Mining, manufacturing, and utilities contributed 44.2% to the gross value added (GVA) in 2023, followed by financial intermediation, real estate and business activities (21.4%), and wholesale, retail, and hotels (13.4%). In nominal terms, the three sectors are forecast to grow by 5.3%, 5.6%, and 4.4%, respectively, in 2024.
The Emirates of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Sharjah were among the best performing regions in the UAE in 2023, according to the analyst cities database.
DFMGI exhibited a volatile trend over past year. As of May 7, 2024, the index stood at 4,152.1, compared to 3,583.1 on May 7, 2023.
The Emirates of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Sharjah were among the best performing regions in the UAE in 2023, according to the analyst cities database.
DFMGI exhibited a volatile trend over past year. As of May 7, 2024, the index stood at 4,152.1, compared to 3,583.1 on May 7, 2023.
Scope
- As of April 2024, Abu Dhabi's Department of Culture and Tourism plans to invest over $10 billion in infrastructure by 2030, aiming to increase hotel rooms from 34,000 to 52,000 to support the emirate's tourism strategy.
Reasons to Buy
- Macroeconomic Outlook Report identifies the potentials of the country as an investment destination by analyzing the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental (PESTLE) structure.
- PESTLE Insights provides 360 degree view of the economy which can be used as a strategic tool to understand the market dynamics, business potentials and direction of operations
- Along with providing the country’s snapshot, the report captures the risk factors pertaining to the macroeconomic risks, political environment, legal environment, demographic and social structure effectiveness, technology & infrastructure and natural and geographic aspects that might impact business.
- This report also highlights key clusters/cities which contribute significantly to the country GDP and population along with major companies’ presence in these areas.
Table of Contents
- Did You Know?
- Country Highlights
- Key Economic Updates
- Country Snapshot
- Political Landscape
- Economic Landscape
- Social Landscape
- Technological Landscape
- Legal Landscape
- Environmental Landscape
- Outlook
- Exhibit 1: UAE's performance in country risk analysis in comparison to Middle East & North Africa and World average
- Exhibit 2: Performance overview (score: 1-100)
- Exhibit 3: Broad categories and weights behind the index
- Exhibit 4: UAE’s Stock Exchange Index - DFM General Index
- Exhibit 5: Key sectors’ contribution to the economy
- Exhibit 6: FDI inflows and FDI inward stock (2018-22)
- Exhibit 7: Greenfield FDI projects and net cross border M&A deals (2018-22)
- Exhibit 8: Key infrastructure indicators
- Exhibit 9: Real GDP and household consumption growth rate (2019-26f)
- Exhibit 10: Real GDP growth rate comparison (2023)
- Exhibit 11: Volume of exports and imports growth (2019-26f)
- Exhibit 12: Current account balance (2019-26f)
- Exhibit 13: Top three commodity exports, % of total exports (2018-22)
- Exhibit 14: Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation, % of world total (2023)
- Exhibit 15: Interest rates (April 2020 - April 2024)
- Exhibit 16: Exchange rate and inflation (2019-26f)
- Exhibit 17: General government deficit (2019-26f)
- Exhibit 18: General government debt (2019-26f)
- Exhibit 19: Unemployment rate (2019-26f)
- Exhibit 20: Labor force participation rate (2019-26f)
- Exhibit 21: Average annual wages (2019-26f)
- Exhibit 22: Rural/urban share of total population (1995, 2005, 2015, 2025f)
- Exhibit 23: Age-group share of total population (1995, 2005, 2015, 2025f)
- Exhibit 24: Gender split (1995, 2005, 2015, 2025f)
- Exhibit 25: Internet users as a percentage of total population, mobile penetration rate and broadband penetration rate (2023)
- Exhibit 26: Number of patents granted per million population (2022)
- Exhibit 27: High-technology exports, % of manufactured exports (2022)
- Exhibit 28: Rule of law index (rankings) (2023)
- Exhibit 29: Corruption perceptions index (rankings) (2023)
- Exhibit 30: Renewable energy capacity (2018-23)
- Exhibit 31: CO2 emissions (2018-22)
Companies Mentioned (Partial List)
A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:
- EMAAR
- Flydubai
- Sharafco
