Dubai has been ranked the world’s top destination for Greenfield Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects for the fourth successive year, according to the Financial Times “fDi Markets” data. In 2024, Dubai attracted AED52.3bn ($14.24bn) in estimated FDI capital, a 33.2 per cent increase from AED39.26bn ($10.69bn) in 2023, marking the highest FDI value ever recorded in a single year for the emirate since 2020. Dubai attracted a record-breaking 1,117 Greenfield FDI projects in 2024, the highest in its history. Greenfield Foreign Direct Investment in Dubai Dubai also achieved a historic milestone in FDI attraction with 1,826 announced FDI projects, an 11 per cent increase from 1,650 projects in 2023, according to DET’s Dubai FDI Monitor. This marks the highest number of total announced FDI projects ever recorded by the emirate. A total of 58,680 estimated jobs were generated through FDI in 2024, a 31 per cent increase from 44,745 jobs in 2023. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, said Dubai’s emergence as a frontrunner in the global investment landscape has been inspired and guided by the visionary leadership of Sheikh […]