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Background: |
Great Britain, the dominant industrial and
maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in
developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and
science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth
of the earth's surface. The first half of the 20th century saw the
UK's strength seriously depleted in two World Wars. The second half
witnessed the dismantling of the Empire and the UK rebuilding itself
into a modern and prosperous European nation. As one of five
permanent members of the UN Security Council, a founding member of
NATO, and of the Commonwealth, the UK pursues a global approach to
foreign policy; it currently is weighing the degree of its
integration with continental Europe. A member of the EU, it chose to
remain outside the European Monetary Union for the time being.
Constitutional reform is also a significant issue in the UK. The
Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, and the
Northern Ireland Assembly were established in 1999, but the latter
is suspended due to bickering over the peace process.
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Location: |
Western
Europe, islands including the northern one-sixth of the island of
Ireland between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea,
northwest of France |
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Geographic coordinates: |
54 00 N, 2
00 W |
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Map references: |
Europe
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Area: |
total:
244,820 sq km
land: 241,590 sq km
water: 3,230
sq km
note: includes Rockall and Shetland Islands |
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Area - comparative: |
slightly
smaller than Oregon |
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Land boundaries: |
total: 360 km
border countries: Ireland 360 km
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Coastline: |
12,429 km
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Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive fishing zone:
200 nm
continental shelf: as defined in continental shelf
orders or in accordance with agreed upon boundaries |
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Climate: |
temperate;
moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic
Current; more than one-half of the days are overcast |
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Terrain: |
mostly
rugged hills and low mountains; level to rolling plains in east and
southeast |
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Elevation extremes: |
lowest
point: The Fens -4 m
highest point: Ben Nevis 1,343 m
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Natural resources: |
coal,
petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, lead, zinc, gold, tin, limestone,
salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, potash, silica sand, slate, arable land
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Land use: |
arable
land: 23.46%
permanent crops: 0.21%
other:
76.33% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
1,080 sq km
(1998 est.) |
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Natural hazards: |
winter
windstorms; floods |
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Environment - current issues: |
continues to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions (has met Kyoto Protocol target of a
12.5% reduction from 1990 levels and intends to meet the legally
binding target and move towards a domestic goal of a 20% cut in
emissions by 2010); by 2005 the government aims to reduce the amount
of industrial and commercial waste disposed of in landfill sites to
85% of 1998 levels and to recycle or compost at least 25% of
household waste, increasing to 33% by 2015; between 1998-99 and
1999-2000, household recycling increased from 8.8% to 10.3% |
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Environment - international agreements: |
party
to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air
Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds,
Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources,
Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species,
Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine
Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship
Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent
Organic Pollutants |
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Geography - note: |
lies near
vital North Atlantic sea lanes; only 35 km from France and now
linked by tunnel under the English Channel; because of heavily
indented coastline, no location is more than 125 km from tidal
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Population: |
60,270,708
(July 2004 est.) |
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Age structure: |
0-14
years: 18% (male 5,560,489; female 5,293,871)
15-64
years: 66.3% (male 20,193,876; female 19,736,516)
65
years and over: 15.7% (male 4,027,721; female 5,458,235) (2004
est.) |
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Median age: |
total: 38.7 years
male: 37.6 years
female: 39.8 years (2004 est.) |
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Population growth rate: |
0.29% (2004
est.) |
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Birth rate: |
10.88
births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
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Death rate: |
10.19
deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
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Net migration rate: |
2.19
migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
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Sex ratio: |
at
birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05
male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65
years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female
total population:
0.98 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
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Infant mortality rate: |
total:
5.22 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.83 deaths/1,000
live births
female: 4.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2004
est.) |
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Life expectancy at birth: |
total
population: 78.27 years
male: 75.84 years
female: 80.83 years (2004 est.) |
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Total fertility rate: |
1.66 children
born/woman (2004 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.1% (2001
est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
34,000 (2001
est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
460 (2001
est.) |
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Nationality: |
noun:
Briton(s), British (collective plural)
adjective: British
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Ethnic groups: |
English
81.5%, Scottish 9.6%, Irish 2.4%, Welsh 1.9%, Ulster 1.8%, West
Indian, Indian, Pakistani, and other 2.8% |
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Religions: |
Anglican and
Roman Catholic 40 million, Muslim 1.5 million, Presbyterian 800,000,
Methodist 760,000, Sikh 500,000, Hindu 500,000, Jewish 350,000
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Languages: |
English,
Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of
Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland) |
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Literacy: |
definition: age 15 and over has completed five or more
years of schooling
total population: 99% (2000 est.)
