United Kingdom vs Europe: country comparison

A UN member state, or a continent's average.

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In US dollars, spent in each country.

$100 spent in the United Kingdom buys about what

$75.77

buys in Europe, at purchasing power parity

And $100 in Europe buys what $132 buys in the United Kingdom. Prices across the United Kingdom's economy average 132% of Europe's, so a dollar goes 32% further in Europe.

World Bank figures for 2025 unless another year is shown
MeasureUnited KingdomEurope
Economy
Population69.5 million743.0 million43 of 43 countries
GDPUS dollars, market exchange rates$4.00 trillion$29.9 trillion40 of 43 countries
GDP per personUS dollars$57,602$40,25440 of 43 countries
GDP per person at PPPInternational dollars$64,606$59,58540 of 43 countries
Prices
Price levelUS prices = 100%89%68%40 of 43 countries
A US dollar goes as far as$1.12 in the US$1.48 in the US40 of 43 countries
Income
Median income or consumptionPer person, international dollars$54.55 a day2021 survey · $19,911 a year · incomeMedians don't add up
More figures: GDP at PPP, conversion factor and GNI
Gross national income is what residents earn, at home and abroad
MeasureUnited KingdomEurope
GDP at PPPInternational dollars$4.49 trillion$44.3 trillion40 of 43 countries
PPP conversion factorLocal currency per international dollar0.6771Pound sterlingMany currencies
GNI per person, Atlas methodUS dollars$54,550$38,30540 of 43 countries
GNI per person at PPPInternational dollars$64,210$59,15640 of 43 countries

World Bank income groups: United Kingdom, high income. Europe adds up its countries with 2025 figures (UN M49 regions); its per-person figures are the total over their population.

GDP per person at PPP · 2000 to 2025, in constant 2021 international dollarsAdjusted for inflation, so recent years read lower than the current-dollar figures above. Europe covers the 40 of its 43 countries with figures for every year, weighted by population.
  • United Kingdom
  • Europe
Year-by-year table
YearUnited KingdomEurope
2025$53,993$50,183
2024$53,412$49,598
2023$53,423$48,828
2022$53,980$48,171
2021$51,840$46,971
2020$47,931$44,056
2019$53,374$46,526
2018$52,983$45,679
2017$52,429$44,695
2016$51,168$43,562
2015$50,463$42,927
2014$49,763$42,469
2013$48,601$42,014
2012$48,100$41,862
2011$47,714$41,782
2010$47,683$40,828
2009$46,996$39,880
2008$49,629$42,079
2007$50,046$41,504
2006$49,001$39,893
2005$48,305$38,286
2004$47,317$37,254
2003$46,505$35,997
2002$45,265$35,213
2001$44,694$34,581
2000$43,818$33,639

United Kingdom vs Europe: country comparison by Points Frog ↗ · An educational estimate, not financial advice.