The given chart illustrates the billions of AED that the UAE government spent on different categories in 2000, with a total budget of 315 billion. Overall, it is evident that the government saw social security as the major concern and allocated most of their money to this category.
In 2000, the spending on social security occupied nearly a third of the pie chart, representing 100 billion AED, which was twice as much as that for health and personal social services at 53 billion. The education system in the UAE in 2000 cost the government over one-tenth of the budget, 15 billion higher than the spending on debt interest. That for defence also matched that for debt interest at 22 billion.
The amount of money that the government spent on other sectors made up a quarter of the total budget, with spending on law and order being the most costly among these, accounting for AED 17 billion. The government expenditure on housing, the heritage and environment was 15 billion, higher than that for industry, agriculture and employment by 2 billion. That for transport only represented a minority of 9 billion, while the remaining 23 billion was allocated to other sectors.