male: NA
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Country name: |
conventional long form: United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland
conventional short form: United
Kingdom
abbreviation: UK |
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Government type: |
constitutional monarchy |
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Capital: |
London
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Administrative divisions: |
England - 47
boroughs, 36 counties, 29 London boroughs, 12 cities and boroughs,
10 districts, 12 cities, 3 royal boroughs
: boroughs:
Barnsley, Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Bolton, Bournemouth,
Bracknell Forest, Brighton and Hove, Bury, Calderdale, Darlington,
Doncaster, Dudley, Gateshead, Halton, Hartlepool, Kirklees,
Knowsley, Luton, Medway, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, North
Tyneside, Oldham, Poole, Reading, Redcar and Cleveland, Rochdale,
Rotherham, Sandwell, Sefton, Slough, Solihull, Southend-on-Sea,
South Tyneside, St. Helens, Stockport, Stockton-on-Tees, Swindon,
Tameside, Thurrock, Torbay, Trafford, Walsall, Warrington, Wigan,
Wirral, Wolverhampton
: counties: Bedfordshire,
Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Cumbria,
Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, Durham, East Sussex, Essex,
Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Isle of
Wight, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk,
Northamptonshire, Northumberland, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire,
Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey,
Warwickshire, West Sussex, Wiltshire, Worcestershire
:
London boroughs: Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent,
Bromley, Camden, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney,
Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon,
Hounslow, Islington, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Newham, Redbridge,
Richmond upon Thames, Southwark, Sutton, Tower Hamlets, Waltham
Forest, Wandsworth
: cities and boroughs: Birmingham,
Bradford, Coventry, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle upon
Tyne, Salford, Sheffield, Sunderland, Wakefield, Westminster
: districts: Bath and North East Somerset, East Riding of
Yorkshire, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, North
Somerset, Rutland, South Gloucestershire, Telford and Wrekin, West
Berkshire, Wokingham
: cities: City of Bristol, Derby,
City of Kingston upon Hull, Leicester, City of London, Nottingham,
Peterborough, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Southampton, Stoke-on-Trent,
York
: royal boroughs: Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston
upon Thames, Windsor and Maidenhead
: Northern Ireland -
24 districts, 2 cities, 6 counties
: districts: Antrim,
Ards, Armagh, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Banbridge, Carrickfergus,
Castlereagh, Coleraine, Cookstown, Craigavon, Down, Dungannon,
Fermanagh, Larne, Limavady, Lisburn, Magherafelt, Moyle, Newry and
Mourne, Newtownabbey, North Down, Omagh, Strabane
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cities: Belfast, Derry
: counties: County Antrim, County
Armagh, County Down, County Fermanagh, County Londonderry, County
Tyrone
: Scotland - 32 council areas: Aberdeen City,
Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, The Scottish Borders,
Clackmannanshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Dundee City, East Ayrshire,
East Dunbartonshire, East Lothian, East Renfrewshire, City of
Edinburgh, Falkirk, Fife, Glasgow City, Highland, Inverclyde,
Midlothian, Moray, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Orkney
Islands, Perth and Kinross, Renfrewshire, Shetland Islands, South
Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, Stirling, West Dunbartonshire, Eilean
Siar (Western Isles), West Lothian;
: Wales - 11 county
boroughs, 9 counties, 2 cities and counties
: county
boroughs: Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Conwy, Gwynedd,
Merthyr Tydfil, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Rhondda Cynon Taff,
Torfaen, Wrexham
: counties: Isle of Anglesey,
Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire,
Monmouthshire, Pembrokeshire, Powys, The Vale of Glamorgan
: cities and counties: Cardiff, Swansea |
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Dependent areas: |
Anguilla,
Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands,
Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle
of Man, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena, South Georgia
and the South Sandwich Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands |
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Independence: |
England has
existed as a unified entity since the 10th century; the union
between England and Wales, begun in 1284 with the Statute of
Rhuddlan, was not formalized until 1536 with an Act of Union; in
another Act of Union in 1707, England and Scotland agreed to
permanently join as Great Britain; the legislative union of Great
Britain and Ireland was implemented in 1801, with the adoption of
