"Figure 11: Contribution to the UK primary income balance as percentage of nominal GDP, current price, 1997 to 2015","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. “other” includes: Other primary income, reserve assets and compensation of employees." "Unit","Percentage of nominal GDP" "","" "","Total primary income balance","Earnings on direct investment","Earnings on equity securities","Earnings on debt securities","Earnings on other investment","Earnings on other^1^" "1997","0.1","1.6","-0.3","0.1","-1.5","0.2" "1998","1.3","2.3","-0.4","0.3","-1.2","0.2" "1999","-0.1","1.6","-0.7","0.0","-1.3","0.2" "2000","0.7","2.1","-0.1","0.2","-1.7","0.1" "2001","1.0","2.4","-0.4","0.3","-1.4","0.1" "2002","1.6","3.0","-0.4","0.3","-1.4","0.2" "2003","1.7","2.8","-0.3","0.2","-1.2","0.2" "2004","1.8","3.0","-0.3","0.2","-1.2","0.1" "2005","2.4","3.7","-0.3","0.1","-1.3","0.1" "2006","1.1","2.7","-0.2","-0.2","-1.2","0.0" "2007","1.1","2.6","0.0","-0.2","-1.3","0.0" "2008","0.3","1.7","-0.3","-0.2","-0.9","0.0" "2009","0.4","1.6","-0.3","-0.1","-0.9","0.1" "2010","1.3","3.0","-0.3","-0.6","-0.9","0.0" "2011","1.2","3.3","-0.5","-0.7","-0.9","0.1" "2012","-0.1","2.1","-0.4","-0.9","-0.9","0.0" "2013","-0.6","1.6","-0.7","-0.8","-0.7","0.0" "2014","-1.3","0.7","-0.4","-1.0","-0.6","0.0" "2015","-2.0","-0.2","-0.5","-0.7","-0.6","0.0"