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9/12/25, 4:02 PM UAE real GDP growth at 3.9% in Q1 2025, state news agency reports

UAE real GDP growth at 3.9% in Q1

2025, state news agency reports

DUBAI: The UAE recorded real GDP growth of 3.9 percent in the first quarter of
2025, the state news agency reported on Sunday.

Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, minister of economy and tourism, said the
preliminary estimates issued by the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics

Center regarding the country’s economic performance during the first
quarter confirm the strength and resilience of the national economy and its
ability to continue its exceptional growth path.

The y also confirm the success of the comprehensive development model
adopted by the country and reflect the confidence of investors and the

international community in the UAE’s business and investment environment,
whi ch ha s become a global model to be emulated in adopting advanced

economic policies and developing a legislative infrastructure that stimulates
growth, WAM reported.

In terms of the economic activities that contributed most to non-oil GDP

during the first quarter of 2025, the trade sector ranked first, with 15.6 percent.
The finance and insurance sector came in second, contributing 14.6 percent,

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