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United Arab Emirates: Merchandise trade

208.15percent · 2024+42.9% since 2014

General merchandise trade includes goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e. It is the total of merchandise exports plus merchandise imports. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Annual figures for United Arab Emirates from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2024208.153
2023199.146
2022183.048
2021182.91
2020163.024
2019156.219
2018143.602
2017141.642
2016147.126
2015147.627
2014145.683
2013157.408
2012156.891
2011144.212
2010130.157
2009142.744
2008139.327
2007127.465
2006110.592
2005111.806
2004110.32
200395.868
200286.34
200182.96
200081.317
199980.756
199887.777
199794.535
199692.287
199579.311
199482.924
199383.8
199277.741
199174.065
199068.525
198966.577
198856.683
198753.885
198650.266
198557.455
198456.056
198358.86
198260.528
198164.917
198070.451
197966.029
197860.974
197759.067
197666.996
197567.571
197469.682
197362.109
1972115.823
1971125.546
1970115.163

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Trade Organization, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Merchandise trade. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-merchandise-trade (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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