INSEAD Day 4 - 728x90

Google to invest $6.4bn

The investment is its biggest-ever in Germany.

Pfizer poised to buy Metsera

The pharma giant improved its offer to $10bn.

Ozempic maker lowers outlook

The company posted tepid Q3 results.

Kimberly-Clark to buy Kenvue

The deal is valued at $48.7 billion.

BYD Q3 profit down 33%

This was a 33% year-on-year decrease.

UAE GDP grows 18.8% at current prices in 2021, says federal body

UAE Islamic banking sector assets continued to grow in 2022 to account for 23.0% of total UAE banking sector assets.
  • The centre’s data showed that non-oil GDP at constant prices grew by 5.8 percent to $0.33 trillion in 2021, compared to around $0.27 trillion in 2020
  • According to the FCSC, the contribution of extractive industries, such as crude oil and natural gas, to GDP at fixed prices fell from 28.7 percent in 2020 to 27.4 percent in 2021

Abu Dhabi, UAE – The Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre (FCSC) announced on Tuesday that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew at constant prices by 3.9 percent, and at current prices by 18.8 percent in 2021.

The centre’s data showed that GDP at constant prices increased to AED1.499 trillion in 2021 from AED1.442 trillion in 2020 while non-oil GDP at constant prices grew by 5.8 percent to AED1.087 trillion in 2021, compared to around AED1.028 trillion in 2020.

According to the FCSC, the contribution of extractive industries, such as crude oil and natural gas, to GDP at fixed prices fell from 28.7 percent in 2020 to 27.4 percent in 2021, after declining by 0.7 percent from AED414.175 billion to AED 411.39 billion last year.