United Arab Emirates

Federal National Council

Political system
Monarchy
Structure of parliament
Unicameral
IPU membership
Yes

Budget

Data on parliament’s budget role and activities

Parliamentary powers to amend the budget
Parliament may make amendments but only if it does not change the total deficit/surplus proposed by the Executive
Parliament has a specialized unit to conduct budgetary analysis
Yes
Number of staff working in the specialized budget unit
4
Date when parliament received the draft budget from the government, per year
25 Oct 2023
(2023)
Date when parliament adopted the budget, per year
28 Nov 2023
(2023)
Number of days between receiving the draft budget and its adoption in parliament, per year
34
(2023)
National currency
United Arab Emirates Dirham (AED)
PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) conversion factor
2.250
(2023)
State budget, per year
64,060,000,000 AED
(2023)
State budget, per year in PPP
30,216,981,132
(2023)

Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No