United Arab Emirates: Natural resources income

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 United Arab Emirates

Income from natural resources, percent of GDP

 Latest value 17.63
 Year 2021
 Measure percent
 Data availability 1975 - 2021
 Average 24.15
 Min - Max 11.81 - 56.67
 Source The World Bank
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The latest value from 2021 is 17.63 percent, an increase from 11.97 percent in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 6.83 percent, based on data from 186 countries. Historically, the average for the United Arab Emirates from 1975 to 2021 is 24.15 percent. The minimum value, 11.81 percent, was reached in 2016 while the maximum of 56.67 percent was recorded in 1979. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values United Arab Emirates: Natural resources income
 2021 17.63
 2020 11.97
 2019 16.90
 2018 18.19
 2017 14.33
 2016 11.81
 2015 14.05
 2014 23.97




The natural resources include oil, natural gas, coal, minerals, and the forest.
Definition: Total natural resources rents are the sum of oil rents, natural gas rents, coal rents (hard and soft), mineral rents, and forest rents.

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 Carbon intensity 0.26 2024 kg of CO2 per dollar of GDP
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 Electricity from renewable sources, kWh 6,262.19 2021 million kWh
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