Financial Sector in United Arab Emirates

299 indicators covering financial sector for United Arab Emirates.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Listed domestic companies, total 153 2025 up 22.4% 41st
Does the Law Grant Spouses Equal Administrative Authority Over Assets 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Do Sons and Daughters Have Equal Rights to Inherit Assets From Their 0 2023 149th
Do Male and Female Surviving Spouses Have Equal Rights to Inherit 0 2023 147th
Does the Law Provide For the Valuation of Nonmonetary Contributions? 0 2023 134th
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Assets Score 40 2023 unchanged 154th
Can a Woman Open a Bank Account in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Does the Law Prohibit Discrimination in Access to Credit Based on 1 2023 1st
Assets, International Liquidity, Claims on Nonresidents (ODCS) (US) 47,469 units per person 2025 up 198.7% 7th
Assets, International Liquidity, Claims on Nonresidents (ODCS) (US) 0.7723 units per US$ of GDP 2024 up 145.0% 9th
Commercial bank branches 7.09 per 100,000 adults 2023 down 53.8% 125th
Stocks traded, total value 150.65 billion current US$ 2025 up 161.5% 27th
Stocks traded, total value 21.8% 2024 down 35.6% 30th
External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis the 28.8% 2020 up 85.5% 34th
Automated teller machines (ATMs) 53.06 per 100,000 adults 2023 down 27.2% 69th
External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis all sectors 62.1% 2020 up 72.2% 31st
External loans and deposits of reporting banks vis-à-vis the banking 33.3% 2020 up 61.8% 33rd
Stocks traded, turnover ratio of domestic shares 11.4% 2024 down 83.9% 46th
Deposit money bank assets to deposit money bank assets and central 97.4% 2020 up 7.8% 52nd
Market capitalization of listed domestic companies 1.11 trillion current US$ 2025 up 467.4% 16th
Market capitalization of listed domestic companies 190.9% 2024 up 302.3% 7th
Inward Direct investment, Assets (gross), All financial instruments 5.28 billion 2024 down 21.0% 14th
Outward Direct investment, Assets (gross), All financial instruments 46.54 billion 2024 up 2,059.7% 9th
Currency in circulation outside of depository corporations 151.89 billion Domestic currency 2025 up 160.1% 71st
Domestic Claims, Claims on Public Non-financial Corporations 204.89 billion 2015 up 726.3% 17th
Non-life insurance premium volume to GDP 1.0% 2019 down 27.1% 83rd
Claims on other sectors of the domestic economy 7.6% 2025 down 11.1% 61st
Broad Money 2.75 trillion Domestic currency 2025 up 132.1% 58th
Securities issued by Central Government 0 Domestic currency 2025 5th
Deposits (including electronic money) in Non-financial corporations 0 Domestic currency 2025 15th
Currency issued by Central Government 0 Domestic currency 2025 10th
Loans from nonresident banks (amounts outstanding) to GDP 63.5% 2020 up 113.7% 19th
Life insurance premium volume to GDP 0.6% 2019 up 66.9% 80th
Bank concentration 73.2% 2021 up 20.2% 82nd
Bank Z-score 22.29 2021 down 12.0% 41st
Liquid assets to deposits and short term funding 45.2% 2021 up 106.1% 54th
Bank noninterest income to total income 46.5% 2021 up 77.0% 45th
Bank cost to income ratio 39.0% 2021 up 19.0% 153rd
Bank return on assets 1.2% 2021 down 23.2% 86th
Bank return on assets 1.0% 2021 down 33.7% 83rd
Bank return on equity 9.7% 2021 down 16.4% 119th
Bank return on equity 8.3% 2021 down 27.9% 115th
Bank overhead costs to total assets 1.2% 2021 down 8.4% 140th
Bank net interest margin 2.0% 2021 down 37.5% 120th
Bank nonperforming loans to total gross loans 4.1% 2024 down 22.1% 59th
Rate 0 2024 102nd
International migrant stock, total 8.16 million 2024 up 18.9% 8th
International migrant stock 74.0% 2024 down 6.4% 2nd
Bank capital to assets ratio 11.3% 2024 down 9.9% 37th
Borrowers from commercial banks 628.86 per 1,000 adults 2023 up 12.6% 9th
5-bank asset concentration 85.22 2021 up 5.0% 81st
Depositors with commercial banks 1,395 per 1,000 adults 2023 up 33.0% 28th
Bank regulatory capital to risk-weighted assets 18.1% 2020 down 6.3% 76th
Bank non-performing loans to gross loans 8.2% 2020 up 54.8% 35th
Currency in circulation outside of depository corporations 133.15 billion Domestic currency 2024 up 125.6% 72nd
Outstanding international public debt securities to GDP 15.3% 2020 up 333.9% 36th
International debt issues to GDP 63.0% 2020 up 112.0% 21st
Broad Money 2.32 trillion Domestic currency 2024 up 105.7% 62nd
Bank capital to total assets 16.0% 2009 up 24.0% 10th
Current account balance (credit less debit), US dollar 73.68 billion 2031 up 53.7% 5th