United Arab Emirates Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP
1970 - 2024 | Yearly | % | CEIC Data
Key information about United Arab Emirates Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP
- United Arab Emirates Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) registered a growth equal to 8.3 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Dec 2024, compared with a growth equal to 5.9 % in the previous year.
- United Arab Emirates Foreign Direct Investment: % of Nominal GDP data is updated yearly, available from Dec 1970 to Dec 2024.
- The data reached an all-time high of 8.3 % in Dec 2024 and a record low -1.2 % in Dec 1999.
CEIC calculates annual Foreign Direct Investment as % of Nominal GDP from annual Foreign Direct Investment and annual Nominal GDP. The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates provides Foreign Direct Investment in local currency. Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre provides Nominal GDP in local currency. Foreign Direct Investment prior to 2023 is sourced from the World Bank.
Related information about United Arab Emirates Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP
- In the latest reports of United Arab Emirates, Current Account recorded a surplus of 80.0 USD bn in Dec 2024.
- Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 45.6 USD bn in Dec 2024.
- United Arab Emirates Direct Investment Abroad expanded by 77.2 USD bn in Dec 2024.
- Its Foreign Portfolio Investment increased by 54.0 USD bn in Dec 2024.
- The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 136.8 USD bn in Mar 2025.
View United Arab Emirates's Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP from 1970 to 2024 in the chart:
What was United Arab Emirates's Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP in 2024?
United Arab Emirates Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) registered a growth equal to 8.3 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Dec 2024, compared with a growth equal to 5.9 % in the previous year. See the table below for more data.
| Last | Previous | Min | Max | Unit | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.3 2024 | 5.9 2023 | -1.2 1999 | 8.3 2024 | % | yearly | 1970 - 2024 |
Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP by Country Comparison
| country/region | Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania (%) | 6.4 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2004 - Sep 2025 |
| Algeria (%) | 0.7 Dec 2024 | quarterly | Mar 2007 - Dec 2024 |
| Argentina (%) | 2.5 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2004 - Sep 2025 |
| Armenia (%) | 2.3 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Dec 1994 - Sep 2025 |
| Australia (%) | 1.7 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Sep 1959 - Sep 2025 |
| Austria (%) | -1.0 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1970 - Jun 2025 |
| Azerbaijan (%) | 0.0 Dec 2024 | quarterly | Mar 2013 - Dec 2024 |
| Bahrain (%) | -11.3 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2018 - Sep 2025 |
| Bangladesh (%) | 0.4 2025 | yearly | 1998 - 2025 |
| Belarus (%) | 0.2 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1996 - Sep 2025 |
| Belgium (%) | 5.9 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2002 - Sep 2025 |
| Bolivia (%) | 0.3 Dec 2024 | quarterly | Mar 1990 - Dec 2024 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina (%) | 2.5 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2008 - Sep 2025 |
| Botswana (%) | -0.7 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2004 - Jun 2025 |
| Brazil (%) | 4.6 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1995 - Sep 2025 |
| Brunei (%) | -0.2 Dec 2024 | quarterly | Mar 2014 - Dec 2024 |
| Bulgaria (%) | 5.9 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2007 - Sep 2025 |
| Cambodia (%) | 9.5 2024 | yearly | 2010 - 2024 |
| Canada (%) | 2.1 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1961 - Sep 2025 |
| Chile (%) | 4.4 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2003 - Sep 2025 |
| China (%) | 0.1 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1998 - Sep 2025 |
| Colombia (%) | 3.3 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1996 - Jun 2025 |
| Croatia (%) | 7.5 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1995 - Sep 2025 |
| Cyprus (%) | -9.9 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2008 - Jun 2025 |
| Czech Republic (%) | 1.9 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1995 - Sep 2025 |
| Denmark (%) | 6.8 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1999 - Sep 2025 |
| Ecuador (%) | 0.2 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1993 - Jun 2025 |
| Egypt (%) | 2.8 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Sep 2001 - Jun 2025 |
| Estonia (%) | 3.0 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2008 - Sep 2025 |
| European Union (%) | -2.0 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1999 - Jun 2025 |
