The UAE ranked 16th in the world with the “Government Support Index”

The United Arab Emirates has achieved a new qualitative achievement in addition to its leadership record after it advanced to the 16th rank in the world in the “Governmental Support Index” for the year 2025, one of the indicators included in the annual book on global competitiveness issued by the International Institute for Administrative Development IMD27 centers, ranked in 2024, in which it ranked 43rd.

The government support index is measured by the value of support as a percentage of gross domestic product, and is used to measure the efficiency of public financial resources management, and the extent of the state’s ability to stimulate the economy through the efficiency of policies to depend on direct spending.

The Ministry of Finance confirmed, in a statement today, that the UAE submitted to the 16th rank globally in the 2025 government support index reflects the efficiency of the state’s financial policies, and the efforts made to enhance the effectiveness of government spending, within an integral framework between the federal government and local financial departments in developing financial analysis tools and upgrading the efficiency of resource allocation.

She pointed out that she continues to work to improve government support indicators by raising the quality of financial statements, supporting sustainability and financial balance practices, in line with the state’s directions to enhance its global competitiveness and achieve the targets of sustainable development, in cooperation with the local financial departments.

The Ministry explained that this progress reflects the growing confidence of international institutions in the financial management model in the UAE, and confirms the state’s commitment to achieving sustainability in various sectors, by developing accurate statistical financial reports that reflect the reality of government support and support the financial decision -making process on objective foundations.

She stressed that it attaches great importance to enhancing financial transparency and developing the infrastructure of statistical data, noting that enhancing the reliability of data and improving the level of financial disclosure is a basic pillar in developing public policies, and reflects the state’s commitment to the highest financial governance standards in a way that supports economic stability and enhances the state’s ability to deal with global changes efficiently and flexible.

The Ministry emphasized that the UAE aspires to be among the list of the top ten countries in the world in the government support index by 2026, thanks to the directives of the wise leadership and the efforts of national work teams, indicating the continuation of the consolidation of an approach based on the effectiveness of public spending and financial sustainability to advance the growth in the country.

According to the annual World Competitiveness Book 2025, the UAE came among the top ten countries in the world in a number of competitiveness indicators, which reflects the advanced financial performance of the state.

The UAE ranked first in the world in the investment capital indexes, the percentage of personal income tax collected and came second in the index of the tax rate on corporate profit, and the third rank in the government budget surplus index/budget deficit “billion dollars” and ranked fourth in the rate of low indirect tax revenues collected, and the decrease in consumption tax.

The state also ranked fifth in the index of taxes collected on capital and property, and the sixth rank in the public financing index, the seventh globally and the first regionally in the public spending rate index, and the ninth globally in the government consumption expenditures index – real growth.

These achievements confirm the UAE’s superiority in global competitiveness, and reflects its commitment to developing a sustainable economic environment, and its ability to keep pace with challenges and adapt to economic variables, which enhances its leadership position globally.

Within its national strategy, the Ministry of Finance seeks to develop and improve the tools of collecting financial data through institutional information systems, and to raise the level of coordination between the federal government and the financial departments in the local UAE governments, and this endeavor aims to enhance the indicators of financial performance and achieve a tangible impact on the quality of spending and its developmental role.