GDP growth
%4.0%down-0.31
World Bank NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG (opens in new tab) · data year 2024 (vs 2023) · updated 2026-10-08
Middle East / ARE
UnitedArabEmirates
How United Arab Emirates' economy is moving, sector by sector, with every number sourced.
Qasr Al Watan, Abu Dhabi · Photo: Darthjipsu (opens in new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colour-graded · credits
Pipeline run 2026-10-18 04:43Z UTC
United Arab Emirates Overview dashboard
Inflation (CPI)
%1.3%down-0.41
World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
Unemployment
% labour force2.2%up+0.01
World Bank SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
GDP per capita
US$50,274up+423
World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD (opens in new tab) · data year 2024 (vs 2023) · updated 2026-10-08
Central govt debt
% GDP1.8%
World Bank GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS (opens in new tab) · data year 2013 · updated 2026-10-08
Current account
% GDP15.7%up+1.80
World Bank BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS (opens in new tab) · data year 2024 (vs 2023) · updated 2026-10-08
Long-run trend
Annual · World Bank WDIFull series 2000–latest so no single baseline year is cherry-picked.
Claim checksEach number with its counterweight
Claim check
"United Arab Emirates's exports are booming."
The data
Exports (% GDP)
- 2013
- 95.8%
- 2023
- 107%
increase+11.1 change
Counter-metric
Imports (% GDP)
- 2013
- 61.6%
- 2023
- 92.2%
increase+30.6 change
Exports moved +11.1 pts of GDP; imports moved +30.6 pts. Look at both before calling it a boom.
Sources: World Bank NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS, NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS. Claim wording is a generic template, not a quote.
Claim check
"We've massively increased health spending."
The data
Health expenditure (% GDP)
- 2013
- 3.5%
- 2023
- 5.0%
increase+1.5 change
Counter-metric
Infant mortality (per 1,000 births)
- 2014
- 6.3
- 2024
- 3.8
decrease-2.5 change
Spending share changed +1.5 pts; infant mortality changed -2.5 per 1,000. Outcomes are the counterweight to inputs.
Sources: World Bank SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS, SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. Claim wording is a generic template, not a quote.
Claim check
"Manufacturing is the engine of growth."
The data
Manufacturing value added (% GDP)
- 2014
- 7.9%
- 2024
- 9.4%
increase+1.5 change
Counter-metric
Industry value added (% GDP)
- 2014
- 50.7%
- 2024
- 44.3%
decrease-6.4 change
Manufacturing share of GDP changed +1.5 pts vs industry overall -6.4 pts.
Sources: World Bank NV.IND.MANF.ZS, NV.IND.TOTL.ZS. Claim wording is a generic template, not a quote.
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