Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · Partial data: missing GF10, GF0107
Data checked 28 Oct 2026 · next scheduled check 1 Jan 2027 · UN World Population Prospects (via World Bank) released 1 Jul 2026 · World Bank WDI released 8 Oct 2026
Total spending · 2024
21.4%
-4.7 pts since 1995
Welfare · 2024
Not available
Healthcare · 2024
Not available
Defence · 2024
Not available
Education · 2024
Not available
Debt interest · 2024
Not available
Gross debt · 2025
33.9%
of GDP · +29 pts since 1999
Population · 2025
11.5m
372.9% since 1995
Public-sector employment
Not available: no official public-sector employment series is loaded for United Arab Emirates yet.
Not available: general-government welfare (COFOG 10) and COFOG debt transactions (01.7). No matching official observation was found in the sources checked; narrower-sector or differently defined figures are not substituted.
Healthcare fell from 1.6% to 1.3% of GDP between 2000 and 2005, then rose to 3.3% by 2023.
Defence fell from 6.8% to 3.2% of GDP between 1997 and 2006, then rose to 5.6% by 2014.
Total spending rose from 26.1% to 35.0% of GDP between 1995 and 2009, then fell to 21.4% by 2024.
Gross debt rose from 4.7% to 35.7% of GDP between 1999 and 2021, then fell to 33.9% by 2025.
Population grew from 2.4 million in 1995 to 11.5 million in 2025; the UN projects 15.4 million by 2050.