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United Arab Emirates: Government consumption

Millions of local currency · 1970–2024 · 55 observations · gcons

2024
230 billionlocal currency
Change on 2023
+7.1%year on year
Average growth, 2014–2024
+7.5%a year
In US dollars, 2024
$62.7 billionUS dollars

Government consumption

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2024230,329
2023215,152
2022218,369
2021222,779
2020194,821
2019200,902
2018145,503
2017144,578
2016116,812
2015117,280

Sources

  • Penn World Table1970–2019
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • Arab Monetary Fund1973–2021
  • World Development Indicators2001–2023
  • IMF International Financial Statistics2010–2024

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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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