"Figure 1: There was a notable increase in the implied rate of return on UK FDI assets from 2016 to 2017","" "Foreign direct investment assets and liabilities, £ billion, and implied rates of return, percentage points, 2010 to 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. Implied rates of return are calculated as the ratio of FDI credits (or debits) to FDI assets (or liabilities) in the same year. 2. Values for assets are in row 8 to 16 and liabilities in row 18 to 26." "Unit","£ billion or per cent" "","" "","Position","Implied Rate of Return" "2010","1343.1","6.9" "2011","1363.5","7.7" "2012","1411.5","6.2" "2013","1437.5","5.8" "2014","1387.7","5.4" "2015","1403.7","4.4" "2016","1633.1","3.6" "2017","1753.3","5.5" "2018","1804.9","5.7" " ","","" "2010","948.2","4.8" "2011","994.1","5.1" "2012","1250.9","4.2" "2013","1265.3","4.4" "2014","1323.7","4.1" "2015","1353.2","3.9" "2016","1545.7","3.7" "2017","1776.6","3.7" "2018","1916.8","4.2"