Issue 2

2
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ECONOMY
- GDP
- Foreign Trade
- Prices
- Travel and Tourism
- Information Communication
and Technology

3
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 GDP

1,461,737

1,486,261
1,096,059

2008
33.4% 2018
1.7% 2019
GDP growth at constant prices in the UAE
(AED Million)
1,032,956

1,042,774
747,039

2008
38.3% 2018
1.0% 2019
Non-oil GDP growth at constant prices in the UAE
(AED Million)

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Issue 2
 Foreign Trade

The UAE imported 118.0 AED Billion of gold & article

thereof, where it exported 78.9 AED Billion of electrical
equipment including telephone devices in 2019

118.0
Top 5imports, 2019
(AED Billion)

81.5
45.6 51.1 54.6

Oils & Cars Ornaments Electrical Gold &

mineral oil & jewelry devices articles
& its products including thereof
telephones

Top 5non-oil exports, 2019

78.9
(AED Billion)

42.4 60.4 70.2

40.7

Oils & Diamonds Ornaments Gold & Electrical

mineral oil & jewelry articles devices
& its products thereof including
telephones

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 Foreign Trade

Non-oil UAE foreign trade

2015 to 2019

915.0
2019 231.0
457.0

898.5
2018 206.0
431.6

946.5
2017 181.0
400.3

694.9
2016 168.6

215.3
676.4
2015 161.2
221.4

The value is in AED Billion Imports Exports Re-Export

Data for the year 2017-2019 according to the general system (includes free zones
and warehouses)

6
Issue 2
 Foreign Trade

UAE Non-oil Foreign Trade 2019

Top 5 Countries

Total Export Total Imports

Non-oil

Saudi China
Arabia
88.1 149.8

India India
53.9 98.2

Iraq USA
50.5 73.1

Switzerland Japan
50.2 46.3

Oman Germany
40.0 37.0

The value is in AED Billion

Note:Total non-oil exports includes

exports and re-exports

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 Prices

UAE and Global inflation rates

2019

Global inflation rate

3.4%
Source: International Monetary Fund 2019

UAE inflation rate

-1.9%
Monthly inflation rates in consumer prices for 2019

0.97
0.33 0.12
-0.12 0.17 -0.03
-0.30 -0.59 -0.16 -0.23
-0.79 -0.74
Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

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 Prices

Annual inflation rates in consumer prices

Major spending groups 2019

Weight Inflation Rate

3.2%
Entertainment 16.07%
and Culture

0.3% Tobacco 1.97%

5.6%
Household 1.47%
Equipment

4.0% Restaurants and 1.38%

Hotels

7.7% Education 1.04%

5.4% Telecommunications 0.21%

1.4% Health Services -0.08%

14.3%
Food and Non
Alcoholic Beverages
-1.39%

6.3%
*Various Goods and -1.93%
Services

3.2%
Textiles, Clothing -2.54%
and Shoes

14.6% Transportation -4.02%

34.1%
Housing, Water
Electricity and Gas
-5.20%

* Includes goods (jewelry, perfumes, etc.), and services (insurance, etc.)

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 Travel & Tourism

6.5%
The percentage increase in the number of hotel
guests during the period 2017 to 2019

24.6 25.5 26.2

million million million

2017 2018 2019

666.4
Thousand Movements

Aircraft movement through the country's airports

during 2019

10
Issue 2
 Information Communication
and Technology

2.9%
Contribution of
Information Communication and Technology
to UAE GDP, 2019

Key ICT Indicators

2019

ge of individuals, who own a m

ta obil
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T

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ta obil
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Th

males, who us
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Issue 2
 UAE Global Ranking

Economy

1 1 1 1
The World Global The World The World
Competitiveness Competitiveness Competitiveness Competitiveness
Yearbook 2019 Report 2019 Yearbook 2019 Yearbook 2019

Opportunities and Resilience of

Entrepreneurship Inflation
Threats the Economy

1 1 1 1
The World The World The Legatum The Legatum
Competitiveness Competitiveness Prosperity Index Prosperity Index
Yearbook 2019 Yearbook 2019 2019 2019

Agility of Public-Private New Business Low Poverty Rate at

Companies Partnerships Density National Poverty Lines

1 2 3
World Digital Global Talent The World
Competitiveness Competitiveness Index Competitiveness
Yearbook 2019 2019 Yearbook 2019

