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 |
| Structure of output (value added, % of GDP): | n/a |
| Population: | 3.0 million (2001) |
| Urban population: | 87.1% |
| Life expectancy at birth, total (years, 2000): | 75.3 |
| Population growth rate: | 2.4% (2001) |
| Principal exports: | crude petroleum, natural gas, re-exports (mainly machinery and transport equipment) |
| Exports of goods and services: | US$34.1 billion (1999) |
| Principal imports: | machinery and transport equipment, basic manufactured goods, food and live animals, fuels and lubricants, chemicals |
| Imports of goods and services: | US$38.1 billion (2000) |
| GDP: | US$67.5 billion (2001) |
| Average Annual growth: | 5.1% (2001) |
| GDP per capita: | US$19,393 (2001) |
| Inflation (annual %): | 0.9% (2001) |
| Total external debt: | US$29.0 billion (1999) |
| Total debt service: | US$5.3 billion (1999) |
| Debt service (% of exports of goods and services, 2000): | n/a |
| National currency: | Saudi Arabian riyal (SRL) |
| Average Exchange Rate: | VADH 3.673 = US$1 (2001) |
| OPEC Fund Ministerial Council Member: | H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, Minister of Finance and Industry; H.E. Mr. Obaid H. Al-Tayer, Minister of State for Finance |
| OPEC Fund Governing Board Representative: | H.E. Mr. Jamal Nasser Lootah, Assistant Under-Secretary for Industrial Affairs, Ministry of Finance and Industry |
| OPEC Fund Governing Board Alternate: | Mr. Nasser K. Al Suwaidi, Director of Industrial Development, Ministry of Finance and Industry |