"Figure 15: Inward and outward financial flows as a percentage of nominal GDP","" "UK, 1997 to 2017","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","% of nominal gross domestic product" "","" "","Inward investment into the UK","UK investment made abroad" "1997","25.4","26.3" "1998","13.1","13.6" "1999","21.1","19.3" "2000","47.7","45.1" "2001","25.5","25.2" "2002","14.1","12.7" "2003","33.2","29.8" "2004","45.7","42.8" "2005","54.4","51.9" "2006","49.5","48.1" "2007","71.9","65.9" "2008","-30.7","-43.1" "2009","-15.4","-17.9" "2010","19.8","17.9" "2011","5.8","3.6" "2012","-8.1","-9.6" "2013","-9.1","-16.5" "2014","11.1","4.7" "2015","-8.1","-9.7" "2016","7.9","1.0" "2017","23.5","19.7"