Opportunities and Business-Government Investment

Threats Relations Incentives

12
Issue 2
UAE Global Ranking

Tourism

1 6 7 8
Travel and Tourism Travel and Tourism Travel and Tourism Travel and Tourism
Competitiveness Report Competitiveness Report Competitiveness Report Competitiveness Report
2019 2019 2019 2019
Presence of Sustainability of Travel Effectiveness
Quality of Tourism
Major Car Rental and Tourism Industry of Marketing to
Infrastructure
Companies Development Attract Tourists

Communication and Technology

1 1 2 2
The World World Digital The World World Digital
Competitiveness Competitiveness Competitiveness Competitiveness
Yearbook 2019 Yearbook 2019 Yearbook 2019 Yearbook 2019

Digital Transformation Wireless Use of Digital Tools

Cyber Security
in Companies Broadband and Technologies

3 4 4 5
The World The World Global Global
Competitiveness Competitiveness Competitiveness Competitiveness
Yearbook 2019 Yearbook 2019 Report 2019 Report 2019
Development and Funding for
Fiber Internet
Application of Technological Internet Users
Subscriptions
Technology Development

13
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 UAE Global Ranking

Trade

4 5 5 6
The World The World The World The World
Competitiveness Competitiveness Competitiveness Competitiveness
Yearbook 2019 Yearbook 2019 Yearbook 2019 Yearbook 2019
Imports of Goods
Exports Exports of Goods
& Commercial Protectionism
of Goods (%) per Capita
Services - Growth

National Accounts

1 4 5 6
The World The World The World The World
Competitiveness Competitiveness Competitiveness Competitiveness
Yearbook 2019 Yearbook 2019 Yearbook 2019 Yearbook 2019

Overall Productivity Labor Productivity GDP (PPP)

Trade to GDP Ratio
(PPP) (PPP) per Capita

Investment

3 4
The World Global
Competitiveness Competitiveness
Yearbook 2019 Report 2019

Venture Capital
Venture Capital
Availability

14
Issue 2
UAE Global Ranking

Finance

1 1 2 5
Global The Legatum The World The World
Competitiveness Prosperity Index Competitiveness Competitiveness
Report 2019 2019 Yearbook 2019 Yearbook 2019

Efficiency of
Debt Dynamics Cost of Capital Pension Funding
Government Spending

5 6 9
The World The Legatum Global
Competitiveness Prosperity Index Competitiveness
Yearbook 2019 2019 Report 2019

Total General
Government Debt Financing of SMEs
Government Debt (%)

15
Issue 2
 Population and
Demography
- Population
- Labour Force
- Health
- Education
- Gender Balance
- Culture

16
Issue 2
 Population

UAE population
by gender, 2018

9,121,167

9,304,277

9,366,829
3,069,166 6,297,663

2016 2017 2018

33% Total Preliminary 2018*

9,366,829
67%
9,367

9,304

w th 9,121
gr o
on
pu lati 8,264
po
UAE 4,106
2,995
2,411
1,773
1,379
558 1,042
180
1968

1975

1980

1985

1990

1995

2000

2005

2010

2016

2017

2018

(1,000 persons)

Field Census Estimates Administrative Records

17
Issue 2
 Labour Force

2.19%
UAE unemployment rate, 2019
is lower than the global unemployment rate

UAE
2019 2.19%
unemployment rate 2018 2.2%

2019 5.39%
Global
unemployment rate 2018 5%

Gender percentage of the

total workforce in the UAE

24% 76%
Female Male

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 Health

1.4%
Percentage change in number of hospitals in UAE
2017 to 2018

Health Services Clinics and

2018 Hospitals Beds Health Centers

Government 45 7,886 149

Private 100 7,050 5,405

Number of workers in the health

sector 2018

8,469 55,158 6,273 24,345

Pharmacists Nurses Dentists Doctors

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 Education

Private Government
Education Education
Health Services
643 2018
Number of Schools
619
Hospital
2018 - 2019

810.5 288.8 18.1 9.2

Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand

Number of Number of Number of Number of

students in students in students in students in
private schools government adult education technical
schools centers education

76 24%
Number of UAE higher of Emirati students enrolled
education institutions in Business Administration
2018 - 2019 and

