"Figure 4: The UK current account balance and its components, 1997 to 2015","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. FDI data for 2014 presented in Figure 4 and throughout this paper are based on revised estimates which were published in the latest annual [FDI statistical bulletin](https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/bulletins/foreigndirectinvestmentinvolvingukcompanies/previousReleases). The revised estimates for 2014 are yet to be incorporated into Balance of Payments; therefore, estimates of the current account balance in 2014 are indicative and assume all other components of the current account remain constant. Latest 2014 estimates of FDI and other components of the current account will be incorporated into Pink Book and [Balance of Payments](https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/bulletins/balanceofpayments/julytosept2016) in October 2017." "Unit","£ billion" "","" "","Trade","Primary excl FDI","FDI","Secondary","Current account" "1997","3.8","-14.4","14.9","-6.1","-1.8" "1998","-7.9","-10.1","22.7","-8.9","-4.2" "1999","-16.2","-17.2","16.6","-7.9","-24.7" "2000","-20.4","-15.6","22.9","-10.1","-23.2" "2001","-26.1","-15.7","26.9","-6.9","-21.7" "2002","-32.9","-16.0","34.9","-9.4","-23.4" "2003","-30.4","-13.8","34.4","-10.8","-20.6" "2004","-35.4","-15.6","39.0","-11.1","-23.0" "2005","-36.5","-18.8","51.4","-12.9","-16.7" "2006","-36.1","-23.3","39.7","-12.7","-32.4" "2007","-39.9","-23.0","39.4","-14.0","-37.5" "2008","-46.2","-20.8","26.1","-14.1","-55.0" "2009","-34.4","-18.4","23.8","-15.8","-44.8" "2010","-42.6","-27.6","47.8","-20.7","-43.1" "2011","-27.1","-33.8","53.5","-21.7","-29.1" "2012","-37.3","-37.0","34.9","-21.9","-61.4" "2013","-39.2","-38.2","27.8","-26.9","-76.4" "2014","-36.2","-37.1","20.4","-25.0","-77.8" "2015","-38.7","-34.0","9.1","-24.6","-88.2"