UAE and India - Strategic Economic Relations

Fahad Al Gergawi

Chief Executive Officer - Dubai FDI

Dubai’s success in attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from India, further cements the Emirate as a preferred global FDI destination. According to the Dubai FDI Monitor data, the Emirate attracted 169 FDI projects from India over the past six years, worth AED 11.12 bn, with 54.4% of the investments into medium and high-tech sectors.

India topped the list, as the leading investor for FDI capital into Dubai over the past 10 years and as the third source country in terms of FDI projects from 2011-2020, according to Financial Times' fDi Markets data. FDI flows from India into Dubai reflects the global confidence in the emirate’s investment ecosystem to support global businesses’ success, growth, and expansion.