{
  "resource": "macro",
  "exported_at": "2026-06-15",
  "count": 12,
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "data": [
    {
      "key": "freezones_total",
      "value": "40+",
      "label_en": "Free zones across the UAE",
      "label_ar": "منطقة حرة في الإمارات",
      "source": "u.ae — UAE Government portal",
      "year": 2025
    },
    {
      "key": "population",
      "value": "≈ 11M",
      "label_en": "UAE population",
      "label_ar": "عدد سكان الإمارات",
      "source": "FCSC / UN estimates",
      "year": 2025
    },
    {
      "key": "gdp",
      "value": "≈ USD 540B",
      "label_en": "Nominal GDP",
      "label_ar": "الناتج المحلي الإجمالي الاسمي",
      "source": "IMF estimate",
      "year": 2024
    },
    {
      "key": "non_oil_share",
      "value": "≈ 75%",
      "label_en": "Non-oil share of GDP",
      "label_ar": "حصة القطاعات غير النفطية من الناتج",
      "source": "UAE Ministry of Economy",
      "year": 2024
    },
    {
      "key": "fdi_inflow",
      "value": "USD 30.7B",
      "label_en": "FDI inflows (2023)",
      "label_ar": "تدفقات الاستثمار الأجنبي المباشر (2023)",
      "source": "UNCTAD World Investment Report 2024",
      "year": 2023
    },
    {
      "key": "sme_share_firms",
      "value": "≈ 94%",
      "label_en": "Of UAE companies are SMEs",
      "label_ar": "من شركات الإمارات منشآت صغيرة ومتوسطة",
      "source": "UAE Ministry of Economy",
      "year": 2024
    },
    {
      "key": "gem_rank",
      "value": "#1",
      "label_en": "Global Entrepreneurship Monitor NECI rank, four years running",
      "label_ar": "المرتبة الأولى عالميًا في مؤشر GEM لبيئة ريادة الأعمال لأربع سنوات متتالية",
      "source": "GEM NECI 2022–2025",
      "year": 2025
    },
    {
      "key": "corporate_tax",
      "value": "9% / 0%",
      "label_en": "Corporate tax (0% on qualifying free zone income)",
      "label_ar": "ضريبة الشركات (0% على دخل المنطقة الحرة المؤهل)",
      "source": "Federal Tax Authority — tax.gov.ae",
      "year": 2025
    },
    {
      "key": "vat",
      "value": "5%",
      "label_en": "Value-added tax",
      "label_ar": "ضريبة القيمة المضافة",
      "source": "Federal Tax Authority",
      "year": 2025
    },
    {
      "key": "ownership",
      "value": "100%",
      "label_en": "Foreign ownership (free zones since inception; most mainland activities since 2021)",
      "label_ar": "تملك أجنبي كامل (المناطق الحرة منذ نشأتها؛ معظم أنشطة البر الرئيسي منذ 2021)",
      "source": "u.ae",
      "year": 2025
    },
    {
      "key": "cepas",
      "value": "20+",
      "label_en": "Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements concluded",
      "label_ar": "اتفاقية شراكة اقتصادية شاملة مُبرمة",
      "source": "UAE Ministry of Economy",
      "year": 2025
    },
    {
      "key": "dataset_cost_range",
      "value": "AED 5k–45k",
      "label_en": "Indicative first-year cost range across tracked zones",
      "label_ar": "نطاق التكلفة التقديرية للسنة الأولى عبر المناطق المتتبَّعة",
      "source": "Tasees dataset v2026.06",
      "year": 2026
    }
  ]
}