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United Arab Emirates
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)

Imports of goods includes change in the economic ownership of goods from non-residents to residents of the compiling economy, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. Imports of services includes services provided by non-residents to residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

Global rank#14out of 176 countries
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Historical trend

92.279.366.553.640.7200120122023United Arab Emirates · 2023: 92.20%United Arab Emirates

Analytical takeaways

  • United Arab Emirates records 92.20% for Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) in 2023, ranking #14 globally out of 176 countries.
  • Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) increased from 40.71% in 2001 to 92.20% in 2023, a gain of 51.49%.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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