the name the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; the
Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921 formalized a partition of Ireland; six
northern Irish counties remained part of the United Kingdom as
Northern Ireland and the current name of the country, the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, was adopted in 1927
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National holiday: |
the UK does
not celebrate one particular national holiday |
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Constitution: |
unwritten;
partly statutes, partly common law and practice |
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Legal system: |
common law
tradition with early Roman and modern continental influences; has
judicial review of Acts of Parliament under the Human Rights Act of
1998; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
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Suffrage: |
18 years of
age; universal |
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Executive branch: |
chief of
state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); Heir Apparent
Prince CHARLES (son of the queen, born 14 November 1948)
head
of government: Prime Minister Anthony (Tony) BLAIR (since 2 May
1997)
cabinet: Cabinet of Ministers appointed by the
prime minister
elections: none; the monarchy is
hereditary; following legislative elections, the leader of the
majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually
the prime minister |
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Legislative branch: |
bicameral
Parliament comprised of House of Lords (consists of approximately
500 life peers, 92 hereditary peers and 26 clergy) and House of
Commons (659 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve
five-year terms unless the House is dissolved earlier)
elections: House of Lords - no elections (note - in 1999,
as provided by the House of Lords Act, elections were held in the
House of Lords to determine the 92 hereditary peers who would remain
there; pending further reforms, elections are held only as vacancies
in the hereditary peerage arise); House of Commons - last held 7
June 2001 (next to be held by NA May 2006)
election
results: House of Commons - percent of vote by party - Labor
42.1%, Conservative and Unionist 32.7%, Liberal Democrats 18.8%,
other 6.4%; seats by party - Labor 412, Conservative and Unionist
166, Liberal Democrat 52, other 29; note - seating as of 5 January
2004: Labor 408, Conservative 163, Liberal Democrats 54, other 34
note: in 1998 elections were held for a Northern Ireland
Assembly (because of unresolved disputes among existing parties, the
transfer of power from London to Northern Ireland came only at the
end of 1999 and has been suspended four times the latest occurring
in October 2002; since October 2002 the Northern Ireland Parliament
has been suspended); in 1999 there were elections for a new Scottish
Parliament and a new Welsh Assembly |
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Judicial branch: |
House of
Lords (highest court of appeal; several Lords of Appeal in Ordinary
are appointed by the monarch for life); Supreme Courts of England,
Wales, and Northern Ireland (comprising the Courts of Appeal, the
High Courts of Justice, and the Crown Courts); Scotland's Court of
Session and Court of the Justiciary |
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Political parties and leaders: |
Conservative
and Unionist Party [Michael HOWARD]; Democratic Unionist Party
(Northern Ireland) [Rev. Ian PAISLEY]; Labor Party [Anthony (Tony)
BLAIR]; Liberal Democrats [Charles KENNEDY]; Party of Wales (Plaid
Cymru) [Dafydd IWAN]; Scottish National Party or SNP [leader NA];
Sinn Fein (Northern Ireland) [Gerry ADAMS]; Social Democratic and
Labor Party or SDLP (Northern Ireland) [Mark DURKAN]; Ulster
Unionist Party (Northern Ireland) [David TRIMBLE] |
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Political pressure groups and leaders: |
Campaign for
Nuclear Disarmament; Confederation of British Industry; National
Farmers' Union; Trades Union Congress |
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International organization participation: |
AfDB, AsDB,
Australia Group, BIS, C, CDB, CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, ESA, EU,
FAO, G- 5, G- 7, G- 8, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt,
ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO,
Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, MONUC, NAM (guest), NATO, NEA, NSG,
OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, UN, UN Security
Council, UNAMSIL, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNITAR,
UNMEE, UNMIK, UNMIL, UNMOVIC, UNOMIG, UNRWA, UPU, WCO, WEU, WHO,
WIPO, WMO, WTrO, ZC |
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Diplomatic representation in the US: |
chief of
mission: Ambassador David G. MANNING
chancery: 3100
Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone:
[1] (202) 588-6500
FAX: [1] (202) 588-7870
consulate(s) general: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston,
Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco
consulate(s):
