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United Arab Emirates — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for United Arab Emirates, 1970–2024.
Latest value · 2024
50,274
GDP per Capita (Nominal) · current US$ · +1999.9% since 1970
GDP per capita for United Arab Emirates was 50,274 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 55 years, from 1970 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 53,247 in 2013. The lowest was 2,394 in 1970 (about 21.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.80% per year.
United Arab Emirates ranks 32 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 15%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 5,348, so United Arab Emirates sits above it. It peaked in 2013 and has fallen 6% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 5%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
50,274
First (1970)
2,394
Change
+1999.9%
Highest
53,247
in 2013
Lowest
2,394
in 1970
Average
33,732
Annual growth (CAGR)
5.80%
Years of data
55
Recent years
| Year | current US$ |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 50,273.51 |
| 2023 | 49,850.69 |
| 2022 | 50,759.76 |
| 2021 | 44,118.49 |
| 2020 | 37,991.74 |
| 2019 | 45,938.61 |
| 2018 | 47,135.35 |
| 2017 | 43,733.62 |
| 2016 | 42,721.11 |
| 2015 | 44,910.35 |
| 2014 | 52,725.23 |
| 2013 | 53,247.23 |
Reading this correctly. Nominal GDP divided by midyear population. A rough proxy for average income; it does not account for income distribution. Figures are in current US$. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). 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.