In 2009, influenced by the financial crisis, the global toy sales turned out to be US$80 billion, an increase of 3.6% compared with US$77 billion in 2008. Along with the gradual recovery of global economy in 2010, the toy industry also takes a turn for the better; promisingly, global toy sales in 2010 will be raised by 5.4% compared with the prior year, hitting US$84.3 billion. The USA, Japan, and China rank the Top 3 of toy sales worldwide with the respective sales of US$21.5 billion, US$5.8 billion, and US$4.9 billion, while Britain, France, Germany, Brazil, India, Australia, and Canada take the 4th-10th position. The Top 10 countries occupy 66% of the global total sales of toys.