United Kingdom (UK) PESTLE Insights – A Macroeconomic Outlook Report

Financial intermediation, real estate, and business activities contributed 34.4% to the gross value added (GVA) in 2023, followed by wholesale, retail and hotels (13.5%) and mining, manufacturing and utilities (12.1%). In nominal terms, the three segments are expected to grow by 4.1%, 4.5%, and 3.3%, respectively, in 2024.

London and Manchester contributed 37.8% to the country’s GDP and were home to 26.7% of the UK’s population, as of 2023, according to MarketLine’s cities database.

Scope

Macroeconomic Country Outlook Reports evaluate a country's investment potential through its political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental (PESTLE) framework. This comprehensive analysis offers a holistic view of the economy, serving as a strategic tool to understand market dynamics, business potential, and operational direction. Each PESTLE factor is examined based on four parameters: current strengths, current challenges, future prospects, and future risks. These insights support strategic planning by highlighting opportunities and risks within the economy, helping businesses and investors make informed decisions. The report aims to provide a detailed understanding of the country's macroeconomic environment to facilitate effective decision-making and strategy development.

Reasons to buy

Macroeconomic Outlook Report identifies the potentials of the country as an investment destination by analyzing the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental (PESTLE) structure.

PESTLE Insights provides 360 degree view of the economy which can be used as a strategic tool to understand the market dynamics, business potentials and direction of operations

Along with providing the country’s snapshot, the report captures the risk factors pertaining to the macroeconomic risks, political environment, legal environment, demographic and social structure effectiveness, technology & infrastructure and natural and geographic aspects that might impact business.

This report also highlights key clusters/cities which contribute significantly to the country GDP and population along with major companies’ presence in these areas.

Companies mentioned

BBC

Cadbury

HSBC

BP

Barclays

Unilever

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

List of Exhibits

Did You Know?

Country Highlights

Key Economic Updates

Country Snapshot

Political Landscape

Economic Landscape

Social Landscape

Technological Landscape

Legal Landscape

Environmental Landscape

Outlook

List of Tables

Exhibit 1: The UK’s performance in terms of its country risk analysis in comparison to West Europe and the World average

Exhibit 2: Performance overview (score: 1-100)

Exhibit 3: Broad categories and weights behind the index

Exhibit 4: The UK stock market index (March 2022 to March 2023)

Exhibit 5: The UK exchange rate (March 2022 to March 2023)

Exhibit 6: Key sectors’ contribution to the economy (2018-25f)

Exhibit 7: International investment position (2018 -21) and international investment position by sector (2018-21)

Exhibit 8: International investment position by country (2020-21) and by region (2021)

Exhibit 9: Key infrastructure indicators (2020)

Exhibit 10: Real GDP and household consumption growth rate (2018-25f)

Exhibit 11: Real GDP growth rate comparison (2022)

Exhibit 12: Volume of export and import of goods and services growth (2018-25f)

Exhibit 13: Current account balance (2018-25f)

Exhibit 14: Top three commodity exports, % of total exports (2018-22)

Exhibit 15: Natural, cultured pearls and precious stones, % of total exports (2021)

Exhibit 16: Interest rates (March 2018 – March 2023)

Exhibit 17: Exchange rate and inflation rate (2018-25f)

Exhibit 18: General government net lending/borrowing (2018-25f)

Exhibit 19: General government gross debt (2018-25f)

Exhibit 20: Unemployment rate (2018-25f)

Exhibit 21: Average annual wages (2018-25f)

Exhibit 22: Labor cost index (2018-25f)

Exhibit 23: Rural/urban share of total population (1995, 2005, 2015, 2025f)

Exhibit 24: Age-group share of total population (1995, 2005, 2015, 2025f)

Exhibit 25: Gender split (1995, 2005, 2015, 2025f)

Exhibit 26: Internet users as a percentage of total population, mobile penetration rate and broadband penetration rate (2022)

Exhibit 27: Number of patents granted per million population (2021)

Exhibit 28: High-technology exports, % of manufactured exports (2021)

Exhibit 29: Rule of law (rankings), 2022

Exhibit 30: Corruption perceptions index (rankings) (2021)

Exhibit 31: Renewable electricity, installed capacity (2017-21)

Exhibit 32: CO2 emissions (2017-21)

List of Figures

Exhibit 1: The UK’s performance in terms of its country risk analysis in comparison to the West Europe and the world averages

Exhibit 2: Performance overview (score: 0-100)

Exhibit 3: Broad categories and weights behind the index

Exhibit 4: UKX index, (May 2023 – May 2024)

Exhibit 5: Key sectors contribution to the economy (2019–26f)

Exhibit 6: FDI inflows, FDI outflows, FDI inward stock and FDI outward stock (2018–22)

Exhibit 7: Value and number of greenfield FDI projects and number of net cross border M&As purchases (2018–22)

Exhibit 8: Key infrastructure indicators

Exhibit 9: Real GDP and household consumption growth rate (2019–26f)

Exhibit 10: Real GDP growth rate comparison (2023)

Exhibit 11: Volume of exports and imports growth (2019–26f)

Exhibit 12: Current account balance (2019–26f)

Exhibit 13: Top three commodity exports, % of total exports (2019–23)

Exhibit 14: Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof, % of world total (2022)

Exhibit 15: Interest rates (May 2019 – May 2024)

Exhibit 16: Exchange rate and inflation (2019–26f)

Exhibit 17: Public finance (2019–26f)

Exhibit 18: General government debt (2019–26f)

Exhibit 19: Unemployment rate (2019–26f)

Exhibit 20: Average annual wages (2019–26f)

Exhibit 21: Labor cost index (2019–26f)

Exhibit 22: Rural/urban share of total population (1995, 2005, 2015, 2025f)

Exhibit 23: Age-group share of total population (1995, 2005, 2015, 2025f)

Exhibit 24: Gender split (1995, 2005, 2015, 2025f)

Exhibit 25: Internet users as a percentage of total population, mobile penetration rate and broadband penetration rate (2023)

Exhibit 26: Number of patents granted per million population (2022)

Exhibit 27: High technology exports, % of manufactured exports (2022)

Exhibit 28: Rule of law index (rankings) 2023

Exhibit 29: Corruption perceptions index (rankings) (2023)

Exhibit 30: Renewable energy, installed capacity (2019–23)

Exhibit 31: CO2 emissions (2018–22)

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