"Figure 9: Rates of return on UK investment abroad improved in 2021","" "Rates of return: assets and liabilities, percentage, 2006 to 2021","" "","" "Notes","1. This analysis only uses the three main types of investments: direct, portfolio and other investments." "Unit","%" "","" "","Rate of return on assets","Rate of return on liabilities","Net investment" "2006","5.1","5.1","0.0" "2007","5.0","5.1","-0.1" "2008","4.2","4.4","-0.2" "2009","2.5","2.7","-0.1" "2010","2.5","2.4","0.1" "2011","2.8","2.6","0.2" "2012","2.4","2.4","-0.1" "2013","2.2","2.5","-0.3" "2014","2.0","2.3","-0.3" "2015","1.8","2.3","-0.4" "2016","1.7","2.3","-0.6" "2017","2.1","2.4","-0.2" "2018","2.4","2.7","-0.3" "2019","2.5","2.4","0.1" "2020","1.4","1.8","-0.4" "2021","1.9","1.9","0.0"