Labour Market Observatory

UAE Labour Market is ranked

1st

in the following global competitiveness indices:
  • Industrial Disputes World Competitiveness Yearbook 2025 - IMD
  • Redundancy Costs World Competitiveness Yearbook 2025 - IMD
  • Labour Force Growth World Competitiveness Yearbook 2025 - IMD
  • International Experience World Competitiveness Yearbook 2025 - IMD
  • Labour Market (Main Indicator) World Competitiveness Yearbook 2025 - IMD
  • Working Hours World Competitiveness Yearbook 2025 - IMD
  • Employment Rate World Competitiveness Yearbook 2025 - IMD
  • Employment Growth World Competitiveness Yearbook 2025 - IMD
  • Competent Senior Managers World Competitiveness Yearbook 2025 - IMD
  • Absence of Bureaucracy World Competitiveness Yearbook 2025 - IMD
  • Talent Attractiveness Index Global Prosperity Index 2023 - Legatum Institute
  • Redundancy Costs the Global Innovation Index 2023
  • Migrant stock INSEAD Global Talent Competitiveness Index 2023
  • The Leading Arabic Country on the World Competitiveness Indicator in 2024 Institute for Management Development - IMD (September 2024)

2nd

  • Foreign Labour Force Rate World Competitiveness Yearbook 2025 - IMD
  • Labour Force Rate World Competitiveness Yearbook 2025 - IMD
  • Foreign Labour Force World Competitiveness Yearbook 2025 - IMD
  • Financial Skills World Competitiveness Yearbook 2025 - IMD

3rd

  • Qualified Engineers World Competitiveness Yearbook 2025 - IMD
  • Forecast: Unemployment World Competitiveness Yearbook 2025 - IMD
  • Skilled Labour World Competitiveness Yearbook 2025 - IMD
  • Talent Retention INSEAD Global Talent Competitiveness Index 2023
  • Digital Skills INSEAD Global Talent Competitiveness Index 2023

4th

  • Labour Regulations World Competitiveness Yearbook 2025 - IMD
  • Long-Term Unemployment World Competitiveness Yearbook 2025 - IMD

5th

  • Unit Labour Costs for Total Economy World Competitiveness Yearbook 2025 - IMD
  • Talent Attraction INSEAD Global Talent Competitiveness Index 2023
  • Relationship of Pay to Productivity INSEAD Global Talent Competitiveness Index 2023

6th

  • Youth Unemployment Indicator World Competitiveness Yearbook 2025 - IMD

7th

  • Ease of finding Skilled Employees INSEAD Global Talent Competitiveness Index 2023

8th

  • Brain Drain World Competitiveness Yearbook 2025 - IMD