19%
in Engineering

These are the majors for which

most Emirati students have
enrolled in during the academic
year 2018 - 2019

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 Education

The number of new and continuing students in higher

education institutions by subject specializations
by nationality 2018 - 2019

Non-Emirati Emirati

Specialization Total Total Specialization

Business Management 12,880 19,425 Business Management

Engineering 11,122 15,506 Engineering

Environmental Health Sciences 9,378 7,955 Information Technology

Humanities Sciences 3,105 7,005 Humanities Sciences

Information Technology 2,908 5,409 Communications and

Public Relations

The number of new and continuing students in

space-related major 2018 - 2019
Non-Emirati Emirati

Specialization Male Female Total Female Male Specialization

Bachelor 134 15 340 131 60 Bachelor

Master 27 67 234 95 45 Master

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Issue 2
 Gender Balance

50% National
Federal
Council
50%
UAE ministerial formation

32 Men and
9 Women

Percentage of Emirati females Percentage of Emirati females in

in the private sector the federal government sector

57% 51.35%
Females in the
diplomatic corps 35%
Number of female
judges in the UAE
24
Percentage of youth
(female) in the federal
board of directors
46%

22
Issue 2
 Gender Balance

Women in the government sector, 2019

51%
Percentage of Emirati women working in the government sector

92% Percentage of women in the education sector

81%
Percentage of women in the health sector (medical and
medical support)

65% Percentage of women in the field of media, culture and arts

60%
Percentage of women in managerial positions and
administrative assistance

51%
Percentage of women in engineering and auxiliary
engineering jobs

34%
Percentage of female engineers and scientist who are
worker on "Hope" Mars mission

23
Issue 2
 Culture

UAE Antiquities and Museums, 2019

34 3,576,109 108

Number of Number of Visitors Number of

Museums to Museums Archaeological
and Historical Sites

15,182
Number of Artifacts and Antiques

4,965 5,503
4,714

2017 2018 2019

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Issue 2
 Culture

Value of foreign trade in

musical instruments and video games
(AED)

322,410 2018 78,322,711

Exports Value of Imports Value of
Musical Instruments Musical Instruments

697,871 1,201,352
Value of Exported 2018 Value of Imported
Video Games Video Games

Number of licensed television channels,

by lanugage in 2019

16 34
English Arabic

4 1
Malayalam Persian

342 341
Hindi Tagalog

1 1
Urdu Chinese

25
Issue 2
 UAE Global Ranking

Population Labour Culture

2 10 4
The World The Legatum The World
Competitiveness Prosperity Index Competitiveness
Yearbook 2019 2019 Yearbook 2019

Availability of
Population - Growth National Culture
Skilled Workers

Health

1 1 1 1
Travel and Tourism The Legatum The Legatum The Legatum
Competitiveness Report Prosperity Index Prosperity Index Prosperity Index
2019 2019 2019 2019

Low HIV Existence of National Low Universal Healthcare

Prevalence (% pop)* Screening Programs Health Problems Coverage Index

1 1 1 6
The Legatum Travel and Tourism The Legatum The World
Prosperity Index Competitiveness Report Prosperity Index Competitiveness
2019 2019 2019 Yearbook 2019

Prevalence of Low Malaria Prevalence of Low

Undernourishment Incidence per Stunting in Children Pollution Problems
100,000 pop* Under-5

26
Issue 2
UAE Global Ranking

Education

1 1 1 1
Global The Legatum Global Gender Global Gender
Innovation Index Prosperity Index Gap Report Gap Report
2019 2019 2019 2019
Tertiary Level Primary Enrolment in
Literacy Rate
Inbound Mobility Completion Rate Primary Education

1 3 4 5
Global Talent The World The World The World
Competitiveness Index Competitiveness Competitiveness Competitiveness
2019 Yearbook 2019 Yearbook 2019 Yearbook 2019

International Knowledge Student Mobility

Apprenticeship
Students Transfer Inbound

Gender
Balance Society

4 1 2
Global Talent The World The Legatum
Competitiveness Index Competitiveness Prosperity Index
2019 Yearbook 2019 2019

Leadership Public Trust in

Dependency Ratio
Opportunities for Politicians
Women

27
Issue 2
 Agriculture,
Environment
and Energy
- Agriculture
- Environment
- Energy and Water
- Food Security

28
Issue 2
 Agriculture
Production Production Production
quantity quantity quantity
20,501 71,351 78,607

Largest Zucchini Cucumber Tomatoes

cultivated
crops
- Quantity in tonnes Area Area Area
- Area in acres
6,654 7,643 11,127

Livestock numbers by type, 2018

Camels Cows Goats Lambs

457,526 105,357 2,395,166 2,147,665

Fish caught by emirate (tonnes)

