This report includes a set of metrics which displays UK performance compared to a range of comparator countries. Investment in the UK life sciences sector continues to grow, with foreign direct investment capital expenditure at £1.1bn in 2018, the highest expenditure seen in the past eight years. The UK also remains a key location for education and skills with the highest proportion of graduates from Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics programmes among comparator countries at 14% of all UK graduates in 2016.