transport: List of companies of the United Kingdom K–Z

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Greece is a developed country with a mixed economy. The Greek economy is the 51st-largest by nominal gross domestic product (GDP) and 54th-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). It is the 16th-largest economy in the European Union and eleventh largest in the eurozone. Greece is a welfare state and ranks relatively highly among OECD nations in terms of social spending, which stood at 23.7% of GDP in 2024. Its debt-to-GDP ratio stood at 146% in 2025, the highest in the EU. The economy is based on the service (78%), industrial (18%) and agricultural (4%) sectors. The Greek economy was devastated by World War II (1939–1945), but expanded rapidly from 1950 to 1980 in what is commonly known as…

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The United States has a highly developed and diversified market-oriented economy. It is the world's largest economy by nominal GDP, generating 26% of global economic output. It is the second-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). On a per capita basis, the U.S. ranks ninth-highest nominal GDP per capita and 10th-highest GDP per capita by PPP. The U.S. dollar is the world's foremost reserve currency with widespread international usage and serve as reference standard for the petrodollar and eurodollar. Since the end of World War II, the U.S. economy has achieved relatively steady growth, low unemployment and inflation, along with rapid advances in technology. The American economy is fueled…

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India has a developing market-oriented economy with substantial state participation in strategic sectors. As of April 2026, it is the world's sixth-largest economy by nominal GDP and the third-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). By per capita income, the nation ranks 149th by nominal GDP and 119th by PPP-adjusted GDP as of 2026. From independence in 1947 until 1991, economic development was characterised by protectionist economic policies, with extensive state intervention, central planning, public ownership of key industries, and regulation. An acute balance-of-payments crisis in 1991 led India to adopt broad economic liberalisation. Nearly 70% of India's GDP comes from domestic cons…

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Switzerland has a highly developed free-market economy. The Swiss economy has ranked first in the world on the Global Innovation Index in 2026, holding the title consecutively since 2019 and third in the 2020 Global Competitiveness Report. According to United Nations data for 2016, it is the third richest landlocked country in the world after Liechtenstein and Luxembourg. Together with the latter and Norway, they are the only three countries in the world with a nominal GDP per capita above US$90,000 that are neither island nations nor ministates. Among OECD nations, Switzerland holds the 3rd-largest GDP per capita. Switzerland has a highly efficient and strong social security system; social…

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The European Union's economy combines the national economies of the supranational organization's member states. It makes up the majority of the European economy as the second largest economy in the world in nominal terms, after the United States. By purchasing power parity (PPP), the EU economy is the third-largest and generates one-sixth of global economic output. Within the EU, Germany, France, Italy and Spain are the four largest economies. The EU economy consists of an internal market of mixed economies based on free market and advanced social models. The EU is one of the world's largest trading entities, with Germany and France serving as the primary economic powerhouses in terms of bo…

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The People's Republic of China (PRC) has a socialist market economy, incorporating industrial policies and strategic five-year plans. China has the world's second-largest economy by nominal GDP and since 2016 has been the world's largest economy when measured by purchasing power parity (PPP). China accounted for 19% of the global economy in 2025 in PPP terms, and around 17% in nominal terms in 2025. The developing economy consists of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and mixed-ownership enterprises, as well as a large domestic private sector which contribute approximately 60% of the GDP, 80% of urban employment and 90% of new jobs. China is the world's largest manufacturing industrial economy…

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This list of countries by largest historical GDP shows how the membership and rankings of the world's ten largest economies as measured by their gross domestic product has changed. While the United States has consistently had the world's largest economy for some time, in the last fifty years the world has seen both rises and falls in relative terms of the economies of other countries.

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The United Kingdom has a highly developed social market economy. In 2026, the United Kingdom is the fifth-largest national economy in the world measured by nominal gross domestic product (GDP), ninth-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP), and about 21st by nominal GDP per capita, constituting 3.33% of world GDP and 2.13% by purchasing power parity (PPP). The United Kingdom has one of the most globalised economies and comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. In 2022, the United Kingdom was the fifth-largest exporter of goods and services in the world and the fourth-largest importer. It also had the fourth-largest outward foreign direct investment, and the fifteenth-largest…

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An emerging market (EM, also an emerging country or an emerging economy) is a market that has some characteristics of a developed market, but does not fully meet its standards. This includes markets that may become developed markets in the future or were in the past. The term "frontier market" is used for developing countries with smaller, riskier, or more illiquid capital markets than "emerging". As of 2025, the economies of China and India are considered the largest emerging markets. The ten largest emerging economies by nominal GDP are 4 of the 9 BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) along with Mexico, South Korea, Indonesia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Poland. The inclusion o…

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This is a list of countries by gross national income per capita in 2025 at nominal values, according to the Atlas method, an indicator of income developed by the World Bank. GNI per capita is the gross national income divided by the midyear population. GNI is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. Knowing a country's GNI per capita is a good first step toward understanding the country's economic strengths and needs, but does not take into account income distribution. A country's GNI per capita tends to be c…

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The Czech Republic has a developed export-oriented social market economy. It is based in services, manufacturing, and innovation that maintains a high-income welfare state and the European social model. The Czech Republic participates in the European Single Market as a member of the European Union, and is therefore a part of the economy of the European Union. It uses its own currency, the Czech koruna, instead of the euro. It is a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The Czech Republic ranks 16th in inequality-adjusted human development and 24th in World Bank Human Capital Index, ahead of countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom or Fran…

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Canada has an advanced and diversified mixed economy. The nation relies upon its abundant natural resources and well-developed international trade networks. As of 2026, it is the eleventh-largest in the world in nominal terms. Its GDP per capita in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms ranks third among G7 countries. Among OECD members, Canada has a highly efficient and strong social security system; social expenditure stood at roughly 23.1% of GDP. The country's average household disposable income per capita is "well above" the OECD average. The Government of Canada formulates economic policy while the Bank of Canada functions as its central bank and implements monetary policy. The Canadian…