United Arab Emirates
Inflation in United Arab Emirates
Inflation in United Arab Emirates: 10.1% a year in 1980 and 1.3% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 1.3% a year
- Since 1980
- −8.8 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 138 of 179
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 2% a year
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 2% a year in 2031.
- The highest was 12.3% a year in 2008, the lowest -4.7% a year in 2009.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.3 |
| 2024 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 1.6 |
| 2022 | 4.8 |
| 2021 | -0.1 |
| 2020 | -2.1 |
| 2019 | -1.9 |
| 2018 | 3.1 |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1.6 |
| 2015 | 4.1 |
| 2014 | 2.3 |
| 2013 | 1.1 |
| 2012 | 0.7 |
| 2011 | 0.9 |
| 2010 | 0.9 |
| 2009 | -4.7 |
| 2008 | 12.3 |
| 2007 | 11.1 |
| 2006 | 9.3 |
| 2005 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 2003 | 3.1 |
| 2002 | 2.9 |
| 2001 | 2.8 |
| 2000 | 1.3 |
| 1999 | 2.1 |
| 1998 | 2 |
| 1997 | 3 |
| 1996 | 3 |
| 1995 | 4.3 |
| 1994 | 5.7 |
| 1993 | 5.3 |
| 1992 | 6.4 |
| 1991 | 3.4 |
| 1990 | 0.6 |
| 1989 | 2.8 |
| 1988 | 5 |
| 1987 | 5.5 |
| 1986 | 5.4 |
| 1985 | 3.5 |
| 1984 | 2.4 |
| 1983 | 1.3 |
| 1982 | 7.1 |
| 1981 | 7.9 |
| 1980 | 10.1 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.5 |
| 2027 | 2.5 |
| 2028 | 2 |
| 2029 | 2 |
| 2030 | 2 |
| 2031 | 2 |
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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United Arab Emirates in numbers
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Military
- Military spending5.64% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollars$27.8B in 2014
- Military spending per person$2,840 in 2014
- Military share of state spending17% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnel63,000 people in 2020
- National power0.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.02% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports868 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports33 million TIV in 2025