Dubai CPI in the United Arab Emirates increased to 116.77 percent in December from 115.95 percent in November of 2025. Dubai CPI in the United Arab Emirates averaged 109.83 percent from 2022 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 116.77 percent in December of 2025 and a record low of 101.44 percent in January of 2022. source: Dubai Data and Statistics Establishment - Government of Dubai

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Consumer Price Index CPI	110.71	110.07	points	Oct 2025
CPI Housing Utilities	111.56	111.11	points	Oct 2025
CPI Transportation	110.65	108.99	points	Oct 2025
Dubai Inflation Rate	2.99	2.73	percent	Dec 2025
Dubai Inflation Rate MoM	0.70	-0.17	percent	Dec 2025
Food Inflation	0.59	0.46	percent	Oct 2025
Inflation Rate	2.17	1.26	percent	Oct 2025
Inflation Rate MoM	0.58	0.43	percent	Oct 2025

United Arab Emirates Dubai CPI

In Dubai, the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the change in the cost of a fixed basket of goods and services that are purchased by a representative sample of households. The most important category is Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and other Fuels (40.68%), Food and Beverages (11.66%), and Transport (9.32%). Others include: Education (8.15%), Restaurants and Accommodation Services (6.10%), Information and Communication (5.69%), Personal Care, Social Protection and Miscellaneous Goods and Services (5.10%), Clothing and Footwear (4.96%), Furnishings, Household Equipment and Routine Household Maintenance (3.51%), Recreation, Sport and Culture (2.37%), Insurance and Financial Services (1.26%), Health (0.88%), and Tobacco (0.32%). The city index has a base of 100 as of 2021.