The combined UK total of buyout and terminated contracts is 6.8%. In other words, the UK's ratio, an industrialised country, is higher than the 5.4% average of World Bank projects in developing countries for cancelled (terminated) contracts as a percentage of the cost of investment.
Furthermore, the UK combined buyout, termination and major problem contract ratio, excluding projects being bailed out, rises to 17.7% as a percentage of investment.