| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $1.666 trillion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
2.2% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $27,700 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 0.9%
industry: 26.5%
services: 72.6% (2003) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
17% (2002 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 2.3%
highest 10%: 27.7% (1995) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
1.4% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
29.6 million (2003) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 1%, industry 25%, services 74% (1999) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $688.9 billion
expenditures: $746.1 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003) |
| 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 |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
-0.7% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
360.9 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 73.8%
hydro: 0.9%
nuclear: 23.7%
other: 1.6% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
346.1 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
264 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
10.66 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
cereals, oilseed, potatoes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, poultry; fish |
| Exports : |
$304.5 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals; food, beverages, tobacco |
| 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.) |
| Imports : |
$363.6 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
manufactured goods, machinery, fuels; foodstuffs |
| Imports - Partners : |
Germany 13.5%, US 10.2%, France 8.1%, Netherlands 6.3%, Belgium 4.9%, Italy 4.7% (2003 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Donor : |
ODA, $4.5 billion (2000) |
| Currency : |
British pound (GBP) |
| Currency Code : |
GBP |
| Exchange Rates : |
British pounds per US dollar - 0.6125 (2003), 0.6672 (2002), 0.6947 (2001), 0.6609 (2000), 0.6181 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
6 April - 5 April |
