Current account balance in United Arab Emirates

The current account balance of United Arab Emirates was 15.7% of GDP in 2024.

Measure: Current account balance (World Bank) Unit: % of GDP Data: 2023 to 2024 Source: World Bank
United Arab Emirates, 2024 15.7% % of GDP
Change from 2023 +1.8percentage points 2023: 13.9%
Position in 2024 9th of 168 See the full ranking

Current account balance in United Arab Emirates over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Current account balance (World Bank) (% of GDP), 2023 to 2024
Period United Arab Emirates
2024 15.7%
2023 13.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.8 percentage points from 13.9% in 2023.
  • Among the 168 countries with data for 2024, United Arab Emirates has the 9th highest value.

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Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2023 to 2024 for United Arab Emirates
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics