UAE - Mubasher: The transformative industry in the UAE contributes around 12% to the non-oil gross domestic product (GDP), according to the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre (FCSC) as cited by the Emirates News Agency (WAM).
The industrial sector accounts for 9.2% of the total national workforce, as shown by the FCSC figures.
The Acting Executive Director of the FCSC, Hanan Mansoor Ahli, said that the industrial sector will enable the UAE to have access to global markets by deploying innovation, advanced technology, and 4IR solutions.
It is noteworthy to mention that the UAE has jumped from 35th to 30th position globally in the 2021 United Nations Industrial Organisation’s (UNIDO) Competitive Industrial Performance Index (CIP) report which tracks 152 countries.
