Economies: UK vs the world

* ECONOMIES: by Confused.com UK. * SIZE OF ECONOMY: (GDP) VS the world £8.3 TRILLION How does the UK stack up economically? UNITED STATES ($13.2 Trillion USD) £1.26 TRILLION UNITED KINGDOM £1.8 TRILLION GERMANY £1.38 TRILLION FRANCE £630 BILLION RUSSIA We live in a world that's shrinking due to communication and technology, yet growing in terms of overall wealth and prosperity. In this graphic, we take a look at a few of the world's leading nations, in terms of economic conditions for individuals (per capita) and nations, from the perspective of the U.K. - one of the oldest economies in the world: £2.7 TRILLION JAPAN U.S. U.K. JAP GER FRA £4,369 £27,830 * GDP PER CAPITA £24,486 £21,501 £22,230 £23,034 RUS * INFLATION * UNEMPLOYMENT (% POPULATION) (ANNUAL RATE) U.K, 7,8% U.S. 9.6% JAP 3.8% GER 6.8% 48% FRA 10% RUS 9.2% * TAXES (% OF PROFIT) U.K. 35.4% U.S. 46% JAP 52.8% GER 57.1% FRA 68.2% RUS 54.2% * GOVERNMENT SPENDING BREAKDOWN The UK Treasury just released its Spending Review, which specifies the allocation of public money over the next four years. Here's what the U.K. spends its money on versus the U.S. in selected areas: U.K. uS. 27.6% 25.4% 23.6% 22% 15.8% 12.76% 6.31% 5.34% 5.7% 4.46% 3.15% 3% HEALTH EDUCATION DEFENCE WELFARE TRANSPORTATION DEBT INTEREST % OF SPENDING FUNDED BY DEBT U.K. managed expenditures 2010-201l: £697 billion U.S. federal spending 2010: £2.238 trillion ($3.5 trillion USD) * PEOPLE AND U.K. GERMANY RUSSIA DENSITY PEOPLE POPULATION PEOPLE DENSITY PEOPLE 11tttt DENSITY 60,609,153 82,422,299 142,893,540 234.9/5OM DENSITY 244.7 M UNITED STATES PEOPLE 8.6/SOM JAPAN FRANCE PEOPLE DENSITY 298,444,215 PEOPLE DENSITY DENSITY 60,876,136 127,288,416 350.6/50 29.8/5OM 108.1/5OM * EXPORTS (BILLION £) * IMPORTS (BILLION £) U.K. 277 U.K. 390 U.S. 724 U.S. 1,242 JAP 429 JAP 362 GER 850 GER 674 FRA 347 FRA 378 RUS 220 RUS 139 * DEBT OWED £3,530 £1,343 £1.551 FRA TO OTHER £760 U.S. U.K. £356 GER £286 RUS COUNTRIES JAP (PER E1,000 GDP) .... .............. * SMALL BUSINESS (NUMBER OF SMALL BUSINESSES / 1,000 PEOPLE) 73.8 44.7 JAP u.K. 43.2 FRA 20 U.S. 0.04 0.05 GER RUS X 1,000 POPULATION BELOW POVERTY LINE INCOME DISTRIBUTION (RICHEST 10%) * MEAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME U.K. 14% U.K. 27.7% U.K. E18,404 U.S. 12% U.S. 30.5% u.s. £23,383 JAP n/d JAP 21.7% JAP £38,299 GER 11% GER 23.7% GER £19,728 FRA 6.2% FRA 25.1% FRA £18,593 RUS 15.8% RUS 38.7% RUS £7,311 Sources: Nationmaster. com, HM-Treasury.gov.uk, Confused.com Confused.com %10 dVr