Economy

Sharjah’s Department of Statistics and Community Development (DSCD) has announced substantial growth in the emirate’s gross domestic product (GDP) for 2023. The preliminary estimates show a 6.5% surge, reaching approximately AED 145.2 billion, compared to 136.4 billion in 2022, which marked a 4.9% growth from 2021. The newly-revealed figures are based on estimates from the comprehensive economic survey conducted from ...

S&P Global Ratings has affirmed its ‘BBB-/A-3’ long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on the Emirate of Sharjah, a member of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The outlook is stable. The stable outlook reflects S&P’s view that Sharjah’s government will introduce sufficient measures to begin stabilizing its net general government debt as a percentage of GDP ...

A new report by Henley & Partners reveals that the number of millionaires in five Middle Eastern cities has risen to around 124,800. The Henley & Partners, which tracks private wealth and investment migration trends worldwide, and global intelligence provider New World Wealth, highlighted that Sharjah registered a 95 per cent growth in millionaires over the past decade and has 4,100 millionaires, 11 centi-millionaires and ...

 The Sharjah Petroleum Council (SPC), a Government of Sharjah undertaking, has announced the discovery of new gas reserves in Al Hadiba field, located north of the Al Sajaa Industrial Area in Sharjah, in promising economically viable quantities. The new field was discovered after the Sharjah National Oil Corporation (SNOC) drilled a well over the past few months, and the well ...

Sharjah ranked 5th globally among the top 10 fastest-growing cities in attracting FDI inflows during 2023, in terms of new projects, capital expenditure growth, and job creation, according to data from “fDi Markets.” The emirate recorded a total growth of 60.29 points. According to the Financial Times’ fDi Markets database, which provides comprehensive data on global greenfield investments, Sharjah experienced ...

In an impressive testament to its economic strategy, the United Arab Emirates has made a significant leap to the 8th position on Kearney’s 2024 Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index® (FDICI), up from 18th place in 2023, and now stands 2nd on the Emerging Market Index after China. The FDICI, now in its 26th iteration, continues to be an authoritative forecast ...

Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD) released the data results for the past year 2023. The report included the most important developments and events witnessed by the economic sectors and the procedures and efforts taken by the Department in all sectors and activities. This is done to provide a comprehensive tool for customers in the economic sectors in Sharjah and introduce ...

The UAE continues to hold its position at 10th place in the Brand Finance Soft Power Index 2024 for the second consecutive year, standing as the only Gulf nation among the world’s top 10 soft powers. The announcement came during the annual Global Soft Power Summit, which was held in the British capital, London, in the presence of a group ...

According to a monthly report on the “Real Estate and Mortgages movement” issued by Sharjah Real Estate Registration Department, it was revealed that the real estate sector in Sharjah has recorded a significant growth during January 2024, as the volume of real estate transactions in the emirate reached AED 3.9 billion. This rate constitutes a huge increase compared to January ...

S&P Global Ratings, the world’s leading credit rating agency, expects the UAE’s real GDP to grow by 5.3 percent in 2024, compared to 3.4 percent in 2023. In a new report released today, the credit rating agency said that UAE banks reported exceptional profits for the full year 2023 due to lower provisioning requirements and higher interest margins, in addition ...