We expect the UAE’s defence spending to increase by a very significant 13.6% annually to AED157.9bn in 2017; this will reflect an increase of a total of 88.8% over our five-year forecast period. It will take defence spending per capita to AED18,209. Notably, at a time when defence budgets in developed states are under pressure from fiscal constraints, we expect the share of national gross domestic product (GDP) accounted by the UAE’s defence sector to continue climbing. It has risen from 5.1% in 2008, to stand at 6.0% in 2012. This is forecast to rise to 7.3% by the end …
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