"Figure 1: Earnings on both inward and outward direct investments increased in 2018 from 2017","" "Earnings on UK foreign direct investment with net earnings balance, 2009 to 2018","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","£ billion" "","" "","Inward earnings","Outward earnings","Net earnings" "2009","45.9","69.7","23.8" "2010","39.8","87.6","47.8" "2011","45.5","99.0","53.5" "2012","45.6","80.5","34.9" "2013","50.9","78.7","27.8" "2014","48.0","68.5","20.5" "2015","48.2","57.2","9.0" "2016","50.3","51.3","1.0" "2017","57.7","88.1","30.4" "2018","72.7","94.1","21.4"