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| United Arab Emirates |
The United Arab Emirates in numbers
population| Estimated total population : 1 200 000 |
Local population | Population from Asia (Pakistan, India, ou Philippines | Population from Middle East (Lebanese, Iranians, Jordanians… |
Population from other countries (Europe,USA …) |
| Population | 20% | 50% | 23% | 8% |
The currency : the Dirham
The exchange rate is (3 December 2006) is :
1 AED = 0,2040 € and 1 euro = 4,9019 AED
1 AED = 0,2722 USD and 1 USD = 3,6737 AED.
Salaries
There is no minimum salary.
Working week
The working week is of 48 hours.
Unemployment rate
In 2001 the unemployment rate was 2,3%. .
Country level of risk on a scale 1 to 7
The risk is minimum (1).
Economic Indicators of the country
Economic forecasts : (source
FMI – World Economic Outlook Database)
| Indicators | 2006 | 2007 |
| GDP (billions USD) | 176,8 | 196,2 |
| Growth rate of GDP (constant prices, %) | 11,5 | 5,8 |
| GDP per inhabitant (USD) | 35099,5 | 36180,9 |
| Inflation rate ( %) | 7,7 | 5 |
General economic indicators : (Sources :
FMI – World Economic Outlook Database)
| Indicators | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
GDP (billion USD) |
88,2 | 104,6 | 129,6 |
| Growth rate GDP 5constant prices, % | 11,9 | 9,7 | 8,5 |
| GDP per inhabitant (USD) | 21815,4 | 24059,3 | 27700,3 |
| Inflation rate ( %) | 3,1 | 5 | 8 |
Investments: (ource : CNUCED – World Investment Report.)
| Direct foreign investments | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | World ranking |
| Flux (millions USD | 4 256 | 8 359 | 12 000 | 15 sur 141 |
