Climate | We have temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days are overcast |
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Revenue from forest resources | 0.01% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 31.567 million tons (2014 est.) |
Total renewable water resources | 147 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Major rivers (by length in km) | |
Total water withdrawal | |
Municipal | 6.23 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Industrial | 1.01 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Agricultural | 1.18 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Air pollutants | |
Particulate matter emissions | 9.52 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
Carbon dioxide emissions | 379.02 megatons (2016 est.) |
Methane emissions | 49.16 megatons (2020 est.) |
Land Use | |
Agricultural land | 71% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 25.1% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.2% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 45.7% (2018 est.) |
Forest | 11.9% (2018 est.) |
Other | 17.1% (2018 est.) |
Urbanization | |
Urban population | 84.6% of total population (2023) |
Rate of urbanization | 0.8% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
Major urban areas (Pop) | 9.648 million LONDON (capital), 2.791 million Manchester, 2.665 million Birmingham, 1.929 million West Yorkshire, 1.698 million Glasgow, 952,000 Southampton/Portsmouth (2023). |
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