"Figure 10: Rates of return on assets in Europe and the Americas saw an improvement in 2021 following a fall in 2020","" "Rate of return on UK foreign assets by continent, percentage, 2006 to 2021","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","Europe","Americas","Asia","Australasia and Oceania","Africa" "2006","4.4","4.8","5.3","6.7","11.1" "2007","5","4.9","5.6","6.9","10.6" "2008","4.2","3.9","4.6","6.5","8.9" "2009","2.2","3","2.8","4.4","4.6" "2010","2.3","2.3","3.5","6.2","7.8" "2011","2.5","2.7","3.5","5.2","9.0" "2012","1.9","2.2","3.7","3.0","10.1" "2013","2.0","2.3","2.6","3.4","6.5" "2014","1.7","2.0","2.6","3.1","4.6" "2015","1.7","1.7","2.4","3.1","1.8" "2016","1.8","1.4","2.2","2.5","2.9" "2017","2.1","2.0","2.5","3.7","3.7" "2018","2.2","2.1","2.9","4.4","6.1" "2019","2.4","2.3","2.7","3.1","5.6" "2020","1.4","1.3","1.9","-1.0","2.5" "2021","1.8","1.9","1.9","2.8","1.7"