THE UAE’s real GDP grew 6.2 per cent in 2025 from a year earlier to 1.9 trillion AED ($517.34 billion), with non-oil GDP rising 6.8pc to 1.5trn trillion AED ($408.43bn), the state news agency said yesterday, citing the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre.
Construction was the fastest-growing sector at 11.1pc, followed by finance and insurance at 10.4pc, real estate at 7.9pc, and transport and storage at 7.8pc.
The largest contributors to non-oil GDP were trade at 16.9pc, finance and insurance at 13.2pc, construction at 12.9pc, and manufacturing at 12.8pc.
The UAE Economy Minister Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri said the national economy continues to deliver exceptional performance, with results reflecting the success of the country’s economic vision in building a more diversified, sustainable and competitive development model, driven by accelerating non-oil activity.
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