Statistics Centre of Abu Dhabi

Statistics Centre of Abu Dhabi The Consumer Price Index (CPI), which is compiled from different data sources, measures changes in the prices of goods and services between two periods of time, namely the base period and the comparison period

The revenue in 2019 decreased by 6.3% compared with 2018. The decrease could mainly be attributed to lower Petroleum royalties and tax revenues. Current expenditure as a percentage of total public expenditure increased from 86.3% in 2018 to 87.4% in 2019. The sub items of current transfers, goods and services, and salaries and wages contributed 47.7%, 18.3% and 21.3% of total expenditure respectively   Capital expenditure as a percentage of total public expenditure decreased from 13.7% in 2018 to 12.6% in 2019. Capital transfers, development expenditures on government projects and capital expenditure on goods and services respectively contributed 7.5%, 4.1% and 1.0% of total expenditure.