Current Account Balance / United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates Current Account Balance
United Arab Emirates current account balance data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 14.48%.
COUNTRY: United Arab Emirates
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-09-14 05:10:53
GM ECONOMY RATING
United Arab Emirates · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
79 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability
17.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
18.0 / 20
External stability
8.0 / 15
Financial robustness
11.0 / 15
Structural stability
14.0 / 15
Future capacity
10.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
5.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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United Arab Emirates · current account balance data as percent of GDP.
Latest
14.48%
Previous
13.13%
Range avg.
13.80%
Rank
11
Countries by current account balance
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CountryUnited Arab Emirates
IndicatorCurrent Account Balance
14.48%2024 · Rank 11
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
United Arab Emirates recorded 14.48% for Current Account Balance in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator increased by 1.35 percentage points, from 13.13% to 14.48%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 2 available observations (13.80%).
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