United Arab Emirates: Gross national expenditure deflator (base year varies by country)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, United Arab Emirates' gross national expenditure deflator (base year varies by country) fell 2% on 2022 (from 104.27 to 102.18).

Across the 21 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2022), the average change was +3.6% and a typical year strayed about 5.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations below 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 19% in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.5% in 2022. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 2% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

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

Closest to United Arab Emirates in the 2023 ranking

• Greenland — 1st of 3: 122.54
• Togo — 2nd of 3: 114.69

What this measures

Gross national expenditure is the sum of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, and gross capital formation. A deflator is the ratio of an indicator in current prices over the same series in constant prices. The base year varies by country.

All 23 values

Gross national expenditure deflator (base year varies by country) in nearby economies

• Algeria — 330.54 (2025)
• Bahrain — 113.24 (2024)
• Djibouti — 110.08 (2025)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 217.17 (2025)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 401.96 (2025)
• Iraq — 199.59 (2024)
• Israel — 120.4 (2025)
• Kuwait — 136.44 (2024)
• Lebanon

More economic policy & debt data for United Arab Emirates

• Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — US$48.24 billion (2025)
• Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) — 8.26% (2024)
• GDP (current US$) — US$552.33 billion (2024)
• GDP (current LCU) — 2.03 trillion (2024)
• GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$457.09 billion (2024)
• GDP (constant LCU) — 1.78 trillion (2024)
• GDP per capita (current US$) — US$50,274 (2024)
• GDP per capita (current LCU) — 184,629 (2024)
• GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$41,605 (2024)
• GDP per capita (constant LCU)

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Questions people ask

What is United Arab Emirates's gross national expenditure deflator (base year varies by country)?

102.18 in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2001?

It is up 100.97% from 50.84 in 2001 (3.22% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 108.06 in 2021 and the lowest 50.84 in 2001.

Is the latest change in gross national expenditure deflator (base year varies by country) unusual for United Arab Emirates?

In 2023, United Arab Emirates' gross national expenditure deflator (base year varies by country) fell 2% on 2022 (from 104.27 to 102.18). Across the 21 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2022), the average change was +3.6% and a typical year strayed about 5.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations below 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 NE.DAB.DEFL.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) 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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