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![]() ![]() United Arab Emirates Economy 1999
Economyoverview: The UAE has an open economy with one of the world's highest per capita incomes and with a sizable annual trade surplus. Its wealth is based on oil and gas output (about 33% of GDP), and the fortunes of the economy fluctuate with the prices of those commodities. Since 1973, the UAE has undergone a profound transformation from an impoverished region of small desert principalities to a modern state with a high standard of living. At present levels of production, oil and gas reserves should last for over 100 years. The UAE Government is encouraging increased privatization within the economy. Industrial development has picked up in 1997-98, but lower world oil prices caused GDP to drop 5% in 1998. GDP: purchasing power parity$40 billion (1998 est.) GDPreal growth rate: -5% (1998 est.) GDPper capita: purchasing power parity$17,400 (1998 est.)
GDPcomposition by sector:
Population below poverty line: NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5% (1997 est.)
Labor force:
1.3 million (1997 est.)
Labor forceby occupation: services 60%, industry 32%, agriculture 8% (1996 est.) Unemployment rate: NA%
Budget:
Industries: petroleum, fishing, petrochemicals, construction materials, some boat building, handicrafts, pearling Industrial production growth rate: 0% (1997 est.) Electricityproduction: 18 billion kWh (1996)
Electricityproduction by source:
Electricityconsumption: 18 billion kWh (1996) Electricityexports: 0 kWh (1996) Electricityimports: 0 kWh (1996) Agricultureproducts: dates, vegetables, watermelons; poultry, eggs, dairy products; fish Exports: $38 billion (f.o.b., 1997 est.) Exportscommodities: crude oil 45%, natural gas, reexports, dried fish, dates Exportspartners: Japan 36%, South Korea 9%, Singapore 5%, India 5%, Oman 3% (1997) Imports: $29.7 billion (f.o.b., 1997 est.) Importscommodities: manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food Importspartners: US 9%, Japan 9%, UK 9%, Germany 6%, India 6% (1997) Debtexternal: $14 billion (1996 est.) Economic aidrecipient: $NA Currency: 1 Emirian dirham (Dh) = 100 fils Exchange rates: Emirian dirhams (Dh) per US$1central bank mid-point rate: 3.6725 (January 1999), 3.6725 (1998); fixed rate: 3.6710 (1994-1997) Fiscal year: calendar year
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