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United Arab Emirates

A federation of seven emirates and 11.5 million residents, a global hub for trade and finance, where Abu Dhabi raised $5.5 billion in bonds in the first half of 2026 and the UAE will host the World Bank and IMF meetings in 2029.

Perfect Nations values what United Arab Emirates owns and raises capital against it, through innovative financing for development (FfD) and super intelligence (SI).

United Arab Emirates at a glance

  • 11.5mPeopleWorld Bank
  • Furthest from reach · Education25.9%of children in the United Arab Emirates cannot read a simple text by the end of primary schoolWorld Bank, 2021
  • 3Instruments and investments on recordCapital already committed
Work with usRead the Letter to United Arab Emirates

What we do for United Arab Emirates

Assets. Capital. Solutions.

Perfect Nations is a new-age sovereign advisory firm, and its clients are nations.

  1. 01AssetsThe cupFive sovereign assets, valued, from The Oil and Gas to The Hub.
  2. 02CapitalThe laurels3 instruments and investments on record, every one sourced.
  3. 03SolutionsThe seven starsSeven basic standards of living, star by star. Education is furthest from reach today.

The whole logo: a Perfect Nation, where every citizen has all seven basic standards of living, led by good governance.

01Assets · The cup · Sovereign Assets

Five assets no balance sheet counts.

Each is owned today, earns today, and can carry United Arab Emirates toward seven basic standards of living for every citizen.

  • 17.7%Of GDP from oil and gas rents, 2021

    The Oil and Gas

    Oil and gas rents near a fifth of the economy, and some of the world’s largest sovereign funds built on them.

  • 11.5mCitizens, 2025

    The People

    16% are under fifteen in a nation of 11.5 million residents.

  • 71,020 km²Land area, 2023

    The Land

    Desert, mountains and coast across seven emirates.

  • 4.6%Of the land under forest, 2024

    The Forest

    Mangroves along the coast: blue carbon the nation is replanting.

  • 2029Host of the World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings

    The Hub

    Ports, airlines and financial centres that connect East and West.

Every figure, with its sourceThe Sovereign Assets ledger

02Capital · The laurels · Capital Architecture

A hub that lends to its neighbours and borrows at the world’s best prices.

Bonds, guarantees, swaps and loans that raise capital against what United Arab Emirates owns, every line sourced.

Capital Architecture

The record in figures

Capital already committed

  • PrivateIssuedAbu Dhabi dual-tranche bonds$3bn

    Department of Finance, Abu Dhabi · 5 and 10 years · February 2026

    The emirate’s first bond sale of 2026.

    Investors

    Source
  • PrivateIssuedAbu Dhabi bond reopenings$2.5bn

    Department of Finance, Abu Dhabi · Notes due 2029 and 2034 · 15 April 2026

    $1.5 billion of 5.0% notes due 2034 and $1 billion of 4.875% notes due 2029.

    Investors

    Source
  • BilateralSignedCurrency swap to Bahrain$5.4bn

    Central Bank of the UAE · AED 20 billion · April 2026

    Liquidity support from the UAE to Bahrain: capital the UAE commits to its region.

    Central Bank of the UAE

    Source

The United Arab Emirates Newswire

The Solutions Wire
Mariam Al-Suwaidi, Nation Steward of United Arab Emirates

Mariam Al-SuwaidiNation Steward of United Arab Emirates · SI Researcher

Already working in the United Arab Emirates.

Independent firms and social enterprises already at work in United Arab Emirates, highlighted by Perfect Nations. None is a partner of Perfect Nations.

Suggest an enterprise

  • The first firms and social enterprises at work in United Arab Emirates are being gathered.

    Name one already at work there: it may be highlighted here, with its source.

03Solutions · The seven stars · Perfect Capita

Perfect United Arab Emirates, star by star.

Perfect Capita is the yearly cost, per person, of lifting everyone above the Living Line in all seven basic living standards, set with the United Arab Emirates in its own prices.

How Perfect Capita works
United Arab Emirates: the seven stars of the logo, one for each basic standard of living, rising from the cup; Food is the larger centre star. Each star carries the figure for United Arab Emirates.WATER98.6%SHELTER98.5%ENERGY99%FOOD96.4%EDUCATION74.1HEALTH84LIVELIHOOD99.4%
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Education · furthest from reach74.1% of children read a simple text by the end of primary schoolWorld Bank, 2021

Tap a star for its figure and source.

The price of Perfect United Arab Emirates

To be set with United Arab Emirates, from its own figures and in its own prices: Perfect Capita times the people of United Arab Emirates, each year.

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  • Food96.4%Not food insecure; 3.6% are moderately or severely food insecureFAO, 2023
  • Water98.6%Safely managed drinking waterWHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Shelter98.5%Safely managed sanitation; 0.1% of city dwellers live in slumsWHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Energy99%99% cook with clean fuels and technology; 100% have electricityWorld Bank, 2024
  • Education74.174.1% of children read a simple text by the end of primary schoolWorld Bank, 2021
  • Health84WHO service coverage indexWHO, 2023
  • Livelihood99.4%Above US$8.30 a day; 0.6% live below it, datedWorld Bank, 2018

Perfect Nations estimate, to be confirmed with the United Arab Emirates. Figures marked dated rest on surveys more than five years old; lenient measures are marked as such. The strict measures

Strict measures. Food: share not moderately or severely food insecure (FAO). Water: safely managed drinking water where measured; where it is not, basic water, marked as such. Shelter: the lower of safely managed sanitation and the share outside urban slums. Energy: the lower of electricity per person against 1,000 kWh and clean cooking; where electricity per person is not published, clean cooking. Education: the lower of children reading by the end of primary school and lower-secondary completion. Health: WHO service coverage index. Livelihood: share above the stricter of the national poverty line and the World Bank line for the nation’s income group (US$8.30 a day for high-income nations). Each figure links to its source.

