"Figure 15: The rates of return earned on investments in the UK increased from 2.4% in 2017 to 2.6% in 2018","" "Rates of return: UK assets and liabilities¹ , percentage, 1997 to 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. Direct, portfolio and other investments. 2. Rates of return are calculated using the average of opening and closing stock positions." "Unit","%" "","" "","Total investment abroad","Total investment in the UK","Net investment" "1997","5.0","5.1","-0.2" "1998","4.8","4.4","0.4" "1999","4.2","4.3","-0.1" "2000","4.7","4.5","0.2" "2001","4.3","4.1","0.2" "2002","3.7","3.3","0.4" "2003","3.5","3.1","0.4" "2004","3.5","3.2","0.3" "2005","4.1","3.6","0.4" "2006","4.5","4.5","0.1" "2007","4.9","4.9","0.0" "2008","4.0","4.2","-0.2" "2009","2.5","2.6","-0.1" "2010","2.5","2.4","0.1" "2011","2.7","2.6","0.2" "2012","2.3","2.4","-0.1" "2013","2.2","2.5","-0.3" "2014","2.0","2.3","-0.3" "2015","1.8","2.3","-0.4" "2016","1.7","2.3","-0.5" "2017","2.2","2.4","-0.2" "2018","2.4","2.6","-0.2"