Historical Prices in Abu Dhabi

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Restaurants

Year	Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant	Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course	McMeal at McDonalds (or Equivalent Combo Meal)
2023	45.70	312.22	37.25
2022	36.32	235.58	31.39
2021	28.77	183.81	27.58
2020	29.76	178.94	27.94
2019	32.62	200.30	26.22
2018	30.13	205.17	27.28
2017	33.00	187.83	25.51
2016	32.03	176.81	24.29
2015	26.20	157.41	24.10
2014	26.30	158.81	22.72
2013	31.27	156.14	22.88
2012	37.66	105.71	24.47
2011	56.30	162.54	25.58

Year	Domestic Beer (0.5 liter draught)	Imported Beer (0.33 liter bottle)	Coke/Pepsi (0.33 liter bottle)	Water (0.33 liter bottle)	Cappuccino (regular)
2023	50.38	51.56	4.24	1.82	25.38
2022	48.82	41.54	3.38	1.21	18.60
2021	37.58	37.50	3.33	1.24	17.75
2020	40.71	44.38	3.29	1.38	18.13
2019	40.30	41.92	3.33	1.33	19.12
2018	36.88	37.11	3.23	1.98	18.52
2017	35.53	36.67	2.16	1.27	18.21
2016	30.86	33.58	1.69	1.09	16.46
2015	30.77	32.33	1.64	1.24	17.48
2014	29.67	31.00	1.62	1.35	15.61
2013	29.00	21.95	1.61	1.09	15.60
2012	28.33	24.00	1.81	1.65	19.00
2011	32.13	21.81	1.47	1.38	16.26

Markets

Year	Milk (regular), (1 liter)	Loaf of Fresh White Bread (500g)	Eggs (regular) (12)	Water (1.5 liter bottle)	Domestic Beer (0.5 liter bottle)	Imported Beer (0.33 liter bottle)
2023	7.31	5.45	10.03	1.88	6.00	6.67
2022	6.34	4.61	9.88	2.05	10.14	12.22
2021	5.83	4.87	11.00	2.14	10.57	13.08
2020	6.00	4.68	9.67	2.26	13.45	15.83
2019	7.42	5.10	10.86	2.39	-	-
2018	5.99	5.32	9.20	3.50	13.17	11.50
2017	5.70	4.41	9.90	1.93	10.50	8.66
2016	6.14	4.12	9.42	2.42	10.50	10.58
2015	6.88	4.71	11.28	2.13	7.80	10.50
2014	5.90	4.39	12.62	2.11	13.25	10.33
2013	5.23	4.41	9.38	2.10	6.67	7.75
2012	4.04	3.22	8.89	2.45	17.50	15.00
2011	4.45	7.20	7.28	2.94	14.68	12.84

Year	Apples (1kg)	Oranges (1kg)	Potato (1kg)	Lettuce (1 head)	Rice (white), (1kg)	Tomato (1kg)	Banana (1kg)	Onion (1kg)
2023	7.42	6.71	3.63	7.00	6.46	5.08	6.67	2.97
2022	7.96	6.26	4.20	4.27	6.43	5.26	6.16	3.89
2021	7.87	6.35	3.28	6.20	7.75	4.78	6.40	2.93
2020	7.58	6.94	3.44	6.95	8.37	5.52	6.43	3.44
2019	9.05	7.04	5.21	7.80	6.92	7.67	7.67	4.33
2018	9.56	8.62	3.75	6.71	5.50	7.73	8.11	3.71
2017	8.50	8.50	4.75	7.67	7.76	7.43	6.48	3.85
2016	8.54	6.92	5.15	7.90	8.75	6.42	6.62	4.38
2015	9.17	7.44	4.70	9.57	10.70	8.41	6.37	4.04
2014	8.67	6.20	5.17	6.25	10.40	6.83	-	-
2013	7.95	6.14	4.50	5.83	6.21	5.22	-	-
2012	6.75	5.88	4.42	7.56	5.36	5.67	-	-
2011	8.81	6.97	4.77	9.18	-	-	-	-

