"Figure 4: The value of cross-border M&A deals fell in 2020 from 2019, whereas that for domestic deals increased","" "Value of inward, outward and domestic mergers and acquisitions involving UK companies, 2011 to 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. The outward value for 2013 has been suppressed to mitigate disclosure. 2. A new method for compiling M&A statistics was introduced from Quarter 1 (January to March) 2018, which may lead to a structural break in all M&A statistical time series. 3. Values of deals are at current prices and consequently do not account for the effects of inflation over time." "Unit","£ billion" "","" "","Outward","Inward","Domestic" "2011","50.2","33.0","8.1" "2012","17.9","17.4","3.4" "2013","..","31.8","7.7" "2014","20.6","15.0","8.0" "2015","25.6","33.3","6.9" "2016","17.3","190.0","24.7" "2017","77.5","35.2","18.8" "2018","23.8","78.8","27.7" "2019","21.9","55.6","9.0" "2020","15.2","16.3","10.8"