United Arab Emirates: Sovereign debt average maturity
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| United Arab Emirates |
Sovereign debt average maturity, in years |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 2.75 |
| Year | 2024 |
| Measure | percent |
| Data availability | 2022 - 2024 |
| Average | 3.52 |
| Min - Max | 2.75 - 4.40 |
| Source | The World Bank |
The latest value from 2024 is 2.75 percent, a decline from 3.41 percent in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 7.99 percent, based on data from 94 countries. Historically, the average for the United Arab Emirates from 2022 to 2024 is 3.52 percent. The minimum value, 2.75 percent, was reached in 2024 while the maximum of 4.4 percent was recorded in 2022.
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Definition: The average maturity of the general government debt in years. The source for these data is: Kose, M. Ayhan, Sergio Kurlat, Franziska Ohnsorge, and Naotaka Sugawara. 2022. "A Cross-Country Database of Fiscal Space." Journal of International Money and Finance 128 (November): 102682.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Government spending, percent of GDP | 12.22 | 2023 | percent |
| Government spending, in dollars | 63.85 | 2023 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Fiscal balance, percent of GDP | 6.42 | 2024 | percent |
| Primary budget balance | 6.97 | 2024 | percent |
| Tax revenue | 0.65 | 2024 | percent |
| Commercial tax rate | 15.90 | 2019 | percent |
| Tax preparation time | 158 | 2019 | hours |
| Taxes on goods and services | 17.26 | 2024 | percent |
| Taxes on international trade | 0.01 | 2024 | percent |
| Foreign aid | 5.41 | 1995 | million U.S. dollars |
| Government debt | 34.94 | 2024 | percent |
| Sovereign debt average maturity | 2.75 | 2024 | percent |