Country

United Kingdom

GBR Northern Europe

A permanent UN Security Council member and nuclear power that left the EU in 2020 while remaining a core NATO member.

Last reviewed Sep 10, 2026

Indicators

GDP growth1.39% per year · 2025▲ 28.5% vs previous

Military expenditure2.28% of GDP · 2024▲ 2.15% vs previous

Net energy imports44.0% of use · 2023▲ 12.4% vs previousNet importer

Trade openness62.5% of GDP · 2025▼ 0.61% vs previous

Population69.5Mpeople · 2025▲ 0.3% vs previous

Displaced from here1Kpeople · 2025▼ 9.39% vs previous

Source: World Bank · retrieved 1 Sep 2026 · CC BY 4.0 · Source: World Bank / SIPRI · retrieved 1 Sep 2026 · CC BY 4.0 · Source: UNHCR · retrieved 1 Sep 2026 · CC BY 4.0 (UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database)

Electricity generation mix — United Kingdom

Monthly generation by fuel, last five years

Coal
Gas
Other Fossil
Nuclear
Hydro
Wind
Solar
Bioenergy

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Period	Coal (TWh)	Gas (TWh)	Other Fossil (TWh)	Nuclear (TWh)	Hydro (TWh)	Wind (TWh)	Solar (TWh)	Bioenergy (TWh)
2021-10-01	0.12	7.28	0.13	3.37	0.38	7.26	0.66	1.59
2021-11-01	0.54	9.33	0.16	4.05	0.46	6.78	0.4	1.7
2021-12-01	0.56	9.87	0.15	4.26	0.39	6.79	0.18	1.93
2022-01-01	0.56	10.3	0.19	4.09	0.35	7.62	0.39	1.72
2022-02-01	0.67	5.19	0.16	3.43	0.45	9.81	0.56	1.42
2022-03-01	0.65	9.06	0.15	4.22	0.35	5.89	1.17	1.38
2022-04-01	0.24	9.2	0.17	3.94	0.2	5.35	1.47	1.17
2022-05-01	0.01	10.2	0.2	4.07	0.23	5.62	1.56	0.8
2022-06-01	0.09	9.31	0.23	4.14	0.19	4.64	1.73	1.06
2022-07-01	0.39	10.1	0.25	3.55	0.19	4.23	1.68	1.36
2022-08-01	0.19	10.6	0.28	3.35	0.14	3.41	1.61	1.39
2022-09-01	0.54	9.91	0.23	3.28	0.11	5.32	1.05	1.44
2022-10-01	0.1	8.51	0.2	3.35	0.38	8.56	0.82	0.74
2022-11-01	0.16	9.37	0.23	3.2	0.45	8.52	0.36	1.21
2022-12-01	0.68	9.38	0.25	4.1	0.3	7.88	0.24	1.28
2023-01-01	0.48	7.37	0.22	3.75	0.47	9.83	0.39	1.17
2023-02-01	0.32	7.62	0.19	2.39	0.37	7.14	0.56	1.24
2023-03-01	0.13	8.45	0.21	3.07	0.24	7.43	0.76	1.17
2023-04-01	0.02	7.57	0.18	3.06	0.22	5.4	1.33	1.2
2023-05-01	0	7.09	0.16	3.14	0.1	4.08	1.77	0.61
2023-06-01	0.07	7.44	0.18	3.34	0.07	3.82	1.87	0.57
2023-07-01	0.09	6.22	0.19	3.12	0.16	5.91	1.46	1.05
2023-08-01	0.1	7.32	0.21	3.06	0.21	4.83	1.41	0.86
2023-09-01	0.31	7.05	0.24	3.71	0.24	5.19	1.23	0.91
2023-10-01	0.36	6.17	0.25	3.19	0.44	7.67	0.78	1.39
2023-11-01	0.58	7.6	0.25	2.84	0.34	7.5	0.46	1.7
2023-12-01	0.3	6.55	0.28	3.62	0.39	10.4	0.21	1.5
2024-01-01	0.48	9.64	0.25	2.45	0.42	9	0.45	1.67
2024-02-01	0.22	6.22	0.24	2.62	0.48	8.23	0.53	1.56
2024-03-01	0.34	5.9	0.23	2.81	0.37	7.91	1.04	1.28
2024-04-01	0.2	3.9	0.25	3.7	0.3	8.17	1.5	1.59
2024-05-01	0.09	5.35	0.26	3.62	0.17	3.8	1.83	1.53
2024-06-01	0.02	4.14	0.29	3.38	0.16	4.76	2.13	1.31
2024-07-01	0.1	4.98	0.27	3.4	0.18	4.25	1.93	1.53
2024-08-01	0.05	3.57	0.32	3.89	0.26	6.63	1.82	1.52
2024-09-01	0.07	5.27	0.25	3.4	0.27	5.4	1.21	1.73
2024-10-01	0	6.74	0.3	3.02	0.23	6.58	0.87	1.83
2024-11-01	0	9.5	0.31	3.02	0.22	6.31	0.41	1.81
2024-12-01	0	7.47	0.37	3.05	0.52	9.87	0.24	1.46
2025-01-01	0	10.9	0.43	3.27	0.44	7.38	0.46	1.81
2025-02-01	0	8.26	0.33	2.97	0.32	7.81	0.64	1.78
2025-03-01	0	7.75	0.36	2.79	0.28	6.48	1.77	1.22
2025-04-01	0	5.71	0.32	2.87	0.13	4.76	2.39	1.6
2025-05-01	0	4.45	0.35	3.33	0.12	5.57	2.67	1.54
2025-06-01	0	3.86	0.42	3.2	0.16	6.66	2.59	1.48
2025-07-01	0	5.49	0.38	3.24	0.2	4.09	2.35	1.81
2025-08-01	0	5.03	0.37	2.39	0.21	5.48	2.16	1.66
2025-09-01	0	4.83	0.41	2.13	0.25	7.61	1.65	1.62
2025-10-01	0	7.06	0.43	2.54	0.32	8.16	0.83	1.44
2025-11-01	0	7.18	0.43	2.67	0.43	9.54	0.58	2.15
2025-12-01	0	6.8	0.43	2.75	0.51	10.0	0.4	1.83
2026-01-01	0	9.07	0.46	2.86	0.36	10.3	0.47	1.94
2026-02-01	0	7.57	0.39	2.7	0.25	9.06	0.58	1.72
2026-03-01	0	5.8	0.47	2.83	0.38	8.94	1.61	1.56
2026-04-01	0	3.74	0.46	3.73	0.39	7.04	2.52	1.5
2026-05-01	0	5.07	0.51	2.45	0.19	5.42	2.76	1.62
2026-06-01	0	5.84	0.52	2.12	0.21	5.88	2.7	1.18

Source: Ember · retrieved 31 Aug 2026 · CC BY 4.0

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