United Arab Emirates: Export unit value index (2015 = 100)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, United Arab Emirates' export unit value index (2015 = 100) rose 5.1 on 2024 (from 139.3 to 144.4).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1983 to 2024), the average change was +1.48 and a typical year strayed about 16.15 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 28.9 in 2022 and the biggest yearly fall was 33.3 in 2015. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 6 a year. A straight line explains 73% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2025, United Arab Emirates had the 83rd highest value of the 202 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to United Arab Emirates in the 2025 ranking

• Guinea-Bissau — 80th of 202: 145.7
• Indonesia — 81st of 202: 145.7
• Colombia — 82nd of 202: 144.8
• Kuwait — 84th of 202: 144
• Malta — 85th of 202: 144
• Paraguay — 86th of 202: 142.7

What this measures

Export unit value indices come from UNCTAD's trade database. Unit value indices are based on data reported by countries that demonstrate consistency under UNCTAD quality controls, supplemented by UNCTAD’s estimates using the previous year’s trade values at the Standard International Trade Classification three-digit level as weights. To improve data coverage, especially for the latest periods, UNCTAD constructs a set of average prices indexes at the three-digit product classification of the Standard International Trade Classification revision 3 using UNCTAD’s Commodity Price Statistics, interna¬tional and national sources, and UNCTAD secretariat estimates. This indicator is an index series where 2015=100.

All 35 values

Export unit value index (2015 = 100) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 154.1 (2024)
• Algeria — 167.2 (2025)
• Bahrain — 139.7 (2025)
• Djibouti — 126.7 (2025)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 139.3 (2025)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 148.9 (2025)
• Iraq — 134.5 (2025)
• Israel — 108.5 (2025)
• Jordan — 95 (2025)
• Kuwait — 144 (2025)
• Lebanon — 136.9 (2025)

More private sector & trade data for United Arab Emirates

• Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$618.88 billion (2025)
• Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$706.67 billion (2025)
• Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 208.15% (2024)
• Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) — 8.27% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 40.32% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 56.4% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) — 26.06% (2023)

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Questions people ask

What is United Arab Emirates's export unit value index (2015 = 100)?

144.4 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1980?

It is up 137.11% from 60.9 in 1980 (1.94% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 153.7 in 2022 and the lowest 26.6 in 1988.

How does United Arab Emirates rank?

83rd highest of 202 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in export unit value index (2015 = 100) unusual for United Arab Emirates?

In 2025, United Arab Emirates' export unit value index (2015 = 100) rose 5.1 on 2024 (from 139.3 to 144.4). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1983 to 2024), the average change was +1.48 and a typical year strayed about 16.15 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TX.UVI.MRCH.XD.WD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Handbook of Statistics and data files., UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), uri: http://unctadstat.unctad.org Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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