Dallas, Denver, Miami, and Seattle |
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Diplomatic representation from the US: |
chief of
mission: Ambassador William S. FARISH
embassy: 24/31
Grosvenor Square, London, W1A1AE
mailing address: PSC
801, Box 40, FPO AE 09498-4040
telephone: [44] (0) 20
7499-9000
FAX: [44] (0) 20 7629-9124
consulate(s)
general: Belfast, Edinburgh |
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Flag description: |
blue field
with the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of England) edged
in white superimposed on the diagonal red cross of Saint Patrick
(patron saint of Ireland), which is superimposed on the diagonal
white cross of Saint Andrew (patron saint of Scotland); properly
known as the Union Flag, but commonly called the Union Jack; the
design and colors (especially the Blue Ensign) have been the basis
for a number of other flags including other Commonwealth countries
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Economy - overview: |
The UK, a
leading trading power and financial center, is one of the quartet of
trillion dollar economies of Western Europe. Over the past two
decades the government has greatly reduced public ownership and
contained the growth of social welfare programs. Agriculture is
intensive, highly mechanized, and efficient by European standards,
producing about 60% of food needs with only 1% of the labor force.
The UK has large coal, natural gas, and oil reserves; primary energy
production accounts for 10% of GDP, one of the highest shares of any
industrial nation. Services, particularly banking, insurance, and
business services, account by far for the largest proportion of GDP
while industry continues to decline in importance. GDP growth
slipped in 2001-03 as the global downturn, the high value of the
pound, and the bursting of the "new economy" bubble hurt
manufacturing and exports. Still, the economy is one of the
strongest in Europe; inflation, interest rates, and unemployment
remain low. The relatively good economic performance has complicated
the BLAIR government's efforts to make a case for Britain to join
the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Critics point out,
however, that the economy is doing well outside of EMU, and they
point to public opinion polls that continue to show a majority of
Britons opposed to the euro. Meantime, the government has been
speeding up the improvement of education, transport, and health
services, at a cost in higher taxes. The war in March-April 2003
between a US-led coalition and Iraq, together with the subsequent
problems of restoring the economy and the polity, involve a heavy
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GDP: |
purchasing
power parity - $1.666 trillion (2003 est.) |
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GDP - real growth rate: |
2.2% (2003
est.) |
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GDP - per capita: |
purchasing
power parity - $27,700 (2003 est.) |
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GDP - composition by sector: |
agriculture: 0.9%
industry: 26.5%
services: 72.6% (2003) |
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Investment (gross fixed): |
16.2% of GDP
(2003) |
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Population below poverty line: |
17% (2002
est.) |
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Household income or consumption by percentage
share: |
lowest
10%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 27.7% (1995) |
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Distribution of family income - Gini
index: |
36.8 (1995)
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Inflation rate (consumer prices): |
1.4% (2003
est.) |
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Labor force: |
29.6 million
(2003) |
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Labor force - by occupation: |
agriculture
1%, industry 25%, services 74% (1999) |
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Unemployment rate: |
5% (2003
est.) |
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Budget: |
revenues: $688.9 billion
expenditures: $746.1
billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003) |
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Public debt: |
51% of GDP
(2003) |
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Agriculture - products: |
cereals,
oilseed, potatoes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, poultry; fish |
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Industries: |
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, textiles,
clothing, and other consumer goods |
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Industrial production growth rate: |
-0.7% (2003
est.) |
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Electricity - production: |
360.9 billion
kWh (2001) |
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Electricity - consumption: |
346.1 billion
kWh (2001) |
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Electricity - exports: |
264 million
kWh (2001) |
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Electricity - imports: |
10.66
billion kWh (2001) |
