United Arab Emirates Government Revenue and Spending Over Time (1990–2026)

Global Statistics and Country Indicators

Government Revenue (% of GDP)

Global rank: 95 / 189

Data table

1990	16.7%	2000	32.4%	2009	28.9%	2018	29.5%
1991	39.9%	2001	26.4%	2010	30.9%	2019	29.9%
1992	32.9%	2002	20.1%	2011	34.7%	2020	28%
1993	28.6%	2003	22.4%	2012	36.4%	2021	29.9%
1994	28.3%	2004	24.1%	2013	36.9%	2022	32.5%
1995	29.7%	2005	31.7%	2014	33.2%	2023	28.5%
1996	28.5%	2006	35.8%	2015	20.1%	2024	27.8%
1997	29.3%	2007	34.8%	2016	28.8%	2025	27.7%
1998	26.8%	2008	39.6%	2017	27.1%	2026	27.4%
1999	25.6%

Government Revenue (Local currency - AED)

Data table

1990	29.79B	2000	122.7B	2009	268.8B	2018	477.7B
1991	72.13B	2001	100.3B	2010	348.9B	2019	476.5B
1992	62.75B	2002	81.04B	2011	469.9B	2020	367.9B
1993	54.76B	2003	102.3B	2012	524.8B	2021	463.9B
1994	59.72B	2004	130.9B	2013	554.8B	2022	611.3B
1995	69.22B	2005	210.5B	2014	517.7B	2023	546.6B
1996	76.28B	2006	291.8B	2015	281.3B	2024	564.4B
1997	82.93B	2007	329.4B	2016	403.1B	2025	581.9B
1998	74.22B	2008	458.7B	2017	401.2B	2026	624.6B
1999	79.33B

Government Spending (% of GDP)

Global rank: 139 / 189

Data table

1991	36%	2003	20.1%	2015	26.4%
1992	29.6%	2004	17.7%	2016	31.7%
1993	31.5%	2005	15.7%	2017	27.2%
1994	30.1%	2006	15.6%	2018	25.9%
1995	26.1%	2007	17.7%	2019	27.4%
1996	27.6%	2008	22%	2020	30.5%
1997	22.6%	2009	35%	2021	25.9%
1998	25.8%	2010	30.4%	2022	22.7%
1999	24.3%	2011	29.6%	2023	22.7%
2000	21.8%	2012	27.8%	2024	21.4%
2001	25.2%	2013	28.9%	2025	22.6%
2002	21.3%	2014	31.4%	2026	22.5%

Government Spending (Local currency - AED)

Data table

1991	65.09B	2003	91.56B	2015	370.4B
1992	56.38B	2004	96.13B	2016	444.5B
1993	60.28B	2005	104.4B	2017	403.5B
1994	63.48B	2006	127.5B	2018	418.6B
1995	60.88B	2007	167.2B	2019	436.7B
1996	73.83B	2008	254.3B	2020	399.5B
1997	63.92B	2009	325.9B	2021	402.4B
1998	71.47B	2010	343B	2022	427.1B
1999	75.28B	2011	401.4B	2023	435B
2000	82.41B	2012	400.9B	2024	434.3B
2001	95.72B	2013	434.5B	2025	473.8B
2002	86.04B	2014	490.5B	2026	512.9B