United Kingdom

Metrics

1. population
   69M
   20 of 176
   REST Countries · UN data
2. gdp
   $3.4T
   6 of 170
   World Bank · latest available
3. gdp per capita
   $49,944
   20 of 170
   World Bank · latest available
4. military spending
   $75B
   6 of 151
   SIPRI via World Bank
5. military % of gdp
   2.2%
   43 of 148
   SIPRI via World Bank
6. area
   244K km²
   81 of 176
   REST Countries
7. population density
   283 /km²
   20 of 176
   zuhd — derived from population and area
8. life expectancy
   81.2 yr
   30 of 175
   World Bank · latest available
9. internet access
   96%
   20 of 166
   ITU via World Bank
10. co₂ per capita
    4.2 t
    55 of 163
    World Bank · Climate Watch
11. urbanization
    83%
    32 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
12. fertility rate
    1.6
    114 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
13. foreign-born share
    17.1%
    24 of 167
    World Bank · UN DESA
14. remittances % of gdp
    0.1%
    147 of 155
    World Bank · IMF BOP
15. r&d % of gdp
    2.7%
    12 of 123
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
16. researchers per million
    4473
    25 of 118
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
17. scientific articles / yr
    97,536
    6 of 168
    NSF / World Bank
18. high-tech exports %
    29%
    11 of 153
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
19. gini inequality
    32
    44 of 139
    World Bank · PovcalNet
20. youth unemployment
    15%
    99 of 166
    ILO via World Bank
21. democracy (v-dem)
    0.69
    30 of 163
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
22. cpi (clean gov)
    71
    18 of 164
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
23. press freedom
    21.6
    30 of 163
    RSF via Our World in Data
24. human development
    0.946
    12 of 164
    UNDP via Our World in Data
25. refugees hosted
    516K
    16 of 150
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
26. refugees produced
    417
    109 of 152
    UNHCR via Our World in Data