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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
Big Mac Index $3.32 [7th of 65]
Business efficiency 68.518 [20th of 51]
Debt > External $10,450,000,000,000.00 Time series [2nd of 136]
Distribution of family income > Gini index 34 Time series [16th of 43]
Economic freedom 3.15 [9th of 156]
Economic importance 22.2 [4th of 25]
Exports $442,200,000,000.00 Time series [8th of 189]
GDP $2,345,015,000,000.00 Time series [5th of 203]
GDP > PPP $1,832,252,000,000.00 [6th of 163]
GDP > Real growth rate 3.1% Time series [144th of 198]
GINI index 35.97 Time series [14th of 40]
Gross National Income $1,480,000,000,000.00 [4th of 172]
Human Development Index 0.939 [15th of 178]
Income category
High income: OECD
Income distribution > Richest 10% 27.7% [74th of 114]
Population below poverty line 14% Time series [17th of 46]
Public debt 43.6 % of GDP Time series [48th of 121]
Technological achievement 0.61 [7th of 68]
Tourist arrivals 25,515,000 [5th of 152]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; The Economist.; IMD International, 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; The Heritage Foundation; Economic Importance, 1998 (GDP x PC Inc) figures in quadrillion people dollars; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.; World Development Indicators database; ; Human Development Report 2006, United Nations Development Programme; ; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; United Nations Development Program. Human Development Report 2001. New York: Oxford University Press,2001, Table A2.1. via ciesin.org; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook

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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Alexander
2nd December 2004
Very useful. Much appreciated.
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