OFID Member Countries
Official country name: United Arab Emirates
National capital: Abu Dhabi
Location: In the east of the Arabian peninsula, bordering Saudi Arabia to the west and south, and Oman to the east.
Area: 84 million km2
| Natural resources: | petroleum, natural gas |
| National currency: | U.A. Emirates dirham (VADH) |
| Principal exports: | Crude petroleum, natural gas, re-exports (mainly machinery and transport equipment) |
| Principal imports: | Machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Population: | 4.52 million (2008) |
| Average annual population growth rate 2008-15: | 2.1% |
| Adult literacy rate: | 90% (2007) |
| Life expectancy at birth (total years, 2007): | 77.3 |
| GDP growth (annual %): | -0.6% (2009) |
| GDP current: | US$260.14 billion (2008) |
| GDP per capita: | US$57,603 (2008) |
| Structure of Output (in % total GDP) 2008 |
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| Agriculture, value added (% of GDP): |
2% |
| Industry, value added (% of GDP): |
61% |
| Manufacturing: | 12% |
| Services, value added (% of GDP): |
38% |
| Exports of goods & services: | US$119.61 billion (2009) |
| Imports of goods & services: | US$157.85 billion (2009) |
| Current account balance (% of GDP): |
2.7% (2009) |
| Inflation (annual %): | 1% |
| Exchange rate: Dirhams per US$ 2009: | 3.675 |
| OFID Ministerial Council Members: | HH Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, Minister of Finance and Industry; Ministry of Finance and Industry; HE Obaid H. Al-Tayer, Minister of State for Finance, Ministry of Finance |
| OFID Governing Board Representative: | HE Mr. Jamal Nassar Lootah, Chairman of the Governing Board, OFID |
| OFID Governing Board Alternate: | Mr. Mohamed Abdulbaki Mohamed, Director-General, Emirates Industrial Bank |