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MEED Report: Projects in UAE - Key trends and opportunities January 2026

Projects in UAE – Key trends and opportunities January 2026

With nearly $1.13 trillion worth of active projects (both under execution and pipeline), the UAE is the second largest projects market in the MENA region after Saudi Arabia.

Approximately 8,859 contracts were awarded in the UAE in the past 10 years.

Project Contract Awards By Year, 2016 – 2025 ($m)

Graph of Project Contract Awards By Year, 2016 - 2025 ($m) in the Projects in UAE - Key trends and opportunities January 2026 report

The total value of project contract awards in the last 10 years was $543.8bn. The project awarded value from 2023 witnessed an upward trajectory and reached the highest value in 10 years of $103.2bn in 2024.

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