UK strengths DEFENCE AND SECURITY World-leading security and intelligence agencies, supported by over £3bn of investment each year 2nd highest defence spender in NATO and highest in Europe 28 terror attacks disrupted in the UK since 2017 2 tonnes of drugs, 77 firearms and £54m in criminal cash seized and 746 arrested under Operation Venetic OUR ECONOMY A SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SUPERPOWER Home to leading medical research, such as the Oxford University/ AstraZeneca vaccine £ UK has won the 2nd highest number of Nobel Prizes, with 99 Nobel laureates Ranked 4th in the Global Innovation Index 11.5% of all global foreign-listed companies worldwide are listed on the London Stock Exchange 3rd in the world for tech unicorns, with 77 tech companies valued at over $1bn A GLOBAL LEADER IN DIPLOMACY AND DEVELOPMENT 4th largest diplomatic network: 281 posts in 178 countries and territories One of the largest funders of the WHO, increasing funding by 30% over four years, and the largest funder of Gavi 1 8 Integrated Review 1IntegratedReview One of the largest bilateral and multilateral donors to global education, committed to getting 40m more girls into school by 2025 One of the largest donors and founding members of COVAX, which will supply 1bn vaccine doses in 2021, vaccinating up to 500m people in over 90 developing countries NATO World Bank and IMF OSCE UN Human Rights Council 2021-22 G7 (President 2021) Commonwealth The UK has a seat in every major multilateral organisation Founding member of the UN P5 member of the UN Security Council Council of Europe G20