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UAE — Current account (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1980–2031 · 52 observations

About this series

The current account balance records a country's net transactions with the rest of the world in goods, services, primary income, and secondary income. A balance can be positive, negative, or zero. This series expresses the aggregate as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.

The latest current account reading for the United Arab Emirates was 14.5% of GDP in 2025. The previous reading was 14.5% of GDP in 2024; the period change was −0.01 percentage points.

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Latest observations

2021–2031

PeriodValue
20319.04 % of GDP
20309.08 % of GDP
20299.26 % of GDP
20289.77 % of GDP
202711.4 % of GDP
6 earlier values, back to 2021
202611.4 % of GDP
202514.5 % of GDP
202414.5 % of GDP
202313.1 % of GDP
202213 % of GDP
202112.6 % of GDP
Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.