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Europe > United Kingdom > Economy

BRITISH ECONOMY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agriculture > products
cereals, oilseed, potatoes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, poultry; fish
Business efficiency 68.518 [20th of 51]
Commitment to foreign aid 9% [16th of 18]
Comparative price levels 107 [8th of 30]
Economic freedom 3.15 [9th of 156]
Economic importance 22.2 [4th of 25]
Exchange rates
British pounds per US dollar - 0.5462 (2004), 0.6125 (2003), 0.6672 (2002), 0.6947 (2001), 0.6609 (2000)
Exports to US $10,171,600,000.00 [7th of 224]
GDP > PPP $1,832,252,000,000.00 [6th of 163]
Income category
High income: OECD
Income distribution > Poorest 10% 2.2% [75th of 114]
Income distribution > Poorest 20% 6.1% [65th of 114]
Income distribution > Richest 10% 27.7% [74th of 114]
Income distribution > Richest 20% 43.2% [72nd of 114]
Informal economy 12.6% [100th of 104]
Innovation 27 [4th of 68]
Overall productivity > PPP $50,825.40 [22nd of 49]
Population below median income 12.5 [8th of 28]
Technological achievement 0.61 [7th of 68]
Trade with US > US exports of textile, sewing machines 35,236 [9th of 183]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; IMD International, 2005; UNDP, Human Development Report 1998 (Oxford University Press, Oxford 1998); OECD; The Heritage Foundation; Economic Importance, 1998 (GDP x PC Inc) figures in quadrillion people dollars; US Census Bureau; World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.; ; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; World Bank; Porter, Michael E. and Scott Stern, National Innovative Capacity, Chapter 2.2 in Porter, Michael, and JeffreySachs (eds.), The Global Competitiveness Report 2001-2002, New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, p.104. via ciesin.org; IMD International; United Nations Development Program. Human Development Report 2001. New York: Oxford University Press,2001, Table A2.1. via ciesin.org; FTDWebMaster, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, britain, great britain, united kingdom of great britain and northern irela, united king., The United Kingdom

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