United Arab Emirates stocks & ETFs | Economy, holdings and country weight

ARE · Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · High income

This page brings together what United Arab Emirates means for an ETF portfolio: the economic picture from World Bank data, the 44 United Arab Emirates stocks we track, and the ETFs that actually give you exposure — with the country weight computed from real fund holdings, not estimated.

Economic indicators

Gross domestic product (2024)552 bn USD
GDP per capita (2024)50,274 USD
Real GDP growth (2024)4.0 %
Inflation rate (2025)1.3 %
Unemployment rate (2025)2.2 %
Population (2025)11.5 m
Economic indicators over time
YearGDP per capita (USD)Real GDP growth (%)Inflation rate (%)Unemployment rate (%)
201743,734-1.12.02.5
201847,1351.53.12.2
201945,9391.3-1.92.3
202037,992-8.7-2.14.3
202144,1184.60.23.1
202250,7607.55.32.9
202349,8514.31.62.2
202450,2744.01.72.2

Source: World Bank Open Data, licensed CC BY 4.0.

ETFs with the highest United Arab Emirates weight

Sum of the fund's individual holdings from this country — added up from published holdings, not estimated.

ETFs by country weight
ETFIndexWeightHoldings
Xtrackers MSCI Emerging Markets UCITS ETF 1d
XEMD · IE000GWA2J58		MSCI Emerging Markets1.2 %16
Xtrackers MSCI Emerging Markets UCITS ETF 1c
XMME · IE00BTJRMP35		MSCI Emerging Markets1.2 %16
iShares Core MSCI EM IMI UCITS ETF (Acc)
IS3N · IE00BKM4GZ66		MSCI EM IMI1.2 %43
iShares MSCI ACWI UCITS ETF USD (Acc)
IUSQ · IE00B6R52259		MSCI ACWI0.1 %13
Xtrackers MSCI World Health Care UCITS ETF 1c
XDWH · IE00BM67HK77		MSCI World Health Care0.0 %1
Xtrackers MSCI Europe UCITS ETF 1c
XMEU · LU0274209237		MSCI Europe0.0 %1
Xtrackers Stoxx Europe 600 UCITS ETF 1c
XSX6 · LU0328475792		STOXX Europe 6000.0 %1
Xtrackers MSCI Europe UCITS ETF 1d
XIEE · LU1242369327		MSCI Europe0.0 %1

Largest tracked stocks

44 stocks from United Arab Emirates are covered through our ETF holdings — these carry the highest single weight.