United Arab Emirates's import unit value index (2015 = 100) was 137.6 in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 37.6% from 100 in 2015 (3.24% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 137.6 | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 105.8 | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 100 | 2015 |
| Highest | 137.6 | 2025 |
| Lowest | 70.6 | 2002 |
| Average since 2016 | 114.98 | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 72.3 | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, United Arab Emirates' import unit value index (2015 = 100) rose 9.3 on 2024 (from 128.3 to 137.6).
Across the 24 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2024), the average change was +2.33 and a typical year strayed about 4.76 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 13.4 in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 7.2 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 4.13 a year. A straight line explains 91% 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 51st highest value of the 204 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates | 137.6 | 2025 |
| World | 143.36 | 2018 |
Closest to United Arab Emirates in the 2025 ranking
- Gibraltar — 48th of 204: 138.2
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 49th of 204: 138.1
- Namibia — 50th of 204: 138
- Cayman Islands — 52nd of 204: 137
- Cambodia — 53rd of 204: 136.9
- Mali — 54th of 204: 136.5
What this measures
Import 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, international and national sources, and UNCTAD secretariat estimates. This indicator is an index series where 2015=100.
All 26 values
| Year | Import unit value index (2015 = 100) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 137.6 |
| 2024 | 128.3 |
| 2023 | 124.9 |
| 2022 | 125.1 |
| 2021 | 115.3 |
| 2020 | 105.8 |
| 2019 | 104.2 |
| 2018 | 105.2 |
| 2017 | 102.7 |
| 2016 | 100.7 |
| 2015 |
Import unit value index (2015 = 100) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 141.3 (2025)
- Algeria — 118.2 (2025)
- Bahrain — 115.3 (2025)
- Djibouti — 132.9 (2025)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 122.4 (2025)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 125.1 (2025)
- Iraq — 124.2 (2025)
- Israel — 118 (2025)
- Jordan — 99 (2025)
- Kuwait — 125.2 (2025)
- Lebanon — 142.4 (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)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is United Arab Emirates's import unit value index (2015 = 100)?
- 137.6 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is up 90.32% from 72.3 in 2000 (2.61% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 137.6 in 2025 and the lowest 70.6 in 2002.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank?
- 51st highest of 204 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in import unit value index (2015 = 100) unusual for United Arab Emirates?
- In 2025, United Arab Emirates' import unit value index (2015 = 100) rose 9.3 on 2024 (from 128.3 to 137.6). Across the 24 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2024), the average change was +2.33 and a typical year strayed about 4.76 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TM.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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