United Arab Emirates: Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant LCU)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, United Arab Emirates' households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) rose 14.1% on 2022 (from 742.66 billion to 847.45 billion).

Across the 21 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2022), the average change was +2.9% and a typical year strayed about 12.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 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 19.4% in 2022 and the biggest yearly fall was 28% in 2009. 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about 28.4 billion a year. A straight line explains 75% 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.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 832.33 billion for 2026. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2021 to 2023 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 93.57 billion, against 130.36 billion for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

Closest to United Arab Emirates in the 2023 ranking

• Togo — 1st of 3: 3.81 trillion
• Greenland — 3rd of 3: 6.53 billion

What this measures

This field includes expenditure on goods and services by the Household and NPISH sector for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment varies by country. This series is expressed in local currency units.

All 23 values

Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) in nearby economies

• Algeria — 4.99 trillion (2025)
• Bahrain — 5.81 billion (2024)
• Djibouti — 534.06 billion (2025)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 7.64 trillion (2025)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 32,502 trillion (2025)
• Iraq — 96.12 trillion (2024)
• Israel — 865.49 billion (2025)
• Kuwait — 13.81 billion (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 households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant LCU)?

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

How has it changed since 2001?

It is up 77.03% from 478.7 billion in 2001 (2.63% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 859.16 billion in 2008 and the lowest 439.24 billion in 2012.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.CON.PRVT.KN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); 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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