The United Kingdom is ranked fourth among the world's most admired nations. It was ranked third last year. The UK has the world's sixth largest economy by nominal GDP and the seventh largest by purchasing power parity.
The world's first industrialised country, it is major power with strong economic, cultural, military, scientific and political influence.
GDP (PPP): $2.228 trillionPopulation: 61,113,205
Image: United Kingdom is ranked fourth.