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United Arab Emirates

13. Foreign Direct Investment and Foreign Portfolio Investment Statistics

Table 2: Key Macroeconomic Data, U.S. FDI in Host Country/Economy

Host Country Statistical Source USG or International Statistical Source USG or International Source of Data:
BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other
Economic Data Year Amount Year Amount
Host Country Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ($M USD) 2016 348,71 2016 $348,743 www.worldbank.org/en/country 

Economic Report: Ministry of Economy

Foreign Direct Investment Host Country Statistical Source USG or International Statistical Source USG or International Source of Data:
BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other
U.S. FDI in partner country ($M USD, stock positions) N/A N/A 2016 $13,400 BEA data available at http://bea.gov/international/direct_
investment_multinational_
companies_comprehensive_data.htm
 
Host country’s FDI in the United States ($M USD, stock positions) N/A N/A 2016 $2,800 BEA data available at http://bea.gov/international/direct_
investment_multinational_
companies_comprehensive_data.htm
 
Total inbound stock of FDI as % host GDP N/A N/A 2016 3.84% N/A

Table 3: Sources and Destination of FDI

Data from the Annual Report of the Ministry of Economy (2017) indicates that the GDP estimates for 2016 in real prices (base year 2010) amounted to approximately 1391.1 billion dirhams (USD 378.7 billion) at the level of the State, while the estimated GDP at current prices was about 1280.8 billion dirhams (USD 348.7billion) at the end of 2016.

According to the UAE Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority (FCSA), FDI in the UAE increased during 2016. The United Kingdom was the biggest investor with 16.5 percent of the total investments, followed by India with 5.5 percent, the United States with 4.3 percent, and France with 4.1 percent. The FCSA did not announce specific amounts, however. The UAE does not provide information to the IMF, but the figures in the table below are from the IMF Outward Direct Investment Positions tables provided by the United States, UK, India, Japan, and France as of end 2016. It is unclear why the IMF data differs from the FCSA data.

Direct Investment from/in Counterpart Economy Data
From Top Five Sources/To Top Five Destinations (US Dollars, Millions)
Inward Direct Investment Outward Direct Investment
Total Inward N/A 100% Total Outward Amount 100%
United States 13,355 N/A N/A
United Kingdom 6,066 N/A
India 5,385 N/A
Japan 564 N/A
France 452 N/A
“0” reflects amounts rounded to +/- USD 500,000.

Table 4: Sources of Portfolio Investment

Data not available.

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