United Kingdom
Country
Key facts
- Currency: Pound sterling
- Capital city: London
- Region: Northern Europe
- Continent: Europe
- Land area: 241,930 km²
- Population: 66,971,395
- Political Leader: Rishi Sunak (Prime Minister)
Latest news (see all)
UK to encourage Pak students enrolment in UK varsities via distance learning: UK HC
Read: Nation PK
2024-04-19
Internet users are getting younger; now the UK is weighing up if AI can help protect them
Read: TechCrunch
2024-04-18
UK intel: Russia improved naval infrastructure in Novorossiysk, where it relocated its ships from Sevastopol away from Ukraine's strikes
Read: Euromaidan Press
2024-04-18
Man who served 17 years in jail for rape he did not commit dismisses apology from UK review body
Read: SCMP
2024-04-18
UK supermarkets accused of misleading labelling on origins of food products
Read: The Guardian
2024-04-18
Sunak to cite Britain's 'sicknote culture' in bid to overhaul fit note system
Read: The Guardian
2024-04-18
Metrics
General information
Business
Central government debt | 185.35 % of GDP |
Expense | 43.70 % of GDP |
GDP | 3,089,070,000,000.00 current US$ |
Inflation | 7.92 annual % |
Self-employed | 15.67 % of total employment |
Tax revenue | 26.22 % of GDP |
Unemployment | 4.36 % of total labor force |
Vulnerable employment | 13.50 % of total employment |
Environment
Agricultural land | 172,151.00 km² |
Alternative and nuclear energy | 13.12 % of total energy use |
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) | 308,650.00 kt |
Electricity production from coal sources | 22.81 % of total |
Electricity production from natural gas sources | 29.74 % of total |
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources | 1.87 % of total |
Electricity production from nuclear sources | 20.91 % of total |
Electricity production from oil sources | 0.63 % of total |
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric | 22.97 % of total |
Net energy imports | 34.63 % of energy use |
Fertility rate | 1.56 births per woman |
Forest area | 31,986 km² |
Fossil fuel energy consumption | 80.35 % of total |
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 | 27,049.70 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Median age | 35.90 years |
Methane emissions | 50,415.70 kt of CO2 equivalent |
Nitrous oxide emissions | 27,696.70 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Female Population | 33,876,555 |
Male Population | 33,094,839 |
Renewable energy consumption | 13.50 % of total final energy consumption |
Rural land area | 218,903.00 km² |
Rural population | 10,448,877 |
Urban land area | 22,676.00 km² |
Urban population | 56,522,518 |
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters | 2.08 % of total population |
Health
Birth rate | 10.10 per 1,000 people |
Death rate | 9.70 per 1,000 people |
Health expenditure per capita | 5,634.18 current US$ |
Health expenditure | 11.94 % of GDP |
Hospital beds | 2.46 per 1,000 people |
Life expectancy at birth | 81 years |
Suicide mortality rate | 7.90 per 100,000 population |
Other
Access to electricity | 100.00 % of population |
Individuals using the Internet | 96.68 % of population |
Net migration | 165,790 |
Press freedom | 3.52 |
Politics
Armed forces personnel | 153,000 |
Democracy score | 8.53 |
Democracy type | Full democracy |
Military expenditure | 2.23 % of GDP |
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments | 34.57 % |
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Source
SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
Updated: 1 day ago