Solutions for Perfect United Arab Emirates

All Solutions

  • The Solution for United Arab EmiratesEducation

    Finance learning, not only classrooms.

    • 01The challenge25.9% Of children in the United Arab Emirates cannot read a simple text by the end of primary school. World Bank, 2021
    • 02The dealProgram-for-Results, proved in Tanzania, 2021: $588M for primary school learning. World Bank, project P169380
    • 03What Perfect Nations advisesNations where education is furthest from reach should borrow on a Program-for-Results basis, releasing each tranche only when pupils reach an agreed learning level, verified independently. With super intelligence, reading levels can be tracked school by school, so that every child who falls behind is reached in time.
    Co-design it inThe ReDesign StudioThe three mandates
Perfect Nations® · Letters to the NationsUnited Arab Emirates

Dear United Arab Emirates,

You built a hub that connects the world, and this year you lent your strength to a neighbour while investors lent you theirs at the best prices in the region.

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Your homes have water, power and clean fuel. One child in four still cannot read a simple text by the end of primary school. Make the classroom as world-class as the airport.

“A world-class airport, a world-class port: now a world-class classroom for every child.”

Yours in design,Preeti SinhaPresident and CEO, Perfect Nations

Work with us · The ReDesign Studio

The Perfect United Arab Emirates ReDesign Studio

One mission, three depths: the same four moves for United Arab Emirates, taken as far toward market as you choose.

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For the Government of the United Arab Emirates, its development partners and investors. Scope and fees are agreed in writing before any work begins.

  1. 01Identify the assets
  2. 02Estimate Perfect Capita
  3. 03Co-design the capital architecture
  4. 04Launch the instruments

  1. Mandate 013 hours

    The Nation Briefing

    A private session for the people who decide.

    You leave withThe gap, named and sized

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    1. 01The five sovereign assets on this page, walked through.
    2. 02Education, the standard furthest from reach, and the Gap, explained.
    3. 03The instruments that could close the Gap, shortlisted.
    4. 04The path to market, outlined.
    Request a Nation Briefing

  2. Mandate 023 days

    The Blueprint Lab

    Your team and ours, working the blueprint together.

    You leave withThe structure, drawn

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    1. 01The ledger tested against your ministries’ own data.
    2. 02Each of the seven standards costed in local prices.
    3. 03One financing structure, drawn with your team.
    4. 04A term sheet and the partners to approach.
    Plan a Blueprint Lab

  3. Mandate 03End to end

    The Sovereign Mandate

    Led personally by the President and CEO.

    You leave withA structure ready for market

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    1. 01A full sovereign asset ledger, valued and verified.
    2. 02Perfect Capita set and agreed with government, with a monitoring plan.
    3. 03The full structure: legal form, credit enhancement, guarantees and pricing.
    4. 04Taken to investors and development partners, through to close.
    Discuss a Sovereign Mandate

Co-design it with us

Where Emiratis and Co-designers design the nation they want to live in.

  • Writings

    Write Perfect United Arab Emirates into being.

    Up to 1,500 words on your vision of Perfect United Arab Emirates, published with your name.

    Submit your writing

  • Voices of Perfect Nations Launching soon

    The local leaders already building Perfect United Arab Emirates.

    Great local leaders: honest, dedicated and committed to basic standards of living for all. Every guest answers one question: “What does United Arab Emirates already own, and how could it pay for a decent life for every citizen?”

    Nominate yourselfSuggest a guest

  • Co-designers

    Join the community.

    Everyone who shares a vision, a voice or an enterprise here becomes a Co-designer of Perfect United Arab Emirates.

    Become a Co-designer

The United Arab Emirates ReDesign Studio is open

Design Perfect United Arab Emirates with us.

Share your vision, suggest a guest, or write to us: every message receives a personal reply.

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Sources
  1. World Bank, World Development Indicators (API), accessed 10 November 2026: population and ages 0 to 14, 2025; land area and agricultural and forest land; renewable fresh water per person, 2022; natural resource, oil, gas and mineral rents, 2021; renewable electricity output, 2021; tourism receipts; personal remittances; electricity access and clean cooking.
  2. The seven standards: FAO food insecurity, WHO/UNICEF JMP water and sanitation, UN-Habitat urban slums, World Bank clean cooking, learning poverty and lower-secondary completion, and poverty headcounts (all via the World Bank); WHO UHC service coverage index, 2023.
  3. IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026 (DataMapper, accessed 10 November 2026): general government gross debt, 2025, and real GDP growth projected for 2026.
  4. MUFG Research, 27 February 2026; Enterprise, 11 June 2026.
  5. UAE Ministry of Finance: federal public debt report 2022 to 2025 and monthly newsletter, October 2026.
  6. The National, 24 April 2026.
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