| Finland (%) | 2.4 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2006 - Sep 2025 |
| France (%) | -2.1 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1997 - Sep 2025 |
| Georgia (%) | 5.0 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1997 - Sep 2025 |
| Germany (%) | 1.5 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1991 - Sep 2025 |
| Ghana (%) | 2.0 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2011 - Jun 2025 |
| Greece (%) | 8.3 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1999 - Sep 2025 |
| Hong Kong SAR, China (%) | 35.7 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1999 - Jun 2025 |
| Hungary (%) | -72.5 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2006 - Jun 2025 |
| Iceland (%) | 3.0 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1995 - Jun 2025 |
| India (%) | 1.4 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Jun 2004 - Jun 2025 |
| Indonesia (%) | 1.3 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1990 - Sep 2025 |
| Iran (%) | 0.0 2021 | yearly | 1997 - 2021 |
| Ireland (%) | 11.8 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1998 - Sep 2025 |
| Israel (%) | 5.1 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1995 - Sep 2025 |
| Italy (%) | 1.4 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1988 - Sep 2025 |
| Ivory Coast (%) | 4.4 2024 | yearly | 1970 - 2024 |
| Japan (%) | 0.4 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1980 - Sep 2025 |
| Jordan (%) | 2.6 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1992 - Sep 2025 |
| Kazakhstan (%) | -2.6 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Dec 1997 - Jun 2025 |
| Kenya (%) | 0.4 2024 | yearly | 1996 - 2024 |
| South Korea (%) | 1.2 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1980 - Sep 2025 |
| Kosovo (%) | 9.7 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2010 - Sep 2025 |
| Kuwait (%) | 0.5 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2012 - Jun 2025 |
| Kyrgyzstan (%) | -3.9 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2000 - Jun 2025 |
| Laos (%) | 6.1 2024 | yearly | 1988 - 2024 |
| Latvia (%) | 2.9 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1995 - Sep 2025 |
| Lebanon (%) | 0.3 2023 | yearly | 2004 - 2023 |
| Lithuania (%) | 4.5 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1993 - Sep 2025 |
| Luxembourg (%) | -86.7 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2002 - Jun 2025 |
| Macau SAR, China (%) | 3.8 2024 | yearly | 1982 - 2024 |
| North Macedonia (%) | 1.0 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2000 - Sep 2025 |
| Malawi (%) | 0.4 2021 | yearly | 1970 - 2021 |
| Malaysia (%) | 1.9 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2005 - Sep 2025 |
| Malta (%) | 68.9 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1995 - Sep 2025 |
| Mauritius (%) | 44.1 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2010 - Sep 2025 |
| Mexico (%) | 1.6 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1993 - Sep 2025 |
| Moldova (%) | 2.2 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1995 - Sep 2025 |
| Mongolia (%) | 15.6 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2000 - Sep 2025 |
| Montenegro (%) | 5.6 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2010 - Sep 2025 |
| Morocco (%) | 0.5 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2014 - Sep 2025 |
| Mozambique (%) | 15.4 2024 | yearly | 1986 - 2024 |
| Myanmar (%) | 4.6 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Dec 2017 - Sep 2024 |
| Nepal (%) | 0.1 2025 | yearly | 2001 - 2025 |
| Netherlands (%) | -3.2 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Jun 2003 - Jun 2025 |
| New Zealand (%) | 1.7 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Jun 2000 - Jun 2025 |
| Nigeria (%) | 0.1 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2010 - Jun 2025 |
| Norway (%) | 0.7 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2005 - Jun 2025 |
| Oman (%) | 11.6 2024 | yearly | 1970 - 2024 |
| Pakistan (%) | 0.6 2025 | yearly | 1977 - 2025 |
| Palestinian Territory (%) | -3.7 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2011 - Sep 2025 |
| Panama (%) | 3.1 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2007 - Sep 2025 |
| Paraguay (%) | 0.9 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2000 - Jun 2025 |
| Peru (%) | 3.6 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1990 - Sep 2025 |
| Philippines (%) | 1.8 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2005 - Sep 2025 |
| Poland (%) | 1.0 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2000 - Sep 2025 |
| Portugal (%) | 5.4 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1996 - Sep 2025 |
| Qatar (%) | 5.0 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2011 - Sep 2025 |
| Romania (%) | 2.6 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1995 - Sep 2025 |
| Russia (%) | 1.1 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1994 - Jun 2025 |
| Saudi Arabia (%) | 2.1 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2006 - Sep 2025 |
