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