{"id":"uae-gcc-industrial-investment-statistics-oct18","canonicalSlug":"uae-gcc-industrial-investment-statistics-oct18","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/uae-gcc-industrial-investment-statistics-oct18","language":"en","title":"GCC industrial investment totals about US$426bn, says GCC-Stat","summary":"The regional centre cited nearly 22,000 factories and over 1.7 million industrial workers using data available through July 2026.","body":["GCC-Stat data reported on 18 October put industrial investment across Gulf Cooperation Council states at about US$426 billion, with nearly 22,000 factories and more than 1.7 million sector workers. Latest available figures cited were as of July 2026.","Manufacturing contributed about 13% of GCC GDP in 2025, while industrial products represented about 69% of exports. These are regional totals, not UAE-only figures; the report also noted differences among member states.","GCC-Stat said about 40% of industrial investment is concentrated in key industries including plastics, refined petroleum products, aluminium, gaseous fuels, and iron and steel. This is a regional investment composition, not production or commodity-price data."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"GCC industrial investment totals about US$426bn, says GCC-Stat\n\nThe regional centre cited nearly 22,000 factories and over 1.7 million industrial workers using data available through July 2026.\n\nGCC-Stat data reported on 18 October put industrial investment across Gulf Cooperation Council states at about US$426 billion, with nearly 22,000 factories and more than 1.7 million sector workers. Latest available figures cited were as of July 2026.\n\nManufacturing contributed about 13% of GCC GDP in 2025, while industrial products represented about 69% of exports. These are regional totals, not UAE-only figures; the report also noted differences among member states.\n\nGCC-Stat said about 40% of industrial investment is concentrated in key industries including plastics, refined petroleum products, aluminium, gaseous fuels, and iron and steel. This is a regional investment composition, not production or commodity-price data.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":["statistics","non-oil-economy","metals","oil","gas"],"eventDate":"2026-10-18","eventDateBasis":"GCC-Stat regional industry data were reported by WAM on 18 October 2026.","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T15:13:06Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-20T15:13:06Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-20T15:05:37Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-18","translatedAt":"2026-10-20T15:09:42Z","sources":[{"url":"https://www.wam.ae/en/article/17has6c-industrial-investments-gcc-states-reach-us426","name":"Emirates News Agency (WAM)","licence":"No open reuse licence stated; factual reporting only.","checkedAt":"2026-10-20","licenseUrl":"https://www.wam.ae/","attribution":"Emirates News Agency (WAM); original factual summary, no source image or copied prose.","publishedAt":"2026-10-18"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/uae-gcc-industrial-investment-statistics-oct18","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/uae-gcc-industrial-investment-statistics-oct18","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/uae-gcc-industrial-investment-statistics-oct18","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/uae-gcc-industrial-investment-statistics-oct18","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/uae-gcc-industrial-investment-statistics-oct18","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/uae-gcc-industrial-investment-statistics-oct18","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/uae-gcc-industrial-investment-statistics-oct18"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["statistical-release"],"geographies":[{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"AE","subdivisionCode":null},{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"SA","subdivisionCode":null},{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"BH","subdivisionCode":null},{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"KW","subdivisionCode":null},{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"QA","subdivisionCode":null},{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"OM","subdivisionCode":null}],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation"],"measurementPeriod":null}}