cross-border outstandings cross-border outstandings , as defined by bank regulatory rules , are amounts payable to state street by residents of foreign countries , regardless of the currency in which the claim is denominated , and local country claims in excess of local country obligations .these cross-border outstandings consist primarily of deposits with banks , loan and lease financing and investment securities .in addition to credit risk , cross-border outstandings have the risk that , as a result of political or economic conditions in a country , borrowers may be unable to meet their contractual repayment obligations of principal and/or interest when due because of the unavailability of , or restrictions on , foreign exchange needed by borrowers to repay their obligations .cross-border outstandings to countries in which we do business which amounted to at least 1% ( 1 % ) of our consolidated total assets were as follows as of december 31: .
[['( in millions )', '2008', '2007', '2006'], ['united kingdom', '$ 5836', '$ 5951', '$ 5531'], ['australia', '2044', '3567', '1519'], ['canada', '2014', '4565', '2014'], ['germany', '2014', '2944', '2696'], ['total cross-border outstandings', '$ 7880', '$ 17027', '$ 9746']]
the total cross-border outstandings presented in the table represented 5% ( 5 % ) , 12% ( 12 % ) and 9% ( 9 % ) of our consolidated total assets as of december 31 , 2008 , 2007 and 2006 , respectively .aggregate cross-border outstandings to countries which totaled between .75% ( .75 % ) and 1% ( 1 % ) of our consolidated total assets at december 31 , 2008 amounted to $ 3.45 billion ( canada and germany ) .there were no cross-border outstandings to countries which totaled between .75% ( .75 % ) and 1% ( 1 % ) of our consolidated total assets as of december 31 , 2007 .aggregate cross-border outstandings to countries which totaled between .75% ( .75 % ) and 1% ( 1 % ) of our consolidated total assets at december 31 , 2006 amounted to $ 1.05 billion ( canada ) .capital regulatory and economic capital management both use key metrics evaluated by management to assess whether our actual level of capital is commensurate with our risk profile , is in compliance with all regulatory requirements , and is sufficient to provide us with the financial flexibility to undertake future strategic business initiatives .regulatory capital our objective with respect to regulatory capital management is to maintain a strong capital base in order to provide financial flexibility for our business needs , including funding corporate growth and supporting customers 2019 cash management needs , and to provide protection against loss to depositors and creditors .we strive to maintain an optimal level of capital , commensurate with our risk profile , on which an attractive return to shareholders will be realized over both the short and long term , while protecting our obligations to depositors and creditors and satisfying regulatory requirements .our capital management process focuses on our risk exposures , our capital position relative to our peers , regulatory capital requirements and the evaluations of the major independent credit rating agencies that assign ratings to our public debt .our capital committee , working in conjunction with our asset and liability committee , referred to as alco , oversees the management of regulatory capital , and is responsible for ensuring capital adequacy with respect to regulatory requirements , internal targets and the expectations of the major independent credit rating agencies .the primary regulator of both state street and state street bank for regulatory capital purposes is the federal reserve .both state street and state street bank are subject to the minimum capital requirements established by the federal reserve and defined in the federal deposit insurance corporation improvement act .

Question: what percent increase did the united kingdom cross border outstandings experience between 2006 and 2008?
Answer: 5.51%