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
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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
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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
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