GDP growth
%1.4%up+0.31
World Bank NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
Europe / GBR
UnitedKingdom
How United Kingdom's economy is moving, sector by sector, with every number sourced.
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United Kingdom Overview dashboard
Inflation (CPI)
%3.9%up+0.61
World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
Unemployment
% labour force4.7%up+0.39
World Bank SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
GDP per capita
US$57,602up+4261
World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
Central govt debt
% GDP131%down-5.41
World Bank GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS (opens in new tab) · data year 2024 (vs 2023) · updated 2026-10-08
Current account
% GDP-3.1%down-0.18
World Bank BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
Long-run trend
Annual · World Bank WDIFull series 2000–latest so no single baseline year is cherry-picked.
Claim checksEach number with its counterweight
Claim check
"United Kingdom's exports are booming."
The data
Exports (% GDP)
- 2015
- 27.9%
- 2025
- 30.6%
increase+2.7 change
Counter-metric
Imports (% GDP)
- 2015
- 29.2%
- 2025
- 31.9%
increase+2.6 change
Exports moved +2.7 pts of GDP; imports moved +2.6 pts. Look at both before calling it a boom.
Sources: World Bank NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS, NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS. Claim wording is a generic template, not a quote.
Claim check
"We've massively increased health spending."
The data
Health expenditure (% GDP)
- 2014
- 10.0%
- 2024
- 11.1%
increase+1.2 change
Counter-metric
Infant mortality (per 1,000 births)
- 2014
- 3.9
- 2024
- 4.1
increase+0.2 change
Spending share changed +1.2 pts; infant mortality changed +0.2 per 1,000. Outcomes are the counterweight to inputs.
Sources: World Bank SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS, SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. Claim wording is a generic template, not a quote.
Claim check
"Manufacturing is the engine of growth."
The data
Manufacturing value added (% GDP)
- 2015
- 9.4%
- 2025
- 7.7%
decrease-1.7 change
Counter-metric
Industry value added (% GDP)
- 2015
- 18.1%
- 2025
- 16.5%
decrease-1.7 change
Manufacturing share of GDP changed -1.7 pts vs industry overall -1.7 pts.
Sources: World Bank NV.IND.MANF.ZS, NV.IND.TOTL.ZS. Claim wording is a generic template, not a quote.
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