in the United States (7.8 percent), Japan (10 percent), and China (10.2 percent).