Macro Index Overview / Middle East & North Africa / ARE

United Arab Emirates · Year 2023 All longitudinal metrics, 4-pillar scores, and peer matrices reflect this country & year

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Sovereign Economic Dossier ISO: ARE AE

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates sovereign panel observation with harmonized output, inflation, and external resilience records from 1960 through 2025.

Middle East & North Africa High income Blocs: BRICS+; OPEC Abu Dhabi

Global Rank (2023)

#5 / 205

Top 2% of global economies

Composite Score (2023)

86.9 / 100

Living Standard (2023)

$41,927

Subscore: 83.57 / 100

CPI Inflation (2023)

1.63%

Stability Score: 93.13 / 100

4-Pillar Structural Health Diagnostic (2023)

Harmonized subscores evaluating Output, Productivity, Inflation Stability, and External Buffer

Benchmark Weights: 35 / 25 / 25 / 15

Living Standards (35%) 83.57

Raw: $41,927 (2015 USD)

Price Stability (25%) 93.13

Raw: 1.63% (Anchor: 3.0%)

External Solvency (25%) 93.77

Raw: 13.13% of GDP

Economic Scale (15%) 72.85

Raw: $522.6B Current USD

Optimal Component Weights & Peak Rank Frontier (2023)

Scale & Aggregate Power Oriented

What we are doing here: We simulate an automated mathematical simplex across all 286 valid permutations of weights for the 4 pillars (summing to 100%) against every competing sovereign country in 2023. This discovers which weighting system maximizes United Arab Emirates's global competitive ranking by accentuating its comparative strengths.

Peak Rank #3 / 205

Default Rank #5

+2 Ranks

Living Standards 5%

Baseline: 35%

Price Stability 35%

Baseline: 25%

External Solvency 25%

Baseline: 25%

Economic Scale 35%

Baseline: 15%

Policy Insight & Strategic Advantage: United Arab Emirates's macroeconomic footprint is heavily amplified by its aggregate GDP size relative to global peers.

Under this bespoke weighting, United Arab Emirates's composite score climbs to 85.7 (compared to 86.9 under standard multilateral weighting).

Longitudinal Trajectory & Peer Comparison Sandbox (1960–2025)

Tracking United Arab Emirates's multi-decade trajectory overlaid with peer benchmark economies in Year 2023

Active Comparisons:

United Arab Emirates (ARE)

India (IND)

China (CHN)

United States (USA)

Germany (DEU)

Observation Year 2023 • Global Rank: #5 / 205 • Composite Score: 86.9 / 100 • Living Standard: $41,927 • Inflation: 1.63%

Year 2023

Hover or click any node along the curve to inspect that historical year in real time

Primary: United Arab Emirates Peers (Dashed)

Cross-Sectional Benchmark Standing in Year 2023

5 economies compared · Ordered by Global Rank

Country	Rank (2023)	Composite Score	GDP per Capita	CPI Inflation	Current Account (% GDP)	Nominal GDP ($)
United Arab Emirates (ARE) Active	#5	86.9	$41,927	1.63%	13.13%	$522.6B
Germany (DEU)	#16	81.1	$44,369	5.95%	5.50%	$4562.2B
United States (USA)	#17	80.0	$65,667	4.12%	-3.34%	$27811.5B
China (CHN)	#37	72.3	$12,484	0.23%	1.41%	$18270.4B
India (IND)	#93	59.5	$2,230	5.65%	-0.91%	$3500.9B

Decade-by-Decade Historical Milestones (1970–2023)

Visualizing seminal macroeconomic shifts, shocks, and structural transitions for United Arab Emirates

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Selected Era: 2023 · Click any node to select