United Arab Emirates (2023)
26.6
% of GDP
+0.5pp YoY
YoY Change
+0.5pp
percentage points
Trend
up
Series length
23
years of data

Data

United Arab Emirates Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP) (2023) — source data. World Bank.
Year % of GDP YoY Change
2023 26.6 +0.5pp
2022 26.1 +0.7pp
2021 25.4 +2.6pp
2020 22.8 -0.4pp
2019 23.2 +2pp
2018 21.2 +0.6pp
2017 20.6 -0.3pp
2016 20.9 -0.7pp
2015 21.6 -0.5pp
2014 22.1 +1pp
2013 21.1 -2.3pp
2012 23.4 -1.4pp
2011 24.8 -4.1pp
2010 28.9 -2.7pp
2009 31.6 +6.5pp
2008 25.1 -0.1pp
2007 25.2 +5.9pp
2006 19.3 -0.9pp
2005 20.2 +0.2pp
2004 20 -2.2pp

About this Dataset

United Arab Emirates recorded 26.6 % of GDP in 2023. The latest change was +0.5pp. Across 2001–2023 the series ranges from 19.3 in 2006 to 31.6 in 2009.

This page tracks gross capital formation (investment in fixed assets + inventory changes) as a share of GDP in United Arab Emirates from 1990 to present. Capital formation is the engine of future productive capacity.

Data sourced from World Bank via Open Data API. Values use World Bank standardised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks gross capital formation (investment in fixed assets + inventory changes) as a share of GDP in United Arab Emirates from 1990 to present. Capital formation is the engine of future productive capacity. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2023. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2001–2023 (23 observations).

The series peaked at 31.6 % of GDP in 2009 and reached its lowest recorded value of 19.3 in 2006. The latest reading of 26.6 in 2023 represents a change of +0.5pp.