United Arab Emirates
13. Foreign Direct Investment and Foreign Portfolio Investment Statistics
| 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) ($B USD) | 2019 | $421.1 | 2019 | $421.1 | www.worldbank.org/en/country |
| Foreign Direct Investment | Host Country Statistical source* | USG or international statistical source | USG or international Source of data: BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other | ||
| U.S. FDI in partner country ($B USD, stock positions) | N/A | N/A | 2019 | $17.2 | BEA data available at https://apps.bea.gov/international/factsheet/ |
| Host country’s FDI in the United States ($B USD, stock positions) | N/A | N/A | 2019 | $5.1 | BEA data available at https://www.bea.gov/international/direct-investment-and-multinational-enterprises-comprehensive-data |
| Total inbound stock of FDI as % host GDP | N/A | N/A | 2019 | 3.4% | UNCTAD data available at
https://unctad.org/topic/investment/world-investment-report |
* Source for Host Country Data: Economic Report, Ministry of Economy
Table 3: Sources and Destination of FDI
Data from the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Center indicates that the real GDP for 2019 in constant prices (base year 2010) were approximately USD $404.6 billion, while the nominal GDP at current prices was about USD $421.1 billion in 2019.
The UAE Ministry of Economy’s Annual Economic Report 2019, cited UNCTAD statistics that net annual FDI inflows to the UAE in 2018 were $10.385 billion, compared to USD $10.354 billion in 2017. The Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) reported that according to the CBUAE statistics, the net annual FDI inflows to the UAE in 2019 were approximately USD $13.78 billion. The largest investors in the UAE were: India, United States, UK, Japan, China, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Kuwait, France, and the Netherlands.
Table 4: Sources of Portfolio Investment
Data not available.