Europe
United Kingdom
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is United Kingdom's #1 import source (world lens). United Kingdom is the EU's #11 goods supplier.
United Kingdom on the world stage
Total imports
$813.3bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$520.2bn
229 partners
#1 import source
China
12.1%
#1 export dest.
USA
14.1%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
United Kingdom and the EU
EU imports from
€159.8bn
6.3% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€345.5bn
13.1% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #11 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 2.16
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
195
EUR/MWh
Consumer
311
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
209
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
51%
of generation
Wholesale 85 EUR/MWh · market market
Power market
● Transmission bottleneckMarket model
Liberalised wholesale market
Direct PPA
Allowed
grid access: open
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
Ofgem (Office of Gas and Electricity Markets)
Grid connection queue (over 500 GW of projects waiting), continued gas dependence for system flexibility (26%), import dependence (11%), and Hinkley Point C nuclear delays and cost overruns. Coal was fully phased out in…
Tracked infrastructure
97 gas plants
33.4 GW · 1 building
445 wind farms
26.6 GW · 28 building
89 solar farms
2.9 GW · 38 building
9 nuclear plants
6.5 GW · 2 building
8 hydro plants
3.6 GW
4 steel plants
8,200 ktpa
3 coal mines
capacity n/a
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
222
none in the merged layer
Acid-drainage prone
186
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Zinc, Iron, Copper
Mine-water verifiability
Independent ambient only
Environment Agency Water Quality Archive (open API) + SEPA…
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Monitored ports (49)
Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
40
→ 42.9 by 2050
Fertility
1.55
below replacement
Working-age
63.3%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
30.8
→ 40.9 by 2050
Median age 1990 –2050
Population 69.1M · peaks 2072
By 2050: +9% (75.5M)