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The United Kingdom constituted 2.17% of world GDP by purchasing power parity (PPP) in 2024 estimates. [29] The United Kingdom has one of the most globalised economies [30] and comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. [31] In 2022, the United Kingdom was the fifth-largest exporter [32] in the world and the fourth-largest importer ...
The UK produces one of the quickest estimates of GDP of the major economies, about 40 days after the quarter in question. At that stage, only about 60% of the data is available, so the figure is ...
Between the fourth quarter of 2023 and the first quarter of 2024 GDP in the UK rose by 0.6%. That was faster than 0.4% recorded in the US, 0.2% in Germany and 0.2% in France.
The UK government has spent more than it has raised in taxation since financial year 2001–02, [3] creating a budget deficit and leading to growing debt interest payments. Average government spending per person is higher in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland than it is in England.
On the whole, PPP per capita figures are less spread than nominal GDP per capita figures. [5] The rankings of national economies over time have changed considerably; the economy of the United States surpassed the British Empire's output around 1916, [6] which in turn had surpassed the economy of the Qing dynasty in aggregate output decades earlier.
For comparison, all figures are converted into pounds sterling and US dollars according to annual average exchange rates. [1] [n 1] All values are given in millions, and converted values are rounded to the nearest whole number. Note that 2021 was an exceptional year because of the fall in GDP in 2020 which averaged 11.0% across the country.
The sector added gross value of £151,785 million to the UK economy in 2011. [137] As of 2016, high-street retail spending accounted for about 33% of consumer spending and 20% of GDP. Because 75% of goods bought in the United Kingdom are made overseas, the sector only accounts for 5.7% of gross value added to the British economy. [138]
Economic growth of 1.8% was predicted for 2024, rising to 2.5% in 2025 then falling slightly to 2.1% in 2026. The UK's rate of inflation was predicted to fall to 2.9% by the end of 2023, down from 10.7% in the final three months of 2022, while underlying debt was forecast to be 92.4% of GDP in 2023, rising to 93.7% in 2024.