Dubai's GDP reached Dh389b in 2017.

Dubai Statistics Center (DSC) has revealed that Dubai’s real gross domestic product (GDP) reached Dh389 billion in 2017 compared to Dh379 billion in 2016, an increase of 2.6 per cent. According to DSC, the growth was fuelled by the performance of strategic sectors that accounted for 72.2 per cent of total growth in 2017. The transportation and storage sector was the biggest contributor to total economic growth at 18.5 per cent, surpassing wholesale and retail trade, traditionally the largest sector in the emirate. The wholesale and retail trade sector’s contribution to growth stood at 8.3 per cent.