"Figure 16: The UK’s net liability position increased to £579.1 billion by the end of 2019","" "Breakdown of the UK net international investment position, 2004 to 2019","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","£ billions" "","" "","Reserve assets","Financial derivatives and employee stock options","Other investment","Portfolio investment","Direct investment","Total" "2004","23.2","-5.6","-298.6","-117.8","347.1","-51.6" "2005","24.7","-11.0","-234.5","-85.5","262.0","-44.3" "2006","22.9","-36.8","-280.8","-56.4","217.9","-133.2" "2007","26.7","-14.1","-397.1","-121.5","360.5","-145.5" "2008","36.3","124.9","-186.1","-337.7","494.2","131.6" "2009","40.1","79.6","-171.8","-597.1","380.7","-268.4" "2010","49.7","67.8","-45.6","-610.2","394.8","-143.5" "2011","56.8","83.2","71.2","-796.3","369.4","-215.7" "2012","61.7","61.6","-43.5","-745.3","160.6","-505" "2013","61.4","108.5","3.0","-680.3","172.2","-335.3" "2014","67.7","104.5","2.4","-674.9","63.9","-436.3" "2015","87.5","18.8","112.0","-753.1","50.5","-484.4" "2016","110","42.5","424.5","-701.8","87.3","-37.5" "2017","111.6","46.2","322.1","-744.8","-23.5","-288.4" "2018","135.3","50.4","488.2","-885.5","-112.1","-323.7" "2019","131.6","43","197.2","-894.9","-55.9","-579.1"