According to the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF), the UAE led the Arab world in 2021 in terms of the value of manufactured exports, with a total value of $142.5 billion.
According to the AMF’s Joint Arab Economic Report, the UAE’s manufacturing industry exports account for 43.9 percent of overall Arab exports of manufacture, owing to strong growth in the field of re-exports. Manufacturing industry exports in Arab countries totaled $325 billion in 2021, up from $244 billion in 2020, a 33.2 percent increase due to unwinding of COVID-10 restrictions.
According to the report, Egypt had a 6.1% share, Tunisia had a 4% share, Bahrain had a 2.2% share, Jordan had a 2.1% share, Kuwait had a 2% share, and Algeria had a 1.1% share. Saudi Arabia came in second to the UAE with roughly $69 billion and a 21.2% stake, followed by Morocco with $19.9 billion and a 6.1% share. In terms of population, Lebanon has 0.8%, Libya 0.5%, Palestine 0.5%, Djibouti 0.5%, and Iraq 0.1%.
