(Economic and fiscal) checks and balances

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MEDIUM RISK for enterprise

  • Economic risk

  • Business environment risk

  • Political risk

  • Commercial risk

  • Financing risk

  • Economic risk

  • Business environment risk

  • Political risk

  • Commercial risk

  • Financing risk

Updated in October 2022.

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GDP USD3070.7 bn (World ranking 6, World Bank 2022)
Population 67.0mn (World ranking 22, World Bank 2022)
Form of state Constitutional Monarchy
Head of government Rishi Sunak (Conservative Party)
Next elections 2024, legislative 
  • High trade balance surplus on services
  • Healthy banking sector
  • Diversified export structure
  • Friendly business environment
  • Very high twin deficits
  • Lower economic attractiveness post Brexit
  • Low productivity growth
  • Decreasing long term per capita income

Trade structure by destination/origin

(% of total, 2021)

Exports Rank Imports
United States 12.7%
1
13.2% China
Germany 8.7%
2
11.0% Germany
Switzerland 8.4%
3
8.7% United States
Netherlands 7.9%
4
6.0% Netherlands
Ireland 6.2%
5
5.2% Norway

Trade structure by product

(% of total, 2021)

Exports Rank Imports
Gold, non-monetary (excluding gold ores and concentrates) 8.9%
1
8.8% Road vehicles
Road vehicles 8.3%
2
8.0% Gold, non-monetary (excluding gold ores and concentrates)
Power generating machinery and equipment 6.9%
3
5.5% Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials
Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials 6.8%
4
5.1% Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, n.e.s.
Medicinal and pharmaceutical products 5.9%
5
4.4% Miscellaneous manufactured articles, n.e.s.
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