"Figure 6: UK outward and inward foreign direct investment (FDI) earnings by continent, 2006 to 2015","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. All values are at current prices (see background notes for definition). 2. Earnings definition can be found in the background notes. 3. Geographic definitions can be found in the background." "Unit","£ billion" "","" "","2012","2013","2014","2015" "Outward Europe","28.5","30.8","22.4","24.0" "Outward The Americas","23.6","24.2","22.8","15.3" "Outward Asia","16.9","14.9","16.5","14.0" "Outward Aust. and Oceania","4.0","3.6","3.0","2.6" "Outward Africa","7.5","5.1","3.8","1.1" "","","","","" "Inward Europe","22.8","27.2","26.3","22.6" "Inward The Americas","19.8","20.8","16.9","20.2" "Inward Asia","3.2","2.5","4.8","5.3" "Inward Aust. and Oceania","-0.1","0.3","0.0","-0.3" "Inward Africa","0.0","0.1","0.0","0.0"