United Arab Emirates — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for United Arab Emirates, 2008–2025.
Inflation for United Arab Emirates was 1.25% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 18 years, from 2008 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 12.25% in 2008. The lowest was -2.08% in 2020 (about -1.7× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -12.56% per year.
United Arab Emirates ranks 147 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 79%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 2.04%, so United Arab Emirates sits below it. It peaked in 2008 and has fallen 90% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 69%. Within Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan it ranks 17 of 23 economies; Oman (0.97%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 2841% in 2022. That is 18% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 52nd of 183 in 2008 → 168th of 186 in 2010 → 176th of 178 in 2020 → 130th of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 2008 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.25% | -0.4 pp |
| 2024 | 1.66% | +0.0 pp |
| 2023 | 1.63% | -3.7 pp |
| 2022 | 5.29% | +5.1 pp |
| 2021 | 0.18% | +2.3 pp |
| 2020 | -2.08% | -0.1 pp |
| 2019 | -1.93% | -5.0 pp |
| 2018 | 3.07% | +1.1 pp |
| 2017 | 1.97% | +0.3 pp |
| 2016 | 1.62% | -2.5 pp |
| 2015 | 4.07% | +1.7 pp |
| 2014 | 2.35% | +1.2 pp |
| 2013 | 1.1% | +0.4 pp |
| 2012 | 0.66% | -0.2 pp |
| 2011 | 0.88% | -0.0 pp |
| 2010 | 0.88% | -0.7 pp |
| 2009 | 1.56% | -10.7 pp |
| 2008 | 12.25% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was United Arab Emirates’s Inflation in 2009?
1.56% (2009). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is United Arab Emirates’s Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 2008 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -89.8% in total — about 12.6% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG. 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: 2025: 1.25%; 2024: 1.66%; 2023: 1.63%; 2022: 5.29%; 2021: 0.18%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %). 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.