The UAE continues to consolidate its position as a global destination for investment… and what is coming is greater

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, may God protect him, said today that the UAE continues to consolidate its position as a global destination for investment and opportunities, in light of the results of the latest World Investment Report.

His Highness said in his official account on the “X” platform: “Within the latest World Investment Report, the UAE continues to consolidate its position as a global destination for investment and opportunities. In 2025, the country achieved record inflows of foreign direct investment amounting to 177.3 billion dirhams, a growth of 6%, while the balance of foreign direct investment rose to 1.17 trillion dirhams.”

His Highness continued: “The UAE has advanced to ninth place globally among foreign direct investment destinations, and for the third year in a row it has maintained second place globally in the number of founding foreign direct investment projects, with a total of 1,562 projects.”

His Highness stressed: “Our goal, within the National Investment Strategy, is to reach the balance of foreign direct investment to 2.2 trillion dirhams by the year 2031, and to attract 240 billion dirhams in foreign direct investment flows annually. These numbers are not just economic indicators, but rather the result of a national vision, the work of one team, and global confidence in a country that has made ambition a reality, opportunities and achievements, and what is coming to the Emirates, God willing, is more beautiful and greater.”