"Figure 9: Rates of return on UK investment abroad and foreign investment in the UK decreased","" "Rates of return: assets and liabilities, percentage, 2005 to 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. This analysis only uses the three main types of investments - direct, portfolio and other investments." "Unit","%" "","" "","Total investment abroad","Total investment in the UK","Net investment" "2005","4.1","3.7","0.4" "2006","4.6","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","2.8","2.6","0.2" "2012","2.3","2.4","-0.1" "2013","2.2","2.5","-0.3" "2014","2.0","2.3","-0.4" "2015","1.8","2.3","-0.5" "2016","1.7","2.3","-0.5" "2017","2.2","2.4","-0.2" "2018","2.4","2.7","-0.2" "2019","2.4","2.4","0.0" "2020","1.5","1.7","-0.2"