Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLIX

No 1/2

2/9-January-2006

UAE

UAE GDP To Reach $134Bn In 2005

The UAEs GDP will rise from $104.2bn in 2004 to $133.8bn in 2005 according to IMF projections (in Regional Economic Outlook, September 2005, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF, http://www.imf.org/exter-nal/pubs/ft/reo/2005/eng/meca0905.pdf). The UAEs economy will become the third largest in the Middle East and Central Asia after Saudi Arabia (with expected 2005 GDP of $314.2bn) and Iran...