CCBLA - Arab-Belgium-Luxemburg Chamber of Commerce - ABLCC

Country name : United Arab Emirates

Capital : Abu Dhabi

Area : 83,600 km²

Population : 4,444,011 (July 2007)

Density : 53 inhabitants/km²

Population growth rate : 3.997% (2007)

Age structure : 0-14 years : 20.6% - 15-64 years : 78.5% - 65 years and over : 0.9% (73.9% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national)

Life expectancy at birth : 75.69 years

Labour force : 3.119 million

Gross Domestic Product :  US$145.8 billion (2007)

GDP – real growth rate : 8.5% (2007)

GDP – composition by sector : agriculture : 1.8% - industry : 59.3% - services : 38.9%

GDP – per capita : US$55,200 (2007)

Budget : revenues : US$58.15 billion - expenditures : US$38.06 billion (2007)

Industries : petroleum and petrochemicals, fishing, aluminum, cement, fertilisers, ship repair, construction materials, textiles

Industrial production growth rate : 5.1% (2007)

Land use : arable land : 0.77% - permanent crops : 2.2% - other : 96.96%

Agricultural products : dates, vegetables, watermelons, poultry, eggs, dairy products, fish

Exports : US$152.1 billion (2007)

Exports – commodities : crude oil (45%), natural gas, reexports, dried fish, dates

Exports – partners : Japan (25.8%), South Korea (9.6%), Thailand (5.9%), India (4.5%) (20006)

Imports : US$94.72 billion (2007)

Imports – commodities : machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food

Imports – partners : US (11.5%), China (11%), India (9.8%), Germany (6.4%), Japan (5.8%), UK (5.5%), France (4.1%), Italy (4%) (2006)

Current account balance : US$36.11 billion (2007)

Reserves of foreign exchange & gold : US$29.62 billion (31 December 2007)

External debt : US$41.51 billion (31 December 2007)