Economy & Growth in United Arab Emirates 547 indicators covering economy & growth for United Arab Emirates. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Total Expenditure (central government) — Value US$, 2015 prices 14,628 million USD 2024 up 6.9% 76th Total Expenditure (central government) — Value Standard Local Currency 62,396 million SLC 2024 up 4.0% 113th Corporate income tax (CIT) - statutory and targeted small business 9 Percentage of taxable income 2026 — 116th Merchandise exports by continent 0.876 2014 up 31.0% 19th National gdp fouquin current gbp 242.76 billion 2014 up 200.7% 31st Merchandise imports gdp cepii 67.17 2014 up 31.1% 43rd Balanced trade in services 29.35 US dollars, exchange rate converted 2024 up 26.2% 16th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 13.54 Percentage of GDP 2022 up 4.6% 108th 2.5.2 Proportion of local breeds classified as being at risk of 0 % 2017 — 96th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 17 - Trade by 173,210 US dollar 2022 up 60.1% 19th 2.1.1 Prevalence of undernourishment — Value 2.5 % 2020 down 55.4% 113th Share undernourished vs gdp pc 2.5 2023 down 28.6% 107th Divergence of gdp per capita among latecomers to the capitalist revolu 76,398 2018 up 19.6% 3rd Nominal effective exchange rate (NEER), Index (2010=100) Weighted 152.83 2025 up 22.6% 5th Gdp price levels relative to the us 0.6345 2024 up 5.3% 49th Price levels relative to us vs gdp per capita 0.6345 2024 up 5.3% 49th Changes in inventories 14.59 billion constant LCU 2009 up 103.5% 36th Ppp conversion factor for private consumption 2.53 2025 down 9.8% 121st 15.6.1 Countries that are contracting Parties to the International 1 No 2025 unchanged 1st 15.6.1 Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer Agreements 63 No 2025 up 600.0% 108th Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows 45,632 2024 up 312.2% 11th External balance on goods and services 104.21 billion constant LCU 2023 down 69.6% 20th Overdue obligations to the IMF, US dollar 0 2018 — 3rd Overdue obligations to the IMF, SDR 0 2018 — 3rd SDR Allocation, Escrow Account, US dollar 0 2018 — 3rd SDR Allocation, Escrow Account, SDR 0 2018 — 3rd Pm25 exposure gdp 57.19 2023 up 2.3% 8th Tax revenues as a share of gdp unu wider 20 2022 down 21.1% 92nd Share of central government expenditures funded by taxes 72.92 2023 down 13.4% 31st Discrepancy in expenditure estimate of GDP 31.35 billion constant LCU 2023 down 56.6% 16th Environmental protection (central government expenditure) — Value 414.65 million SLC 2024 up 47.6% 100th Environmental protection (central government expenditure) — Value US$ 112.91 million USD 2024 up 47.6% 65th Environmental protection (central government expenditure) — Value 97.21 million USD 2024 up 51.7% 67th Coefficient of variation in caloric consumption vs gdp per capita 0.24 2020 up 4.3% 107th Alcohol consumption vs gdp per capita 2.08 2020 up 6.1% 130th 15.6.1 Countries with legislative, administrative and policy 1 No 2025 — 1st Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 28 - International trade 80.87 Percentage of merchandise value 2020 down 13.8% 113th Gross fixed capital formation, private sector 16.0% 2009 up 31.7% 57th Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person 1.5% 2025 up 104.0% 91st 2.1.1 Number of undernourished people — Value 0.2 million No 2020 down 50.0% 83rd Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 1.9 % 2025 down 48.6% 124th Number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (NUA) — Value — July 0.2 million No 2025 down 33.3% 111th Manufacturing value added (constant 2020 United States dollars) as a 10.2% 2025 up 17.7% 92nd Military spending as a share of gdp gmsd 4.79 2019 up 65.0% 9th IMF-Adapted ND-GAIN Index 0.5753 2024 down 2.1% 47th Readiness score, IMF-Adapted Economic 0.55 2024 down 25.5% 74th Readiness score, Governance 0.688 2024 up 1.4% 30th Readiness score, Social 0.3625 2024 up 16.3% 78th IMF-Adapted Readiness score 0.5335 2024 down 7.4% 52nd Vulnerability score, GDP-Adjusted 0.1056 2024 down 5.2% 20th Vulnerability score, Ecosystems 0.4708 2024 down 0.6% 83rd Vulnerability score, Food 0.4313 2024 down 1.8% 114th Vulnerability score, Habitat 0.3338 2024 down 1.9% 188th Vulnerability score, Heath 0.3176 2024 down 3.6% 145th Vulnerability score, Sensitivity 0.3477 2024 down 1.5% 70th Vulnerability score 0.3829 2024 down 4.5% 116th Vulnerability score, Exposure 0.3673 2024 unchanged 148th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 21 - Investment and 163.05 Percentage of GDP 2019 up 18.1% 11th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 21 - Investment and 150.95 Percentage of GDP 2019 down 6.3% 82nd Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 21 - Investment and 14 Percentage of GDP 2019 down 20.4% 4th ← Previous Page 7 of 10 Next →