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 ...

Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Chairperson of the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) has led the annual meeting of Eagle Hills Sharjah Development LLC board. This joint venture, between Shurooq and Abu Dhabi-based real estate developer Eagle Hills, remains committed to propelling Sharjah’s development forward with dynamic and diversified growth initiatives. The hour-long meeting held at the Sharjah ...

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 ...