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Oil - production: |
2.541 million
bbl/day (2001 est.) |
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Oil - consumption: |
1.71 million
bbl/day (2001 est.) |
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Oil - exports: |
2.205 million
bbl/day (2001) |
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Oil - imports: |
1.418 million
bbl/day (2001) |
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Oil - proved reserves: |
4.741 billion
bbl (1 January 2002) |
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Natural gas - production: |
105.9 billion
cu m (2001 est.) |
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Natural gas - consumption: |
92.85 billion
cu m (2001 est.) |
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Natural gas - exports: |
15.75 billion
cu m (2001 est.) |
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Natural gas - imports: |
2.7 billion
cu m (2001 est.) |
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Natural gas - proved reserves: |
714.9 billion
cu m (1 January 2002) |
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Current account balance: |
$-7.556
billion (2003) |
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Exports: |
$304.5
billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
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Exports - commodities: |
manufactured
goods, fuels, chemicals; food, beverages, tobacco |
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Exports - partners: |
US 15.7%,
Germany 10.5%, France 9.5%, Netherlands 6.9%, Ireland 6.5%, Belgium
5.6%, Spain 4.4%, Italy 4.4% (2003 est.) |
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Imports: |
$363.6
billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
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Imports - commodities: |
manufactured
goods, machinery, fuels; foodstuffs |
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Imports - partners: |
Germany
13.5%, US 10.2%, France 8.1%, Netherlands 6.3%, Belgium 4.9%, Italy
4.7% (2003 est.) |
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Reserves of foreign exchange & gold: |
$46.05
billion (2003) |
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Debt - external: |
NA (2002
est.) |
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Economic aid - donor: |
ODA, $4.5
billion (2000) |
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Currency: |
British
pound (GBP) |
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Currency code: |
GBP |
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Exchange rates: |
British
pounds per US dollar - 0.6125 (2003), 0.6672 (2002), 0.6947 (2001),
0.6609 (2000), 0.6181 (1999) |
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Fiscal year: |
6 April - 5
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Railways: |
total:
17,186 km
standard gauge: 16,726 km 1.435-m gauge (5,243
km electrified)
broad gauge: 460 km 1.600-m gauge (in
Northern Ireland) (2003) |
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Highways: |
total:
371,913 km
paved: 371,913 km (including 3,358 km of
expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (1999) |
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Waterways: |
3,200 km
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Pipelines: |
condensate
370 km; gas 21,263 km; liquid petroleum gas 59 km; oil 6,420 km;
oil/gas/water 63 km; refined products 4,474 km (2003) |
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Ports and harbors: |
Aberdeen,
Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff, Dover, Falmouth, Felixstowe, Glasgow,
Grangemouth, Hull, Leith, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Peterhead,
Plymouth, Portsmouth, Ramsgate, Scapa Flow, Southampton, Sullom Voe,
Teesport, Tyne |
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Merchant marine: |
total: 384 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 9,181,284
GRT/9,566,275 DWT
by type: bulk 20, cargo 50, chemical
tanker 28, combination ore/oil 1, container 130, liquefied gas 23,
livestock carrier 1, multi-functional large load carrier 1,
passenger 20, petroleum tanker 45, refrigerated cargo 18, roll
on/roll off 34, short-sea/passenger 11, specialized tanker 1,
vehicle carrier 1
foreign-owned: Australia 2, Croatia 4,
Cyprus 1, Denmark 42, Finland 1, Germany 52, Greece 36, Hong Kong
16, Italy 3, Japan 1, Monaco 13, Nigeria 1, Norway 32, South Africa
2, Sweden 13, Taiwan 7, United
registered in other
countries: 522 (2003 est.) |
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Airports: |
471 (2003
est.) |
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Airports - with paved runways: |
total: 334
over 3,047 m: 8
2,438 to
3,047 m: 33
1,524 to 2,437 m: 150
914 to 1,523
m: 86
under 914 m: 57 (2003 est.) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways: |
total: 137
2438 to 3047 m: 1
1,524 to
2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 23
under 914 m:
112 (2003 est.) |
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Heliports: |
11 (2003
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