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Military Spending / United Arab Emirates
Public Finance

United Arab Emirates Military Spending

Current and historical military spending data for United Arab Emirates, including latest value (5.64), trend, international ranking, comparison and source not
COUNTRY: United Arab Emirates
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:30:31+02:00
Economy Data Rating
United Arab Emirates · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
77 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability 21.4 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 19.8 / 20
External stability 5.1 / 15
Financial robustness 9.9 / 15
Structural stability 4.8 / 10
Future capacity 8 / 10
Demographic capacity 5 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 90% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1997–2014 1997– 2014
1997 2014
Selected year: 2014 · Value: n/a 2014

United Arab Emirates · military expenditure as a percentage of gdp.

1997–2014
5.64 percent of GDP
6.03 percent of GDP
4.75 percent of GDP
7 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1997 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2014
military spending rate reference line

Countries by military spending

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Ukraine 34.48 high
Israel 8.78 high
Algeria 7.97 high
Saudi Arabia 7.3 high
Russia 7.05 high
Qatar 6.5 medium
United Arab Emirates 5.64 medium
Oman 5.59 medium

Interpretation

short note

This public finance indicator helps assess fiscal capacity, budget pressure and the role of government.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Saudi Arabia 7.3
Qatar 6.5
Kuwait 4.84
United States 3.42
China 1.71

Related indicators

internal links
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Government Revenue GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS
Government Expense GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS
Fiscal Balance GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:30:31+02:00

United Arab Emirates Snapshot

country profile
Population 10.99 m
GDP 552.32 bn
Debt/GDP 1.8%
Inflation 1.66%
Unemployment 2.17%
Currency n/a
Region Middle East
Income group High income

United Arab Emirates Military Spending: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Military Spending for United Arab Emirates. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: united arab emirates military spending rate, military spending data united arab emirates, united arab emirates military spending statistics, united arab emirates percent of gdp.