“By 2010, Dubai will be amongst the league of Developed nations on the strength of a diversified non-oil economy with a GDP of US$ 30 billion and a per capita GDP of US$ 23,000 with GDP growth of over 6% p.a. The share of the non oil economy will be 96% of GDP with 25% of GDP contributed by the Knowledge economy while the overall service sector will represent 70% of GDP.”

Source: Dubai Executive Office, December 2004