| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $53 billion (2002 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
2.4% (2002 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $22,000 (2002 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 3%
industry: 46%
services: 51% (2000 est.) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
2.8% (2002 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
1.6 million (2000 est.)
note: 73.9% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 2002 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
services 78%, industry 15%, agriculture 7% (2000 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $20 billion
expenditures: $22 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.) |
| Industries : |
petroleum, fishing, petrochemicals, construction materials, some boat building, handicrafts, pearling |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
4% (2000) |
| Electricity - Production : |
37.74 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
35.1 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
0 kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
0 kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
dates, vegetables, watermelons; poultry, eggs, dairy products; fish |
| Exports : |
$44.9 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
crude oil 45%, natural gas, reexports, dried fish, dates |
| Exports - Partners : |
Japan 29.1%, South Korea 10.2%, India 5.4%, Oman 3.7%, Singapore 3.1%, Iran 2.2% (chiefly re-exports) (2001) |
| Imports : |
$30.8 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food |
| Imports - Partners : |
US 6.7%, Germany 6.6%, Japan 6.5%, France 6.3%, China 6.1%, UK 5.9%, South Korea 5.5% (2001) |
| Debt - External : |
$18.5 billion (2002 est.) |
| Currency : |
Emirati dirham (AED) |
| Currency Code : |
AED |
| Exchange Rates : |
Emirati dirhams per US dollar - 3.6725 (2002), 3.6725 (2001), 3.6725 (2000), 3.6725 (1999), 3.6725 (1998) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
