The datas illustrates the same information; for costs of three basic household services in Al Alin over a 20 year time period.
Overall, the electricity had a really steady increase with reaching the most expensive cost by the end. At the same time, water fluctuated while cable television increased.
First of all, electricity was just below 80 UAE Dhs in the start of 1980 and while the time passed it increased steadily and reached around 140 UAE Dhs. But in 1990, despite always increasing, electricity has decreased from 80 UAE Dhs to around 50 UAE Dhs. Meanwhile, similar to electricity, cable TV started with slightly over 40 UAE Dhs in 1980 and increased very steadily until between 1990 and 1995. And in the end, cable TV reached slightly over 100 UAE Dhs.
Lastly, water had the cost of 20 UAE Dhs in 1980, and fluctuated while reaching maximum in 1995 with 60 UAE Dhs and minimum in 2000 with decreasing just below 20 UAE Dhs. Slightly less than where it started, respectively.
