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General profile: United Kingdom

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2024
Exchange rate
Population
Population
Exchange rates
GDP
GDP
69.138 Millions
0.783 GBP/US$
3 654 962 Millions current US$
Land area¹
Land area
CPI growth (%)
CPI growth
GDP growth
GDP growth
..
..
1.10 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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-2.4 %
Merchandise exports growth rate in 2024
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Merchandise exports
384 477
415 959
465 850
512 633
Merchandise imports
513 673
591 095
630 003
815 955
Merchandise trade balance
-129 196
-175 136
-164 153
-303 322
Export structure by product group in 2024
(as % of total exports)
15 %15 %67 %67 %7 %7 %5 %5 %7 %7 %
Top 5 partners in 2024
(exports, millions of US$)
71 77346 47538 16733 29028 96471 77346 47538 16733 29028 964
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES
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Total trade in services²
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Services exports
254 361
302 950
386 146
649 043
Services imports
175 919
191 142
238 947
401 505
Services trade balance
78 442
111 808
147 198
247 539
Services exports by main category²
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Transport
13.2
9.9
9.4
6.4
Travel
13.5
12.7
15.2
13.0
Other services
72.4
75.9
73.5
79.4
TRADE INDICES
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90951009582981059991100961028288817177778599969297848997929010010010986929086878686
ECONOMIC TRENDS
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+1.1 %
Gross domestic product growth rate in 2024
Economic indicators
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2024
GDP, current
2 543 188
2 485 483
2 927 911
3 654 962
GDP per capita, current US$
41 969
39 448
44 782
52 865
Real GDP growth, y-on-y, %
2.73
2.23
2.22
1.10
Current account balance, % of GDP
-1.98
-2.77
-4.95
-2.65
Exchange rate (/US$)
0.550
0.647
0.655
0.783
GDP by expenditure in 2023
(as % of total GDP)
62.920.517.231.732.262.920.517.231.732.2
FDI AND EXTERNAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES
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+0.7 %
FDI outflows as % of GDP in 2024
Financial flows
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2024
FDI inflows
182 927.94
58 200.28
39 185.70
-40 003.07
FDI outflows
88 560.32
48 091.80
-66 821.48
25 297.32
Personal remittances, % of GDP
0.24
0.20
0.17
0.13
Financial flows trends
(millions of US$)
4 834.04 486.53 965.13 461.53 248.14 214.84 389.74 308.94 582.35 003.44 937.34 804.54 944.75 099.04 951.45 243.05 995.16 556.36 105.76 045.25 938.35 688.65 235.14 955.65 074.4-40 00352 18814 912-72 07744 39753 91887 83796 354258 69939 18624 69051 67655 44642 20058 20089 70992 158176 839147 372182 92861 22016 59019 68335 949115 304FDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receipts
TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
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Trade balance indicators²
(as % and index)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Balance, % of GDP
-2.21
-1.68
-1.51
-1.13
Balance, % of imports
-8.06
-5.52
-5.15
-3.55
Normalized balance
-0.042
-0.028
-0.026
-0.018
Trade openness²
(sum of imports and exports as % of GDP)
6265695959656563605759626263595556535753
LIVING AREA
Population by living area in 2024
(% of population)
Urban 85%Urban 85%Rural 15%Rural 15%
OTHER INDICATORS
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0.450 %
Share of the total world merchant fleet in 2024
Maritime transport indicators
 
2005
2010
2015
2024
Merchant fleet, national flag (thousands of DWT)
9 660
20 176
14 268
10 632
Container port throughput (TEU)
..
8 224 935
9 760 060
..
Information economy indicators
(as % of)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Share of ICT goods, % of total exports
13.37
5.58
4.06
3.43
Share of ICT goods, % of total imports
12.78
9.35
7.94
6.68
Share of workforce involved in the ICT sector
..
3.31
3.47
..
Source: UNCTADstat (http://unctadstat.unctad.org)
Notes:
1
Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
2
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, 2009).
Symbols for missing values:
0
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
..
No value reported or collected
_
Not applicable
...
Not available, including no quotation
#
Non-relevant calculation
-
Not publishable
***
Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals
Abbreviations & acronyms:
DWT:
Dead weight tons
FDI:
Foreign direct investment
GDP:
Gross domestic product
ICT:
Information and communication technology
TEU:
Twenty foot equivalent unit
US$:
United States dollar
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Generation date: 02 December 2025