"Figure 13: Foreign direct investment (FDI) earnings involving the UK, 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." "Unit","£ billion" "","" "","Inward","Outward" "2006","51.7","83.6" "2007","51.2","90.6" "2008","48.4","74.5" "2009","45.9","69.7" "2010","39.8","87.6" "2011","45.5","99.0" "2012","45.6","80.5" "2013","50.9","78.7" "2014","48.0","68.5" "2015","47.9","56.9"