United Arab Emirates: Government spending, percent of GDP

The latest value from 2023 is 12.22 percent, a decline from 12.43 percent in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 16.78 percent, based on data from 167 countries. Historically, the average for the United Arab Emirates from 2001 to 2023 is 10.49 percent. The minimum value, 6.73 percent, was reached in 2007 while the maximum of 14.85 percent was recorded in 2020. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

The government size of the United Arab Emirates and other countries is calculated as the total government spending as percent of GDP.

Definition: Final consumption expenditure is expenditure on goods and services by resident institutional units for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. General government FCE includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees), and most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.