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United Arab Emirates: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1980–2024 · 45 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2024
14.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+1.3 pointsfrom 13.1%
Average, 2015–2024
9.16%10 years
Record high and low
24.2% (1980)low −5.20% (2014)

Current account (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20319.04Forecast
20309.08Forecast
20299.26Forecast
20289.77Forecast
202711.4Forecast
202611.4Forecast
202515.3Forecast
202414.5
202313.1
202213.0
202112.6
20205.91
20197.03
20189.59
20177.28
20163.69
20154.90

Sources

  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • Arab Monetary Fund2013–2021
  • IMF International Financial Statistics2023–2024
  • World Development Indicators2023–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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United Arab Emirates documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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