The chart illustrates how the UAE government spent its budget of AED 315 billion in 2000.
Overall, social security and healthcare are the categories that are spent most, while transportation, law and order, housing, industry/agriculture, and employment sectors are the least funded by local authorities.
Looking first at social security, to which the UAE administration allocated AED 100 billion from their total budget of AED 315 billion, The UAE government spending for healthcare and personal social services is 53 billion, as opposed to 38 billion for education.
Turning to other categories, the administration spent nearly $23 billion for defense, other expenditures, and debt interest. Moreover, the UAE government spent their budget on law and order, housing, heritage, industry, and agriculture/employment, which averaged around $15 billion. Finally, the lowest one that the UAE administration spent on was transportation.
