Surface transportation

1. Mode
   Air, Rail, Road, Sea
2. Availability
   Airports 471 (2006)
   Heliports 11 (2006)
   Railways: 16,567 Km
   Roadways: 388,008 (paved 388,008)
   Waterways: 3,200 Km (2003)
   449 ships 2006 (1)
3. Ports
   Hound Point, Immingham, Milford Haven, Liverpool, London, Southampton, Sullom Voe, Teesport (1)

Communication systems

1. Types
   Phone main lines, mobile, Radio, TV, Internet (1)
2. Availability
   Lines: 33.602 m
   Cellular: 69,657 m
   Radio broadcast: AM 219, FM 431, SW 3 (1998)
   TV broadcast: 228 (1995)
   Internet: hosts 6,065 m Users: 33.534 (2006) million  (1)
3. Usage rates
   Mobiles : 84.49 per 100 people
   TV per capita:  504.624 per 1,000 people (2)

Working conditions

1. Salaries and benefits
   National monthly minimum wage as of 01/01/2003: 1,105 euros
   Average wage for a employee in the manufacturing industry in 2003: 11.43 pounds by  hour (ILO data) (4)

Principal industries

1. What proportion of the GNP does each industry contribute?
   Agriculture: 1%
   industry and mining: 26.3%
   services: 72.7% (2004 est.) (4)
2. Ratio of private to publicly owned industries
   Private: 4.5m enterprises (17)

Foreign investment

1. Opportunities?
   Economic freedom 3.15