• Inflation rate (2006)

2.4%

• Poverty rate (2002)

17%

• External Debt (1998)

N/A

• Revenues (2003)

$688.9bn

• Expenses (2003)

$746.1bn

• Labour force (2003)

29.6m

• Labour force by occupation (2002)

Services (46%), government(28%), industry (25%), agriculture (1%)

• Unemployment rate (2006)

5.5%

• Main Industries

Machine tools, industrial equipment, scientific equipment, shipbuilding, aircrafts, motor vehicles and parts, electronic machinery, computers, processed metals, chemical products, coal mining, oil production, paper, food processing, textiles, clothing, and other consumer goods.

• Agriculture and Fishing

Accounts for only about 1,0% of GDP;

wide variety of crops and livestock products, namely: cereals, oilseed, potatoes, vegetables; cattle, sheep, poultry; eggs, milk, cheese; fish and fish products.

• Exports (2005)

$312.03bn

- Main Trading Partners:

USA 15%, Germany 11.4%, France 9.7%, Ireland 7.4%,Netherlands 6.3%, Belgium 5.5%, Spain 4.8%, Italy 4.4%.

- Exported commodities: manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals; food, beverages (notably Scotch whisky), tobacco.

• Imports (2005)

$359.68bn

- Main Trading Partners (2004):

Germany 14.1%, USA 8.7%, France 8%, Netherlands 7.2%, Belgium 5.5%, Italy 4.9%, China 4.1%, Ireland 4%.

- Imported commodities: machinery, manufactured goods, semifinished and consumer goods; foodstuffs.

• Economic Aid Donor (2004)

$4.2bn

• Black market:

Illicit drugs: gateway country for Latin American cocaine entering the European market; producer of synthetic drugs; transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin; money-laundering center.

• Regional variation

The strength of the UK economy varies from region to region. GDP, and GDP per capita is highest in London.

The following table shows the GDP (2002) per capita of the 12 areas, with data supplied by Eurostat.

Rank	Place	GDP per capita in Pound Sterlings
1	London, England	27 445
2	South East, England	18 564
3	Scotland	16 284
4	East of England	15 976
5	South West, England	15 789
6	West Midlands, England	15 152
7	East Midlands, England	14 994
8	North West, England	14 953
9	Yorkshire and the Humber, England	14 953
10	Northern Ireland	13 430
11	North East, England	13 184
12	Wales	13 084