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Manufacturing: the indicators that matter, sourced and dated.

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United Arab Emirates Manufacturing dashboard

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Long-run trend

Annual · World Bank WDI

Full series 2000–latest so no single baseline year is cherry-picked.

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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

"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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