United Kingdom
Factsheet with the latest official statistics, prepared on 14 November 2026 from publication 29 of PiSpace Open Data.
Population
69,487,000 people
GDP per capita in US dollars
US$57,602 per person
Life expectancy at birth
81.4 years
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
4.7%
HICP inflation
1.8%
| Measure | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population and ageing | |||
| Population on 1 January | 67,025,542 peoplep (Provisional) people | 2020 | Eurostat |
| Population by age and sex | 67,025,542 peoplep (Provisional) people | 2020 | Eurostat |
| Crude birth rate | 9.3 per 1,000 people per 1,000 people | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Migration and citizenship | |||
| Immigration | 680,906 immigrants immigrants | 2019 | Eurostat |
| Emigration | 368,385 emigrants emigrants | 2019 | Eurostat |
| Acquisitions of citizenship | 159,348 people people | 2019 | Eurostat |
| Employment and occupations | |||
| Monthly unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted) | 4.9% | September 2020 | Eurostat |
| Usual weekly working hours | 37.0 hours per week hours per week | 2019 | Eurostat |
| Part-time employment | 24.4% | 2019 | Eurostat |
| Wages and labour costs | |||
| Median equivalised net income | €21,464 per year per year | 2018 | Eurostat |
| Unadjusted gender pay gap | 19.8% | 2018 | Eurostat |
| Hourly labour cost | €27.9 per hour per hour | 2016 | Eurostat |
| Economy and productivity | |||
| GDP per capita in PPS | 98 (EU = 100) (EU = 100) | 2024 | Eurostat |
| UK GDP growth | 0.5% | Q2 2026 | ONS |
| GDP in US dollars | US$4.00 trillion | 2025 | World Bank |
| Prices and purchasing power | |||
| HICP price index | 107.80 (2015 = 100) (2015 = 100) | 2019 | Eurostat |
| Monthly HICP inflation | 0.3% | November 2020 | Eurostat |
| Consumer price level index | 129 (EU = 100) (EU = 100) | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Housing and households | |||
| House price change | 1.0% | 2019 | Eurostat |
| Housing cost overburden rate | 15.1% | 2018 | Eurostat |
| Overcrowding rate | 4.8% | 2018 | Eurostat |
| Education and skills | |||
| Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34 | 49.4% | 2019 | Eurostat |
| Early leavers from education and training | 10.9% | 2019 | Eurostat |
| Adult participation in learning | 14.8% | 2019 | Eurostat |
| Health and healthcare | |||
| Life expectancy at birth | 81.3 years years | 2018 | Eurostat |
| Infant mortality rate | 3.9 per 1,000 live births per 1,000 live births | 2018 | Eurostat |
| Practising physicians | 294 per 100,000 people per 100,000 people | 2019 | Eurostat |
| Internet and digital society | |||
| Households with internet access | 97.3% | 2020 | Eurostat |
| Internet use in the last three months | 97.3% | 2020 | Eurostat |
| Daily internet use | 93.5% | 2020 | Eurostat |
| Business and industry | |||
| Monthly industrial production | -4.0% | October 2020 | Eurostat |
| Industry share of GDP | 16.5% | 2025 | World Bank |
| New businesses registered | 841,138 companies companies | 2024 | World Bank |
| Trade and investment | |||
| Current account balance, quarterly | -3.4% | Q3 2020 | Eurostat |
| Exports share of GDP | 30.6% | 2025 | World Bank |
| Imports share of GDP | 31.9% | 2025 | World Bank |
| Tourism and accommodation | |||
| Nights spent in tourist accommodation | 476,356,101 nights nights | 2016 | Eurostat |
| Arrivals at tourist accommodation | 122,041,074 arrivals arrivals | 2016 | Eurostat |
| Bed-place occupancy rate in hotels | 51.6% | 2016 | Eurostat |
| Transport and mobility | |||
| Car share of passenger transport | 86.9%e (Estimated) | 2019 | Eurostat |
| Car ownership | 474 per 1,000 people per 1,000 people | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Road traffic deaths | 2.8 per 100,000 people per 100,000 people | 2018 | Eurostat |
| Energy and electricity | |||
| Energy import dependency | 34.8% | 2019 | Eurostat |
| Electricity price for households | €0.2203 per kWh per kWh | H1 2020 | Eurostat |
| Natural gas price for households | €0.0476 per kWh per kWh | H1 2020 | Eurostat |
| Climate and emissions | |||
| Temperature change | 1.84 °Ce (Estimate) °C | 2025 | FAOSTAT |
| Agrifood emissions per person | 1.87 t CO2e per persone (Estimate) t CO2e per person | 2024 | FAOSTAT |
| Total greenhouse gas emissions | 386.7 Mt CO2e Mt CO2e | 2024 | World Bank |
| Air quality and ecosystems | |||
| PM2.5 air pollution | 7.9 µg/m³ µg/m³ | 2023 | WHO |
| Forest area | 13.5% | 2024 | World Bank |
| Protected areas | 42.1% | 2025 | World Bank |
| Water, sanitation and waste | |||
| Total waste generated per person | 4,249 kg per person kg per person | 2018 | Eurostat |
| Basic drinking water access | 100.0% | 2024 | World Bank |
| Safely managed drinking water | 99.8% | 2024 | World Bank |
| Agriculture, food and fisheries | |||
| Area under organic farming | 2.6% | 2019 | Eurostat |
| Cost of a healthy diet | Int$2.75 per person per daye (Estimate) per person per day | 2025 | FAOSTAT |
| Healthy diet unaffordable | 2.9%e (Estimate) | 2025 | FAOSTAT |
| Poverty and social protection | |||
| At-risk-of-poverty rate | 18.6% | 2018 | Eurostat |
| Poverty or social exclusion rate | 22.8% | 2018 | Eurostat |
| Income inequality (Gini) | 33.5 (0 to 100) (0 to 100) | 2018 | Eurostat |
| Government finance and taxation | |||
| UK public debt | 94.0% | September 2026 | ONS |
| Tax revenue | 26.9% | 2024 | World Bank |
| Central government expense | 41.2% | 2023 | World Bank |
| Science and innovation | |||
| R&D spending share of GDP | 1.73%p (Provisional) | 2019 | Eurostat |
| Researchers as a share of the labour force | 0.97%p (Provisional) | 2019 | Eurostat |
| R&D spending share of GDP | 2.68% | 2023 | World Bank |
| Crime, justice and public safety | |||
| Crime or vandalism in the area | 24.2%u (Low reliability) | 2018 | Eurostat |
| Intentional homicides | 1.1 per 100,000 people per 100,000 people | 2021 | World Bank |
| Culture, society and wellbeing | |||
| Cultural employment | 5.1% | 2019 | Eurostat |
| Average life satisfaction | 7.6 out of 10 out of 10 | 2018 | Eurostat |
| Women in national parliament | 40.5% | 2025 | World Bank |
Sources and licences
- Source: Eurostat Licence: Eurostat reuse policy (attribution).
- Source: FAO, FAOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0 Licence: CC BY 4.0 (FAO statistical database terms).
- Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates) Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: OECD Data Explorer Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024 Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators Licence: CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata).
- Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Licence: CC BY 4.0 (WHO datasets, with additional terms).
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