The United Arab Emirates has ranked first among Arab countries in attracting Foreign Direct Investment, FDI, which amounted to US$10.1 billion in 2014.

According to the Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce the total Foreign Direct Investment flowing to the Arab world during 2014 amounted to US$43.9 billion.

The specialised study of the chamber found that UAE ranked first followed by Saudi Arabia and Egypt with US$8 billion and US$4.8 billion of FDI respectively.