4,892 11,175 17,738 6,488 5,660 17,046 12,616

Abu Dhabi Dubai Sharjah Ajman Umm Ras Fujairah
Al Quwain Al Khaimah

29
Issue 2
 Environment

Number of
natural reserves Area of
in the country wild reserves
44 12,109 Km2

302%
Area
of marine
reserves
Increase in natural
6,762.5 Km2 reserve area since
2007

2018

30
Issue 2
 Environment

Ambient air quality 2018

24%
Annual average percentage
decrease of concentrated
sulfur dioxide in residential
air quality control stations
2015
55%
The percentage of air control
stations in residential areas
compared with total stations

Municipal solid waste distribution by Emirate 2018*

53% Dubai

28% Abu Dhabi

8.8% Sharjah

3.9% Ajman

3.5% Ras Al Khaimah

1.9% Fujairah

0.7% Umm Al Quwain

Preliminary data*

31
Issue 2
 Energy and Water

32%
Percentage increase in the quantity of water produced
2007 to 2018
2007 2018

1,514
1,365 2,021
1,845

Million cubic meters

Million cubic meters
Produced Consumed
Produced Consumed
Wastewater
Treatment 2018

Treated
wastewater
increased more than

32%
since 2012

The amount of Recycled water

treated wastewater used in irrigation
used in irrigation has increased by
is more than more than

70% 66%
of the total water since 2012
Treated wastewater

32
Issue 2
 Energy and Water

73%
Percentage increase in electricity produced
2007 to 2018

135,997 127,561
Produced Consumed
78,761 69,914
Produced Consumed
Giga Watthour

2018 2007

3
Million barrels per day
Oil production, 2018

2018 2017

Preliminary
2018*

3.007 2.967

Million barrels per day Million barrels per day

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Issue 2
 Food Security

Value of Food and Beverages Trade

2020 Q1 13.9
2019 59.8
Import

2018 58.8
2017 63.2

2020 Q1 3.8
2019 15.7
Export

2018 15.1
2017 18.1

2020 Q1 3.1
Re-Export

2019 15.4
2018 12.9
2017 12.0

2020 Q1 7.1
Net Imports

2019 28.7
2018 30.8
2017 33.1
The value is in AED Billion

Volume of Food and Beverages Trade

2020 Q1 3,573.3
2019 16,429.9
Import

2018 16,902.8
2017 18,506.6

2020 Q1 918.9
2019 3,659.6
Export

2018 3,642.2
2017 4,986.3

2020 Q1 455.5
2,145.9
Re-Export

2019
2018 1,992.4
2017 2,341.0

2020 Q1 2,198.9
Net Imports

2019 10,624.4
2018 11,268.2
2017 11,179.3
The volume is in (1,000 Tonnes)

34
Issue 2
 Food Security

Food and beverage products and

commodity products

Food and Beverage Factories

Maximum annual capacity

16,302.5 568
Factories
Annual production capacity

5,965.2
Thousands Tonnes Thousands Tonnes

Commodity Products

Maximum annual capacity

5,006 195
Factories
Annual production capacity

2,328.5
Thousands Tonnes Thousands Tonnes

Top 5 food export partners to the UAE

India
15.7%
Brazil
Canada

8.7% 9.8% 9.2% Russia

Pakistan
7.6%

35
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 UAE Global Ranking

Environment

1 3 5 6
The Legatum The World The World The World
Prosperity Index Competitiveness Competitiveness Competitiveness
2019 Yearbook 2019 Yearbook 2019 Yearbook 2019

Satisfaction with Environmental Sustainable

Pollution Problems
Preservation Efforts Laws Development

Energy and Water

1 1 2 5
Doing Business Report Global Talent Global Competitiveness The World
2019 Competitiveness Index Report 2019 Competitiveness
2019 Yearbook 2019

Total Indigenous
Getting Electricity Sanitation Electricity Access
Energy Production (%)

7 9 10 10
The World The World The Legatum The World
Competitiveness Competitiveness Prosperity Index Competitiveness
Yearbook 2019 Yearbook 2019 2019 Yearbook 2019

Water Consumption Energy Water Total Indigenous

Intensity Infrastructure Production Energy Production

36
Issue 2
UAE Global Ranking

Food Security

1 1 1 1
Global Food Security Global Food Security Global Food Security The Legatum
Index 2019 Index 2019 Index 2019 Prosperity Index
2019

Presence and Quality Access to Financing Prevalence of

Nutritional Standards
of Food Safety net for Farmers Undernourishment
Programmes

1 7 9
Social Progress The World Global Food Security
Index 2019 Competitiveness Index 2019
Yearbook 2019

