Key Statistics
Official Name – United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland
Capital – London
Independence – 1707
Population – 63,298,362
Total Area – 243,610 km
Language Spoken – English, Scottish Gealic.
Climate –
Summer (Jun/Jul/Aug) 9 – 20
Autumn (Sep/Oct/Nov) 4 – 18
Winter (Dec/Jan/Feb) 1 – 7
Spring (Mar/Apr/May) 3 – 15
Economic Indicators
Currency – Pound sterling (GBP)
Central Bank – Bank of England
GDP – 2,417,570 Billion US$
Inflation – 2.4%
Unemployment Rate – 8.3%
GDP Composition by Sector –
Agriculture: 0.7%
Industry: 21.6%
Services: 77.7% (2011 estimate)
Major Industries By Rating –
Today, the most productive sectors include hi-tech industries clustered mainly in southeastern England, chemicals, finance & the service sector, particularly tourism.
Car Manufacture
Chemicals
Engineering
Hi-Tech Industry
Iron & Steel
Tourism
Biggest Companies in United Kingdom are as following –
HSBC Holdings (Major Banks)
Vodafone (Telecommunications services)
Barclays (Major Banks)
Rio Tinto (Diversified Metals & Mining)
Tesco (Food Retail)
Standard Chartered Group (Major Banks)
Prudential (Life & Health Insurance)
AstraZeneca (Pharmaceuticals)
Anglo American (Diversified Metals & Mining)
GlaxoSmithKline (Pharmaceuticals)
Aviva (Life & Health Insurance)
British Amer Tobacco (Tobacco)
BG Group (Oil & Gas Operations)
National Grid (Natural Gas Utilities)
The Major Export Items & Its classifications are as follow –
Manufactured goods
Fuels
Chemicals
Food
Beverages
Tobacco
Source –
GDP
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2012/01/index.htm
Central Bank
GDP Composition by Sector
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Inflation
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2012/01/index.htm
Unemployment Rate
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2012/01/index.htm
Biggest Companies
The Major Export Items & Its Classification
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
