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United Arab Emirates: Imports (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1969–2024 · 56 observations · forecasts to 2031 · imports_GDP

2024
92.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+5.0 pointsfrom 87.8%
Average, 2015–2024
77.6%10 years
Record high and low
92.8% (2024)low 16.4% (1974)

Imports (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203199.0Forecast
203098.8Forecast
202997.1Forecast
202895.1Forecast
202792.6Forecast
202683.2Forecast
202593.0Forecast
202492.8
202387.8
202283.7
202182.3
202083.2
201970.5
201863.9
201770.7
201670.9
201570.4

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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