Official Name: | The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Sovereign Status: | Sovereign Country |
Government Type: | Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy |
Official Name (Local Language): | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
ISO Country Codes: | GB : GBR |
Internet Domain: | .uk |
Government Web Site: | https://www.gov.uk/ |
Capital: | London | Main Airports: | Belfast International Airport, Edinburgh Airport, Gatwick Airport, Glasgow Airport, Glasgow Prestwick Airport, Heathrow Airport, Liverpool John Lennon Airport, London City Airport, Manchester Airport |
Language(s): | English | Population: | 67,791,400 |
Currency: | British Pound | ISO Currency Code: | GBP |
Telephone Dial In: | +44 | ID Prefix: | 00 |
Government Website: | https://www.gov.uk/ |
Sovereign Ratings: | https://countryeconomy.com/ratings/uk |
Central Bank: | Bank of England |
Currency USD Exchange Rate: | 0.7836 British pounds (GBP) per US dollar (2017 est.) |
Unemployment Rate: | 3.17% (2019 est.) |
Population below poverty line: | 18.6% (2017 est.) |
Inflation Rate: | 1.7% (2019 est.) |
Prime Lending Rate: | 1.10% (Feb-21 - TradingEconomics) |
GDP: | $3.028 trillion (2021 est.) |
GDP Pro Capita (PPP): | $45,000 (2021 est.) |
Currency Name: | British Pound |
Currency Code: | GBP |
World Bank Classification: | High-Income Economy |
GDP Composition:
Agriculture: | 0.6% | cereals, oilseed, potatoes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, poultry; fish |
Industry: | 19.2% | machine tools, electric power equipment, automation equipment, railroad equipment, shipbuilding, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, electronics and communications equipment, metals, chemicals, coal, petroleum, paper and paper products, food processing, t |
Services: | 80.2% |
Subject to Country Specific Sanctions? NO
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Business Language(s): | English |
Customs & Excise: | HM Revenue & Customs |
Development Bank(s): | British International Investment plc; The British Business Bank; |
National Standards Bureau: | British Standards Institution |
Competitive Ind’l Performance: 9/141 (2019) | Corruption Perceptions Index: 18/180 (2022 Rank) |
Ease of Doing Business: N/A | Enabling Trade Index: 8/136 (2016) |
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