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United Arab Emirates: Inflation

Percent · 1970–2025 · 56 observations · forecasts to 2031 · infl

2025
1.25%percent
Change on 2024
−0.4 pointsfrom 1.66%
Average, 2016–2025
1.22%10 years
Record high and low
22.0% (1970)low −2.08% (2020)

Inflation

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20312.00Forecast
20302.00Forecast
20292.00Forecast
20282.00Forecast
20272.00Forecast
20262.50Forecast
20251.25
20241.66
20231.62
20224.83
20210.18
2020-2.08
2019-1.93
20183.06
20171.97
20161.62

Sources

  • World Bank (inflation)1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1981–2024
  • Bank for International Settlements1981–2025
  • IMF International Financial Statistics2008–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor2008–2025
  • World Development Indicators2008–2025
  • Arab Monetary Fund2013–2020
  • 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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