Country rank: 24
CURRENT ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
UNITED KINGDOM
2016 EPI score
2016 EPI score
93%
B
| F (Very Poor) |
D (Poor) |
C (Fair) |
B (Good) |
A (Excellent) |
A+ (Superior) |
| <60 | 60-80 | 80-90 | 90-95 | 95-100 | >100 |
The United Kingdom: keeping calm and carrying on
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE HISTORY
EPI COMPONENTS PERFORMANCE HISTORY
Inflation
Unemployment
Budget deficit
GDP Growth
EPI DATA FOR UNITED KINGDOM
| Year | Inflation Rate (%) | Unemployment Rate (%) | Budget Deficit as a Percent of GDP (%) | Change in Real GDP (%) | Raw EPI Score (%) | Change From Previous Year | Raw EPI performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.8 | 5.5 | -1.4 | 3.7 | 98.9 | 2.3 | A |
| 2001 | 1.2 | 5.1 | -0.3 | 2.7 | 96.7 | -2.2 | A |
| 2002 | 1.2 | 5.2 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 94.1 | -2.6 | B+ |
| 2003 | 1.4 | 5 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 94.0 | -0.1 | B |
| 2004 | 1.3 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 93.3 | -0.6 | B |
| 2005 | 2.0 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 93.2 | -0.1 | B |
| 2006 | 2.3 | 5.4 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 91.9 | -1.3 | B |
| 2007 | 2.3 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 92.2 | 0.3 | B |
| 2008 | 3.6 | 5.7 | 5.2 | -0.6 | 84.8 | -7.4 | C |
| 2009 | 2.2 | 7.6 | 10.2 | -4.3 | 75.7 | -9.1 | D+ |
| 2010 | 3.3 | 7.9 | 9.5 | 1.9 | 81.2 | 5.5 | C- |
| 2011 | 4.5 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 81.4 | 0.2 | C- |
| 2012 | 2.8 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 1.3 | 82.8 | 1.4 | C- |
| 2013 | 2.6 | 7.6 | 5.6 | 1.9 | 86.2 | 3.4 | C |
| 2014 | 1.5 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 3.1 | 89.7 | 3.6 | C+ |
| 2015 | 0.1 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 92.4 | 2.6 | B |
| 2016 | 0.6 | 4.9 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 93.2 | 0.8 | B |
| 2017* | 2.5 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 91.9 | -1.3 | B |
| 2018* | 2.6 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 91.7 | -0.2 | B |
| 2019* | 2.2 | 5.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 93.0 | 1.3 | B |
| 2020* | 2.1 | 5.2 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 93.8 | 0.8 | B |
| 2021* | 2 | 5.1 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 94.0 | 0.3 | B+ |
| 2022* | 2 | 5 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 94.1 | 0.1 | B+ |