United Arab Emirates — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for United Arab Emirates, 1970–2024.
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%. Within Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan it ranks 3 of 23 economies; Malta (47,907) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 164% in 1973. That is 8% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1970 level: doubled by 1973; grown tenfold by 1975. Doubling roughly every 12 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 25th of 146 in 1970 → 3rd of 163 in 1980 → 10th of 192 in 1990 → 13th of 204 in 2000 → 25th of 212 in 2010 → 34th of 210 in 2020 → 27th of 200 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1970 to 2024
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 50,273.51 | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 49,850.69 | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 50,759.76 | +15.1% |
| 2021 | 44,118.49 | +16.1% |
| 2020 | 37,991.74 | -17.3% |
| 2019 | 45,938.61 | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 47,135.35 | +7.8% |
| 2017 | 43,733.62 | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 42,721.11 | -4.9% |
| 2015 | 44,910.35 | -14.8% |
| 2014 | 52,725.23 | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 53,247.23 | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 53,141.63 | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 51,921.89 | +15.9% |
| 2010 | 44,795.28 | +18.5% |
| 2009 | 37,803.07 | -24.5% |
| 2008 | 50,054.17 | +9.2% |
| 2007 | 45,854.74 | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 44,342.6 | +14.5% |
| 2005 | 38,719.31 | +16.0% |
| 2004 | 33,376.69 | +12.5% |
| 2003 | 29,659.57 | +6.9% |
| 2002 | 27,753.58 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 27,745.17 | -7.1% |
| 2000 | 29,865.53 | +15.5% |
| 1999 | 25,855.84 | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 24,889.44 | -11.1% |
| 1997 | 27,982.75 | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 28,323.16 | +4.9% |
| 1995 | 27,003.18 | +6.0% |
| 1994 | 25,472.65 | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 25,032.83 | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 25,648.28 | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 25,690.92 | -3.8% |
| 1990 | 26,709.96 | +15.3% |
| 1989 | 23,166.71 | +7.4% |
| 1988 | 21,569.67 | -6.7% |
| 1987 | 23,112.56 | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 23,132.04 | -21.5% |
| 1985 | 29,467.53 | -7.9% |
| 1984 | 32,012.3 | -7.6% |
| 1983 | 34,650.04 | -13.3% |
| 1982 | 39,972.49 | -10.9% |
| 1981 | 44,854.52 | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 42,925.21 | +25.4% |
| 1979 | 34,238.17 | +16.5% |
| 1978 | 29,379.07 | -16.1% |
| 1977 | 35,020.2 | +12.3% |
| 1976 | 31,197.07 | +15.0% |
| 1975 | 27,117.19 | +13.8% |
| 1974 | 23,822.97 | +145.7% |
| 1973 | 9,695.81 | +163.8% |
| 1972 | 3,675.42 | +31.0% |
| 1971 | 2,805.43 | +17.2% |
| 1970 | 2,394.07 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was United Arab Emirates’s GDP per capita in 1971?
2,805.43 (1971). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are United Arab Emirates’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — 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 growing or shrinking?
Between 1970 and 2024 the series was growing overall: +1999.9% in total — about 5.8% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.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: 50,273.51; 2023: 49,850.69; 2022: 50,759.76; 2021: 44,118.49; 2020: 37,991.74. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.