UAE takes eighth place (up eight spots since last year) in the annual list of the World Competitiveness Ranking, which includes 60 economies. Source



Dubai's ruler signalled a push for growth in November 2012, announcing plans for the world's largest shopping mall, over 100 hotels, and a park 30 percent bigger than London's Hyde Park. Source



The Dubai government's central projection is for the population to rise above 3M people by 2020 from just over 2M at present.​​  Source

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​​​Double-digit annual increases in this traffic, which hit 58 million passengers last year. Source



Dubai is ranked fourth in the list of 29 global cities – Prime Global Cities Index by Knight Frank

Dubai property prices rose 5.4 per cent in the last three months (December 2012 to March 2013), the third highest in among the global cities compared. Source



The total value of property transactions in Dubai rose 63 percent to AED 44 billion in the first quarter, compared with the same period last year – Land Department. Source