United Kingdom (GB) is covered on EconEarth’s interactive globe with economy, market, and country data drawn from the same dataset used in the live app.
A services first economy whose City, law firms, universities and creative industries still travel well abroad. Growth has been modest since the pandemic and public services feel stretched after years of tight budgets. High household costs and thin foreign currency buffers sit beside genuine strengths in finance, life sciences and language.
Region: Europe. Population: 68M (rank #21). GDP: $3.10 trillion. GDP per capita: $61,056 (2026, IMF). GDP growth: +0.4%. Inflation: +4%. Policy rate: 5.25%. Currency: GBP. Equity market cap: $3.80 trillion.