| Serbia (%) | 4.1 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2013 - Sep 2025 |
| Singapore (%) | 24.4 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1995 - Sep 2025 |
| Slovakia (%) | 1.4 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2008 - Sep 2025 |
| Slovenia (%) | 4.0 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1995 - Sep 2025 |
| South Africa (%) | -1.1 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1985 - Sep 2025 |
| Spain (%) | 0.8 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1980 - Sep 2025 |
| Sri Lanka (%) | 0.9 Sep 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2002 - Sep 2025 |
| Sudan (%) | 1.7 2021 | yearly | 1996 - 2021 |
| Sweden (%) | 3.9 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1982 - Jun 2025 |
| Switzerland (%) | -4.7 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 1985 - Jun 2025 |
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| Government and Public Finance | Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consolidated Fiscal Balance: % of GDP (%) | 6.5 2024 | yearly | 2012 - 2024 |
| Consolidated Fiscal Balance (USD mn) | 35,771.783 2024 | yearly | 2012 - 2024 |
| Tax Revenue (USD mn) | 100,505.393 2024 | yearly | 2012 - 2024 |
| Tax Revenue: % of GDP (%) | 16.5 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Mar 2012 - Jun 2025 |
| Forecast: Government Expenditure (AED bn) | 673.115 2030 | yearly | 1991 - 2030 |
| Forecast: Government Net Debt (AED bn) | 747.882 2030 | yearly | 1999 - 2030 |
| Forecast: Government Revenue (AED bn) | 800.236 2030 | yearly | 1990 - 2030 |
| Balance of Payments | Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direct Investment Abroad (USD mn) | 77,168.1 2024 | yearly | 1980 - 2024 |
| Current Account Balance (USD mn) | 79,972.8 2024 | yearly | 1996 - 2024 |
| Current Account Balance: % of GDP (%) | 14.5 2024 | yearly | 1996 - 2024 |
| Foreign Direct Investment (USD mn) | 45,636.5 2024 | yearly | 1970 - 2024 |
| Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP (%) | 8.3 2024 | yearly | 1970 - 2024 |
| Foreign Portfolio Investment (USD mn) | 54,023.145 2024 | yearly | 2002 - 2024 |
| Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn) | 45.148 2030 | yearly | 1980 - 2030 |
| BoP: Current Account: Services: Credit (AED bn) | 263.800 2018 | yearly | 2001 - 2018 |
| BoP: Current Account: Services: Debit (AED bn) | -265.500 2018 | yearly | 2001 - 2018 |
| Foreign Direct Investment: Mining and Quarrying (AED mn) | 38,519.597 2016 | yearly | 2005 - 2016 |
| Monetary | Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non Performing Loans Ratio (%) | 4.1 Dec 2024 | quarterly | Mar 2009 - Dec 2024 |
| Household Debt: % of GDP (%) | 24.1 2024 | yearly | 2013 - 2024 |
| Money Supply M1 (USD mn) | 285,399.159 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jun 1991 - Nov 2025 |
| Money Supply M2 (USD mn) | 726,851.657 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jun 1991 - Nov 2025 |
| M2 Growth (%) | 17.1 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jun 1992 - Nov 2025 |
| Reserve Requirement Ratio (%) | 1.0 Dec 2025 | monthly | Jan 2000 - Dec 2025 |
| Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD mn) | 260,404.6 Oct 2025 | monthly | Jun 1973 - Oct 2025 |
| Foreign Exchange Reserves: % of GDP (%) | 45.574 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Dec 2012 - Jun 2025 |
| Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import (NA) | 6.2 Jun 2025 | monthly | Jan 2009 - Jun 2025 |
| Gold Reserves (USD mn) | 9,598.366 Oct 2025 | monthly | Dec 1974 - Oct 2025 |
| Total Deposits (USD mn) | 881,266.483 Nov 2025 | monthly | Dec 2003 - Nov 2025 |
| Total Deposits Growth (%) | 15.4 Nov 2025 | monthly | Dec 2004 - Nov 2025 |
| Domestic Credit (USD mn) | 472,757.7 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 1975 - Nov 2025 |
| Domestic Credit Growth (%) | 8.7 Nov 2025 | monthly | Jan 1976 - Nov 2025 |
| Household Debt (USD mn) | 149,138.4 Sep 2025 | monthly | Dec 2013 - Sep 2025 |
| Total Loans (USD mn) | 552,379.846 Oct 2025 | monthly | Dec 2013 - Oct 2025 |
| Total Loans Growth (%) | 8.44 Oct 2025 | monthly | Dec 2014 - Oct 2025 |
| Private Debt: % of Nominal GDP (%) | 69.05 Jun 2025 | quarterly | Dec 2013 - Jun 2025 |
| Money Supply: M0 (AED mn) | 171,066.000 Nov 2025 | monthly | Dec 2000 - Nov 2025 |
| Money Supply: M3: M2: M1 (AED mn) | 1,048,128.411 Nov 2025 | monthly | Dec 2007 - Nov 2025 |
| Money Supply: M3 (AED mn) | 3,216,377.487 Nov 2025 | monthly | Dec 2007 - Nov 2025 |
| Money Supply: M3: M2 (AED mn) | 2,669,362.711 Nov 2025 | monthly | Dec 2007 - Nov 2025 |
| Reserve Requirement Ratio: Current, Savings and Call Deposits (%) | 11.000 Dec 2025 | monthly | Jan 2000 - Dec 2025 |
| Banks Deposits (AED mn) | 3,236,451.160 Nov 2025 | monthly | Dec 2003 - Nov 2025 |
| Banks Credit: Gross: Residents (AED mn) | 1,486,531.000 Jun 2018 | monthly | Dec 2013 - Jun 2018 |
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