Undernourishment Water Consumption Agricultural

(% of pop.) Intensity Import Tariffs

37
Issue 2
 Sustainable
Development
Goals

38
Issue 2
No Poverty

UAE

41,875
Proportion of population
covered by social protection

Zero Hunger

UAE Global Leaders

2.50% 1.17%
Prevalence of Several
undernourishment countries
(% pop)

Prevalence of stunting
in children under 5 years
of age (%) 2.58% Germany
1.30%
Prevalence of wasting in
children under 5 years
of age (%)
0.70% Australia
0.00%
Cereal yield (t/ha)
21.49 St. Vincent and
the Grenadines 24.74

39
Issue 2
 Good Health and Well-being

UAE Global Leaders

6 3
Maternal mortality rate Several
(per 100,000 live births) countries

4.70 0.9
Neonatal mortality rate
(per 1,000 live births) Japan

Child mortality rate,

under 5 of age
(per 1,000 live births) 9.1 Several
countries 2.10
0.81 0.00
Incidence of tuberculosis Several
(per 100,000 population) countries

0.04 0.00
New HIV infections Several
(per 1,000) countries

Births attended by skilled

health personnel (%)
99.90% Several
countries 100%
Percentage of surviving
infants who received
2 WHO-recommended
vaccines (%)
97% Germany
99%
7.04 7.86
Subjective Wellbeing
Finland
(average ladder score, 0-10)

40
Issue 2
Quality Education

UAE Global Leaders

Literacy rate of
15 - 24 year olds,
both sexes (%) 95.01% Several
countries 100%

Gender Balance

UAE Global Leaders

Ratio of female to male

122.68 127.27
mean years of schooling
Lesotho
of population age 25
and above

41
Issue 2
 Clean Water and Sanitation

UAE Global Leaders

Population using at
least basic drinking
water services (%) 99.63% Several
countries 100%
Population using at
least basic sanitation
services (%)
99.98% Several
countries 100%
Anthropogenic
wastewater that receives
treatment (%) 74.96% Several
countries 100%

42
Issue 2
Affordable and Clean Energy

UAE Global Leaders

100% 100%
Access to electricity
(% population) UAE

Access to clean fuels

& technology for
cooking (% population) 98.51% Several
countries 100%

Decent Work and Economic Growth

UAE Global Leaders

Adjusted Growth (%)

1.35% Ireland
7.17%
Adults (15 years +) with
an account at a bank or
other financial institution
or with a mobile-money- 88.21% Denmark
99.91%
service provider (%)

43
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 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

UAE Global Leaders

94.82% 98.87%
Population using
Andorra
the internet (%)

Mobile broadband
subscriptions
(per 100 inhabitants) 243.43 UAE
243.43
Logistics performance

4.02 4.37
index: Quality of trade
Germany
and transport-related
infrastructure

The Times Higher

36.8 94.33
Education Universities
USA
Ranking: Average score
of top 3 universities (0-100)

Sustainable Cities and Communities

UAE

33%
Labor share of GDP,
comprising wages

Sustainable Cities and Communities

UAE Global Leaders

77.51% 85.35%
Satisfaction with
public transport (%)
Singapore

44
Issue 2
Responsible Consumption and Production

UAE

28%
National recycling rate
of Solid Municipal Waste

Climate Action

UAE Global Leaders

People affected by
climate-related disasters
(per 100,000 population) 2.00 Several
countries 0.00
Life Below Water

UAE Global Leaders

Ocean Health Index

Goal - Clean Waters
(0-100) 72.27 Chile
93.97
5.60 0.00
Fish caught by
Maldives
trawling (%)

45
Issue 2
 Life on Land

UAE

17.05%
Percentage of terrestrial
protected areas in the UAE

Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

UAE Global Leaders

0.89 0.00
Homicides Several
(per 100,000 population) countries

Proportion of the population

89.97 94.24
who feel safe walking
Singapore
alone at night in the city
or area where they live in (%)

Property Rights
5.86 Switzerland
6.55
Birth registrations with
civil authority, children
under 5 years of age (%) 100% UAE
100%
Corruption Perception
Index (0-100) 70.00 Denmark
88.00
Transfers of major
conventional weapons
(exports) 0.68 Several
countries 0.00
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Issue 2
Partnerships for the Goals

UAE Global Leaders

0.00 0.00
Tax Haven Score
UAE
(best 0-5 worst)

International concessional

1.03 1.03
public finance, including
UAE
official development
assistance (% GNI)

47
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(May 2020)