GDP per capita growth — all countries

GDP per capita growth — United Arab Emirates

GDP per capita growth in the United Arab Emirates in 2024 — -0.77%. Ranked 173 in the world out of 200. Since 1971, the indicator has fallen by 17.61 pp.

2024 -0.77% −1 pp vs 2023
World rank 173of 200
Period maximum 55.82%1973
Period minimum -20.14%1986

Trend over time

1971–2024 · % per year

GDP per capita growth — United Arab Emirates, 1971–2024-40-20020406019711977198319891995200120072013201920241971: 16.84%1972: 21.02%1973: 55.82%1974: 2.16%1975: -4.29%1976: 2.71%1977: 5.31%1978: -13.64%1979: 7.3%1980: 11.23%1981: -3.35%1982: -12.04%1983: -10.06%1984: -1.61%1985: -8.63%1986: -20.14%1987: -3.64%1988: -8.85%1989: 5.56%1990: 11.57%1991: -4.59%1992: -1.94%1993: -3.63%1994: 2.02%1995: 2.02%1996: -0.84%1997: -0.25%1998: -7.06%1999: -4.21%2000: 3.63%2001: -4.86%2002: -3.6%2003: 2.69%2004: 3.72%2005: -0.45%2006: 2.29%2007: -8.11%2008: -7.91%2009: -10.96%2010: -0.8%2011: 3.21%2012: 0.62%2013: 0.81%2014: -0.12%2015: 1.47%2016: 0.57%2017: -4.15%2018: 0.2%2019: 0.21%2020: -8.26%2021: 2.65%2022: 2.18%2023: 0.23%2024: -0.77%
Change over the period: −17.61 pp Annual average: -0.33 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates -0.77%
World 1.91%
Western Asia computed -0.28%
High-income countries computed 1.13%
GDP per capita growth — United Arab Emirates, by year United Arab Emirates All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 -0.77 −1 pp
2023 0.23 −1.95 pp
2022 2.18 −0.47 pp
2021 2.65 +10.91 pp
2020 -8.26 −8.47 pp
2019 0.21 +0.01 pp
2018 0.2 +4.35 pp
2017 -4.15 −4.73 pp
2016 0.57 −0.9 pp
2015 1.47 +1.6 pp
2014 -0.12 −0.93 pp
2013 0.81 +0.19 pp
2012 0.62 −2.59 pp
2011 3.21 +4.02 pp
2010 -0.8 +10.15 pp
2009 -10.96 −3.05 pp
2008 -7.91 +0.2 pp
2007 -8.11 −10.4 pp
2006 2.29 +2.73 pp
2005 -0.45 −4.16 pp
2004 3.72 +1.03 pp
2003 2.69 +6.29 pp
2002 -3.6 +1.26 pp
2001 -4.86 −8.5 pp
2000 3.63 +7.84 pp
1999 -4.21 +2.86 pp
1998 -7.06 −6.81 pp
1997 -0.25 +0.58 pp
1996 -0.84 −2.86 pp
1995 2.02 −0 pp
1994 2.02 +5.66 pp
1993 -3.63 −1.69 pp
1992 -1.94 +2.65 pp
1991 -4.59 −16.16 pp
1990 11.57 +6.02 pp
1989 5.56 +14.4 pp
1988 -8.85 −5.21 pp
1987 -3.64 +16.51 pp
1986 -20.14 −11.52 pp
1985 -8.63 −7.01 pp
1984 -1.61 +8.45 pp
1983 -10.06 +1.98 pp
1982 -12.04 −8.69 pp
1981 -3.35 −14.58 pp
1980 11.23 +3.93 pp
1979 7.3 +20.94 pp
1978 -13.64 −18.94 pp
1977 5.31 +2.6 pp
1976 2.71 +7.01 pp
1975 -4.29 −6.46 pp
1974 2.16 −53.66 pp
1973 55.82 +34.8 pp
1972 21.02 +4.18 pp
1971 16.84

About the indicator

The annual growth of gross domestic product per person in constant prices. It differs from ordinary GDP growth by the rate of population growth, and in countries with fast-growing populations the difference runs to two or three percentage points a year — enough for brisk economic growth to mean stagnant income per person. It is this indicator, not GDP growth, that matches the everyday question of whether life has become better.

Important: It can be negative while GDP growth is positive — in that case the population is growing faster than the economy.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.