The United Arab Emirates recorded a Government Budget surplus equal to 5.50 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2024. Government Budget in the United Arab Emirates averaged 1.23 percent of GDP from 2000 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 13.50 percent of GDP in 2008 and a record low of -17.70 percent of GDP in 2009. source: Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates
Government Budget in the United Arab Emirates is expected to reach 2.90 percent of GDP by the end of 2026, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United Arab Emirates Government Budget is projected to trend around 2.20 percent of GDP in 2027 and 3.60 percent of GDP in 2028, according to our econometric models.