United Arab Emirates Current Account to GDP 1980-2018 | Data | Chart

The United Arab Emirates recorded a Current Account surplus of 6.90 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2017. Current Account to GDP in the United Arab Emirates averaged 9.74 percent from 1980 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 25 percent in 1980 and a record low of 0.10 percent in 1994.

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United Arab Emirates Trade	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	315100.00	251400.00	520300.00	40840.00	AED Million	[+]
Exports	1169500.00	1083500.00	1362600.00	177800.00	AED Million	[+]
Imports	854400.00	832100.00	861600.00	128570.00	AED Million	[+]
Current Account	971000.00	48500.00	971000.00	12510.00	AED Million	[+]
Current Account to GDP	6.90	3.70	25.00	0.10	percent	[+]
Gold Reserves	7.50	7.60	12.35	0.00	Tonnes	[+]
Crude Oil Production	2972.00	2975.00	3220.00	291.00	BBL/D/1K	[+]
Terrorism Index	0.21	0.42	1.12	0.00		[+]
Weapons Sales	72.00	73.00	112.00	1.00	USD Million	[+]
Foreign Direct Investment	38000.00	33000.00	52100.00	14700.00	AED Million	[+]

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United Arab Emirates Current Account to GDP

The Current account balance as a percent of GDP provides an indication on the level of international competitiveness of a country. Usually, countries recording a strong current account surplus have an economy heavily dependent on exports revenues, with high savings ratings but weak domestic demand. On the other hand, countries recording a current account deficit have strong imports, a low saving rates and high personal consumption rates as a percentage of disposable incomes. This page provides - United Arab Emirates Current Account to GDP - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. United Arab Emirates Current Account to GDP - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	6.90	3.70	25.00	0.10	1980 - 2017	percent	Yearly

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current account to GDP by Country

Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
Singapore	19.50	Dec/17	19	26.1	-13.1	%	Yearly
Netherlands	10.20	Dec/17	8.5	10.4	-1	%	Yearly
Switzerland	9.80	Dec/17	9.4	14.8	-0.6	%	Yearly
Germany	8.00	Dec/17	8.5	8.9	-1.7	%	Yearly
South Korea	5.60	Dec/17	7	10.7	-10.5	%	Yearly
Japan	4.02	Dec/17	3.7	4.7	-1	%	Yearly
Euro Area	3.50	Dec/17	3.4	3.5	-1.5	%	Yearly
Italy	2.80	Dec/17	2.6	2.9	-3.7	%	Yearly
Russia	2.20	Dec/17	1.9	18	-1.4	%	Yearly
Saudi Arabia	2.20	Dec/17	-3.7	28.5	-21	%	Yearly
Spain	1.90	Dec/17	1.9	1.9	-9.6	%	Yearly
China	1.30	Dec/17	1.8	10.1	-3.7	%	Yearly
Brazil	-0.48	Dec/17	-1.3	1.8	-8.2	%	Yearly
France	-0.80	Dec/17	-0.9	3.4	-2.1	%	Yearly
Mexico	-1.60	Dec/17	-2.1	3.4	-6.1	%	Yearly
Indonesia	-1.70	Dec/17	-1.8	4.8	-6.8	%	Yearly
India	-1.90	Dec/17	-0.6	2.3	-4.8	%	Yearly
United States	-2.40	Dec/17	-2.4	0.2	-6	%	Yearly
South Africa	-2.50	Dec/17	-2.8	6	-7.5	%	Yearly
Canada	-3.00	Dec/17	-3.3	2.7	-4.2	%	Yearly
Australia	-3.10	Dec/17	-1.4	2.3	-7.3	%	Yearly
United Kingdom	-4.10	Dec/17	-5.8	2.6	-5.8	%	Yearly
Argentina	-4.80	Dec/17	-2.6	8	-4.8	%	Yearly
Turkey	-5.50	Dec/17	-3.8	2	-9	%	Yearly