Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita was 48,705 USD in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in United Arab Emirates, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
United Arab Emirates recorded 48,705 USD for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in United Arab Emirates peaked at 51,308 USD in 2008 and was at its lowest, 3,725 USD, in 1970.
That places United Arab Emirates 32nd out of 228 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 3,725 USD | — |
| 1971 | 4,365 USD | +17.2% |
| 1972 | 5,718 USD | +31.0% |
| 1973 | 9,779 USD | +71.0% |
| 1974 | 24,063 USD | +146.1% |
| 1975 | 27,472 USD | +14.2% |
| 1976 | 31,605 USD | +15.0% |
| 1977 | 35,478 USD | +12.3% |
| 1978 | 29,763 USD | -16.1% |
| 1979 | 34,686 USD | +16.5% |
| 1980 | 43,486 USD | +25.4% |
| 1981 | 45,441 USD | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 40,495 USD | -10.9% |
| 1983 | 35,103 USD | -13.3% |
| 1984 | 32,431 USD | -7.6% |
| 1985 | 29,853 USD | -7.9% |
| 1986 | 23,434 USD | -21.5% |
| 1987 | 23,415 USD | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 21,852 USD | -6.7% |
| 1989 | 23,470 USD | +7.4% |
| 1990 | 27,059 USD | +15.3% |
| 1991 | 26,027 USD | -3.8% |
| 1992 | 25,984 USD | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 25,360 USD | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 25,806 USD | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 27,356 USD | +6.0% |
| 1996 | 28,693 USD | +4.9% |
| 1997 | 28,348 USD | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 25,215 USD | -11.1% |
| 1999 | 26,194 USD | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 30,256 USD | +15.5% |
| 2001 | 28,108 USD | -7.1% |
| 2002 | 28,116 USD | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 30,047 USD | +6.9% |
| 2004 | 33,813 USD | +12.5% |
| 2005 | 39,225 USD | +16.0% |
| 2006 | 44,922 USD | +14.5% |
| 2007 | 46,454 USD | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 51,308 USD | +10.4% |
| 2009 | 39,208 USD | -23.6% |
| 2010 | 43,265 USD | +10.3% |
| 2011 | 50,120 USD | +15.8% |
| 2012 | 51,301 USD | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 51,101 USD | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 50,275 USD | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 42,685 USD | -15.1% |
| 2016 | 40,888 USD | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 42,290 USD | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 45,689 USD | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 44,572 USD | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 36,987 USD | -17.0% |
| 2021 | 42,413 USD | +14.7% |
| 2022 | 49,085 USD | +15.7% |
| 2023 | 48,311 USD | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 48,705 USD | +0.8% |
United Arab Emirates compared with similar countries
- United Arab Emirates's 48,705 USD is above the median for high income countries, which is 35,958 USD, 1.4× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- United Arab Emirates's 48,705 USD is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 5,093 USD, 9.6× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita in United Arab Emirates changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +146.1% | 9,779 USD | 24,063 USD |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 20,665 USD | 3,725 USD | 35,478 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 31,898 USD | 21,852 USD | 45,441 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,604 USD | 25,215 USD | 28,693 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 37,146 USD | 28,108 USD | 51,308 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 46,219 USD | 40,888 USD | 51,301 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 45,100 USD | 36,987 USD | 49,085 USD | 5 |
Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates
- 30 New Zealand 49,321 USD compare
- 31 Andorra 49,304 USD compare
- 33 France 47,515 USD compare
- 34 Malta 45,075 USD compare
- 35 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 41,246 USD compare
More economy & growth data for United Arab Emirates
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.85 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.54 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0056 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 285.14 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 0.2593 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0043 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 208.21 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0041 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in United Arab Emirates?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita in United Arab Emirates was 48,705 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 51,308 USD in 2008.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,725 USD in 1970.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 32nd out of 228 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).