United Arab Emirates — GDP per capita (PPP)
GDP per Capita (PPP) for United Arab Emirates, 1990–2024.
GDP per capita (PPP) for United Arab Emirates was 79,344 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1990 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 106,814 in 2006. The lowest was 66,791 in 2020 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.32% per year.
United Arab Emirates ranks 19 of 201 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 9%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 18,586, so United Arab Emirates sits above it. It peaked in 2006 and has fallen 26% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 9%. Within Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan it ranks 2 of 22 economies; Saudi Arabia (73,784) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 16% in 2020. That is 6% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 1st of 186 in 1990 → 1st of 194 in 2000 → 4th of 200 in 2010 → 9th of 198 in 2020 → 17th of 195 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1990 to 2024
| Year | current international $ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 79,343.78 | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 78,019.52 | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 75,059.77 | +9.4% |
| 2021 | 68,580.13 | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 66,790.66 | -16.3% |
| 2019 | 79,816.3 | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 77,446.21 | +10.2% |
| 2017 | 70,281.9 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 69,987.01 | -5.4% |
| 2015 | 73,986.08 | -15.4% |
| 2014 | 87,477.73 | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 87,526.3 | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 89,198.03 | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 89,665.38 | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 85,120.14 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 84,780.26 | -10.4% |
| 2008 | 94,628.2 | -6.1% |
| 2007 | 100,813.14 | -5.6% |
| 2006 | 106,813.98 | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 101,301.38 | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 98,661.41 | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 92,635.82 | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 88,466.45 | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 90,370.2 | -2.7% |
| 2000 | 92,899.46 | +6.0% |
| 1999 | 87,657.93 | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 90,229.43 | -6.0% |
| 1997 | 96,008.78 | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 94,619.62 | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 93,702.26 | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 89,959.04 | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 86,330.34 | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 87,509.26 | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 87,250.12 | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 88,454.99 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was United Arab Emirates’s GDP per capita (PPP) in 1991?
87,250.12 (1991). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are United Arab Emirates’s GDP per capita (PPP) figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current international $ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is United Arab Emirates’s GDP per capita (PPP) growing or shrinking?
Between 1990 and 2024 the series was shrinking overall: -10.3% in total — about 0.3% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2024: 79,343.78; 2023: 78,019.52; 2022: 75,059.77; 2021: 68,580.13; 2020: 66,790.66. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD — GDP per Capita (PPP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.