Natural Resources of the UK
Land
Positives
Negatives
Positives
- Surrounded by water making for a good fishing industry
- Has valuable mining of iron, petroleum, coal, etc.
- About 25% of the land owned by the UK is used for farming
Negatives
- Hard Winters and flooding
- Slightly smaller than the state of Oregon
- Has rugged hills and low mountains
- Population- 63,395,574 (July 2013)
- Average Age- 40 (41.1% of population is between 25-54)
- School Expectancy- 17 years
- Literacy Rate- 99%
- Industrial Growth Rate (per year): -2.5%
- Exports: 474.6 Billion
- Imports: 642.6 billion
- Higher Education
- 394,428 Km of paved roads
- 17 in the world for the amount of railroads
- 17 in the amount of railroads
- Prime lending debt: 4.22%
- Country has high amount of debt
- Highly educated work force
- Technologically advanced- 81.612 million cell phones in the country