The United Arab Emirates recorded a Government Debt to GDP of 32.40 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2023. Government Debt to GDP in the United Arab Emirates averaged 16.09 percent of GDP from 1999 until 2023, reaching an all time high of 41.30 percent of GDP in 2020 and a record low of 2.70 percent of GDP in 2001. source: Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates

Government Debt to GDP in the United Arab Emirates is expected to reach 31.40 percent of GDP by the end of 2024, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United Arab Emirates Government Debt to GDP is projected to trend around 31.30 percent of GDP in 2025 and 30.80 percent of GDP in 2026, according to our econometric models.



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Credit Rating 90.00 Mar 2025
Government Budget 4.50 9.90 percent of GDP Dec 2023
Government Debt to GDP 32.40 32.00 percent of GDP Dec 2023
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United Arab Emirates Government Debt to GDP
Generally, Government debt as a percent of GDP is used by investors to measure a country ability to make future payments on its debt, thus affecting the country borrowing costs and government bond yields.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
32.40 32.00 41.30 2.70 1999 - 2023 percent of GDP Yearly