🇬🇧 Europe · Northern Europe
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland sustainability profile on GreenShift — renewables, EV adoption, climate policy, projects and related news.
- Capital: London
- Region: Europe · Northern Europe
- Population: 67,215,293
- Area: 242,900 km²
- ISO: GB / GBR
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ISO GB / GBR
Climate 39.70
Green 39.70
Population 67,215,293
242,900 km²
Key indicators
- Renewable share
- 40.20%
- EV adoption
- 24.00%
- CO₂ emissions
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- Capital
- London
Map
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Projects
- Hornsea Wind Farm Offshore wind · Operational
- Dogger Bank Wind Farm Offshore wind · UnderConstruction
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Offshore wind · UnderConstruction
Policies
- Net Zero Strategy / ZEV mandate pathway 2021 · Strategy
UK pathway to phase out new petrol and diesel cars.
Incentives
- Plug-in Grant / ZEV support schemes EV
Cities
Companies
Statistics
Open explorer →Access to electricity
%EV adoption (new car sales)
%Forest area
%GDP per capita
USD| Metric | Year | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access to electricity | 2024 | 100.00 | % |
| Access to electricity | 2023 | 100.00 | % |
| Access to electricity | 2022 | 100.00 | % |
| Access to electricity | 2021 | 100.00 | % |
| Access to electricity | 2020 | 100.00 | % |
| Access to electricity | 2019 | 100.00 | % |
| Access to electricity | 2018 | 100.00 | % |
| EV adoption (new car sales) | 2026 | 24.00 | % |
| Forest area | 2024 | 13.50 | % |
| Forest area | 2023 | 13.45 | % |
| Forest area | 2022 | 13.39 | % |
| Forest area | 2021 | 13.34 | % |
| Forest area | 2020 | 13.29 | % |
| Forest area | 2019 | 13.24 | % |
| Forest area | 2018 | 13.19 | % |
| GDP per capita | 2025 | 57,601.96 | USD |
| GDP per capita | 2024 | 53,341.31 | USD |
| GDP per capita | 2023 | 49,919.69 | USD |
| GDP per capita | 2022 | 47,034.78 | USD |
| GDP per capita | 2021 | 47,695.65 | USD |
| GDP per capita | 2020 | 40,815.13 | USD |
| GDP per capita | 2019 | 43,160.68 | USD |
| GDP per capita | 2018 | 43,704.32 | USD |
| Renewable electricity | 2021 | 40.20 | % |
| Renewable electricity | 2020 | 43.88 | % |
| Renewable electricity | 2019 | 37.52 | % |
| Renewable electricity | 2018 | 33.77 | % |
| Renewable energy consumption | 2021 | 12.20 | % |
| Renewable energy consumption | 2020 | 13.60 | % |
| Renewable energy consumption | 2019 | 11.40 | % |
| Renewable energy consumption | 2018 | 10.20 | % |
