Services share of GDP in United Arab Emirates

Services produced 54.9% of GDP in United Arab Emirates in 2024.

Measure: Services as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1975 to 2024 Source: World Bank
United Arab Emirates, 2024 54.9% % of GDP
Change from 2023 +1.1percentage points 2023: 53.8%
World, 2024 63.3% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 105th of 189 See the full ranking

Services share of GDP 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.

Services as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2024
Period United Arab EmiratesWorld
2024 54.9% 63.3%
2023 53.8% 63.0%
2022 49.9% 62.3%
2021 53.7% 64.1%
2020 58.7% 65.4%
2019 55.8% 64.9%
2018 53.6% 64.3%
2017 57.8% 64.5%
2016 59.4% 65.0%
2015 57.1% 64.4%
2014 48.6% 63.2%
2013 46.4% 62.9%
2012 44.0% 62.7%
2011 43.6% 62.6%
2010 49.0% 63.3%
2009 52.2% 64.7%
2008 45.1% 62.8%
2007 47.8% 63.2%
2006 44.0% 63.6%
2005 46.3% 64.3%
2004 49.5% 64.8%
2003 51.9% 65.5%
2002 53.2% 65.7%
2001 50.8% 65.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.1 percentage points from 53.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 48.6%, the figure has changed by +6.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 189 countries with data for 2024, United Arab Emirates has the 105th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 63.3%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NV.SRV.TOTL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1975 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: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices