United Arab Emirates's listed domestic companies, total was 153 in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 22.4% from 125 in 2015 (2.04% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 153 | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 130 | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 125 | 2015 |
| Highest | 154 | 2024 |
| Lowest | 28 | 2003 |
| Average since 2016 | 139.2 | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 28 | 2003 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, United Arab Emirates' listed domestic companies, total fell 0.6% on 2024 (from 154 to 153).
Across the 21 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2024), the average change was +9.9% and a typical year strayed about 21% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 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 71.9% in 2005 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.9% in 2023. 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 3.68 a year. A straight line explains 88% 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 33rd highest value of the 64 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 | 153 | 2025 |
| World | 53,087 | 2025 |
| High income | 25,328 | 2025 |
Closest to United Arab Emirates in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Listed domestic companies, including foreign companies which are exclusively listed, are those which have shares listed on an exchange at the end of the year. Investment funds, unit trusts, and companies whose only business goal is to hold shares of other listed companies, such as holding companies and investment companies, regardless of their legal status, are excluded. A company with several classes of shares is counted once. Only companies admitted to listing on the exchange are included.
Limitations: Data cover measures of size (market capitalization, number of listed domestic companies) and liquidity (value of shares traded as a percentage of gross domestic product, value of shares traded as a percentage of market capitalization). The comparability of such data across countries may be limited by conceptual and statistical weaknesses, such as inaccurate reporting and differences in accounting standards.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 23 values
| Year | Listed domestic companies, total |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 153 |
| 2024 | 154 |
| 2023 | 147 |
| 2022 | 153 |
| 2021 | 143 |
| 2020 | 130 |
| 2019 | 130 |
| 2018 | 130 |
| 2017 | 127 |
| 2016 | 125 |
| 2015 |
Listed domestic companies, total in nearby economies
More financial sector data for United Arab Emirates
- Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) — US$3.67 (2025)
- DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$3.67 (2024)
- GDP deflator (base year varies by country) — 114.18 (2024)
- Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) — 1.63% (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 1.8 trillion (2025)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU) — 1.8 trillion (2025)
- Broad money (current LCU) — 2.75 trillion (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 67.97% (2024)
- Claims on central government (annual growth as % of broad money)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is United Arab Emirates's listed domestic companies, total?
- 153 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2003?
- It is up 446.43% from 28 in 2003 (8.02% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 154 in 2024 and the lowest 28 in 2003.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank?
- 33rd highest of 64 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in listed domestic companies, total unusual for United Arab Emirates?
- In 2025, United Arab Emirates' listed domestic companies, total fell 0.6% on 2024 (from 154 to 153). Across the 21 yearly changes before that (2004 to 2024), the average change was +9.9% and a typical year strayed about 21% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 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 CM.MKT.LDOM.NO, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Federation of Exchanges database, World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) 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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