United Kingdom United Kingdom: Economy and demography

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United Kingdom, is a country located at Northern Europe, it has an area of 243,610 Km2.

United Kingdom, with a population of 67,081,000 people, it is ranked at 22º position by population of 196 countries and has a population density of 275 people per km2.

It's capital is London and its currency is British pounds

United Kingdom is the 5º largest economy by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2021 was 2,568,034 millions of euros (3,039,338 millions of dollars), ( 95.35% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €38,283 euros per inhabitant$45,308 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in United Kingdom was on February of 2023 and it was 10.4%.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of United Kingdom, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.929 points in 2021, leaving it in 18th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit United Kingdom are business, you must know it's in the 8th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of United Kingdom, if you want to see information about other countries click here

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United Kingdom Economy
Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2022Q410,872K
Annual GDP [+]2022€2,910,698M
Annual GDP [+]2021$3,131,378M
GDP per capita [+]2022€43,391
GDP per capita [+]2021$46,681
Quarterly GDP [+]2022Q4€729,312M
Debt (M.€.) [+]20212,568,034
Debt ($M) [+]20213,039,338
Debt (%GDP) [+]202195.35%
Debt Per Capita [+]2021€38,283
Debt Per Capita [+]2021$45,308
Deficit (M.€) [+]2021-215,071
Deficit ($M) [+]2021-254,542
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2021-7.99%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20211,208,593.6
Expenditure ($M) [+]20211,430,403.2
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2018126,828.4
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2018152,164.5
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]201813.34%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2021266,794.2
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]199887,055.3
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]201718.74%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]202158,716.5
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]202169,617.7
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20214.66%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202144.87%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2021€18,017
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2021$21,324
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2018€1,909
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2018$2,290
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2021€3,961
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$3,064
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2021€875
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2021$1,038
Moody's Rating [+]10/21/2022Aa3
S&P Rating [+]09/30/2022AA
Fitch Rating [+]03/27/2020AA-
Corruption Index [+]202273
Competitiveness Ranking [+]2019
Fragile States Index [+]201834.3
RTI Raking [+]09/28/201842º
Innovation Ranking [+]2018
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]January 20233.7%
Unemployment rate [+]2020Q34.9%
Unemployed [+]2020Q31,650K
NMW [+]2022$1,952.7
NMW [+]2022€1,929.2
Average Wage [+]2019$52,278
Average Wage [+]2021€51,161
Human Capital Ranking [+]201723º
Markets
Euro / British pounds [+]03/27/20230.8782
US Dollar exchange rate [+]03/27/20230.8155
10-Year Bond Yield [+]03/28/20233.45%
Risk Premium [+]03/28/2023118
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]12/30/20230%
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]February 202310.4%
HICP [+]November 20200.3%
PPI Year on Year [+]February 202312.7%
Money Market
Key rates [+]03/23/20234.25%
Business
Doing Business [+]2020
IPI Year on Year [+]October 2020-4.0%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 20221,614,063
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 202228.97
Motor vehicle production [+]2020987,044
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2020632.13
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202032.1%
Standard VAT [+]01/04/201120.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202147.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]201939,417,975
Exports [+]2021€395,751.5M
Exports [+]2021$468,055.3M
Exports % GDP [+]202114.98%
Imports [+]2021€587,128.3M
Imports [+]2021$694,396.6M
Imports % GDP [+]202122.23%
Trade balance [+]2021€-191,376.8M
Trade balance [+]2021$-226,341.3M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2021-7.25%
Retail Sales YoY [+]November 20205.8%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201510º
Density [+]2020275
Global Peace Ranking [+]202234º
Crude divorce rate [+]20161.80‰
Remittance received ($M) [+]20174,373.9
% Immigrant [+]201914.25%
% Emigrant [+]20196.38%
Birth Rate [+]202010.20‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]201726,801.5
Crude death rate [+]202010.40‰
Fertility Rate [+]20201.56
Crude marriage rate [+]20164.40‰
% risk of poverty [+]201818.6%
Population [+]202067,081,000
Immigrant stock [+]20199,552,110
Emigrant stock [+]20194,274,998
HDI [+]20210.929
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202222º
Life expectancy [+]202080.90
Suicides [+]20205,524
Suicide rate [+]20208.20
Number of homicides [+]2018755
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20181.12
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20214.95
Annual crude oil production [+]2021809
Crude Oil Reserves [+]20212,500.0
Consumption GWh [+]2021287,319
Generation GWh [+]2021288,609
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/21/2023209,396
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/21/202324,448,729
Fully vaccinated [+]09/11/202250,762,968
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/21/20233,121.54
Doses administered [+]09/04/2022151,248,820