Year	Local Cheese (1kg)	Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range)	Cigarettes 20 Pack (Marlboro)	Chicken Fillets (1kg)	Beef Round (1kg) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat)
2023	30.00	55.00	20.71	26.75	44.00
2022	34.62	65.00	22.26	28.79	40.44
2021	33.82	76.11	22.62	27.26	41.93
2020	32.84	58.94	21.84	24.40	36.42
2019	32.50	72.86	20.80	25.06	36.26
2018	38.00	80.62	20.50	25.27	46.62
2017	34.00	68.33	12.32	28.44	41.83
2016	26.52	71.67	10.31	27.37	45.33
2015	32.50	62.50	10.67	25.10	45.00
2014	45.00	55.00	9.88	26.25	-
2013	23.33	43.33	8.45	23.00	-
2012	-	101.70	11.00	24.95	-
2011	40.37	67.89	9.04	23.23	-

Rent Per Month

Year	Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre	Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre	Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre	Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre
2023	6489.76	4383.36	14045.88	8808.93
2022	5963.39	4115.61	9445.00	7391.54
2021	24855.35	19422.61	10291.72	6840.61
2020	4736.25	3921.33	9389.13	7340.91
2019	4839.08	3694.64	8957.54	6940.30
2018	5487.18	4330.09	11307.89	8346.88
2017	6789.39	5295.00	12792.86	9877.90
2016	6835.48	5371.25	13735.63	10277.78
2015	7053.20	5495.24	13242.45	10614.29
2014	7583.33	5785.71	13812.50	11527.49
2013	6344.85	4615.38	14736.08	10694.44
2012	6605.62	4261.56	14878.75	11282.38
2011	6376.62	6147.25	11438.17	10283.63

Buy Apartment Price

Year	Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment in City Centre	Price per Square Meter to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre
2023	19311.62	18178.58
2022	13888.75	13111.50
2021	-	-
2020	-	-
2019	-	10295.74
2018	12890.38	10281.87
2017	13471.08	12236.99
2016	17437.52	11877.18
2015	16053.84	10612.65
2014	17641.54	-
2013	17351.88	10728.72
2012	10000.00	6000.00
2011	13826.24	8690.78

Salaries And Financing

Transportation

Year	One-way Ticket (Local Transport)	Gasoline (1 liter)
2023	2.59	3.10
2022	2.44	3.51
2021	2.38	2.26
2020	2.15	2.21
2019	2.59	2.21
2018	2.59	2.40
2017	2.63	1.89
2016	2.50	1.68
2015	2.30	1.95
2014	2.00	1.81
2013	2.89	1.72
2012	2.00	2.37
2011	1.10	1.78

Salaries And Financing

Utilities (Monthly)

Year	Basic (Electricity, Heating, Cooling, Water, Garbage) for 85m2 Apartment	Internet (60 Mbps or More, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL)	Mobile Phone Monthly Plan with Calls and 10GB+ Data
2023	767.52	410.95	219.33
2022	639.72	374.00	-
2021	511.54	414.56	-
2020	500.48	371.08	-
2019	488.75	387.34	-
2018	451.14	409.88	-
2017	410.04	404.48	-
2016	325.31	329.54	-
2015	262.46	323.09	-
2014	264.93	293.50	-
2013	337.29	299.78	-
2012	261.17	267.81	-
2011	825.75	299.72	-

Sports And Leisure

Year	Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult	Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend)	Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat
2023	311.67	149.29	49.53
2022	280.70	142.50	44.56
2021	239.76	144.38	43.48
2020	291.45	128.33	41.80
2019	327.33	135.02	41.37
2018	335.44	112.73	40.65
2017	379.40	121.15	37.35
2016	447.38	107.50	37.55
2015	327.08	72.50	36.90
2014	428.57	-	38.00
2013	356.48	120.00	36.92
2012	533.50	68.35	34.17
2011	-	-	26.18

Clothing And Shoes

Year	1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar)	1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...)	1 Pair of Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range)	1 Pair of Men Leather Business Shoes
2023	325.31	259.62	424.44	441.25
2022	182.19	176.71	326.33	349.06
2021	242.95	166.71	349.33	316.79
2020	252.14	196.48	330.00	326.67
2019	248.66	184.73	339.80	337.51
2018	229.54	173.43	317.48	329.10
2017	282.47	206.52	360.06	371.94
2016	237.41	178.85	354.26	408.93
2015	262.33	201.11	333.08	367.29
2014	283.41	-	350.00	500.00
2013	256.25	210.83	366.67	375.00
2012	166.75	141.75	289.00	233.38
2011	440.40	183.50	293.60	411.01

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