"Figure 6: Rate of return on assets by continent, percentage","" "UK, 2007 to 2017","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","Europe","Americas","Asia","Australasia & Oceania","Africa" "2007","4.8","4.7","5.5","6.8","10.5" "2008","4.0","3.8","4.5","6.5","8.8" "2009","2.1","2.9","2.8","4.3","4.6" "2010","2.3","2.2","3.4","6.2","7.7" "2011","2.5","2.6","3.5","5.2","9.0" "2012","1.9","2.2","3.7","3.0","10.1" "2013","1.9","2.3","2.6","3.4","6.5" "2014","1.7","2.0","2.7","3.1","4.6" "2015","1.7","1.7","2.5","3.1","1.8" "2016","1.8","1.5","2.2","2.6","3.0" "2017","2.0","1.8","2.5","4.7","3.6"