Dubai attracted 754 cultural and creative FDI projects in 2025
The UAE is developing cultural and creative industries across production, financing, intellectual property, distribution and markets, according to a 9 October 2026 overview from the Emirates News Agency. The report described initiatives spanning publishing, film, gaming, design, content production and talent development.
The UAE is developing cultural and creative industries across production, financing, intellectual property, distribution and markets, according to a 9 October 2026 overview from the Emirates News Agency. The report described initiatives spanning publishing, film, gaming, design, content production and talent development.
Dubai attracted 754 foreign direct investment projects in the cultural and creative industries in 2025, with reported capital investment of US$3.756 billion and more than 19,300 jobs created. The emirate retained its global lead for new FDI projects in this field for a fourth consecutive year, the report said. The figures refer to Dubai and calendar 2025; they do not represent the UAE-wide cultural sector or a forecast for 2026.
HABER PAPER / DATA
Behind the numbers
Inspect the source, read the data, make your own analysis.
Indicators
Dubai cultural and creative-sector FDI, 2025
Project and capital investment figures for Dubai in calendar 2025.
Foreign direct investment projects
754 projectsData period: 2025 · Observed
Reported capital investment
3.756 billion USDData period: 2025 · Observed
Source and methodology
Haber Paper source-linked editorial data compilation; underlying sources retain their separate reuse terms.
Annual figures reported in WAM’s 9 October 2026 overview. These are neither UAE-wide totals nor 2026 forecasts; jobs reported as a lower bound are excluded.
Egypt’s defence ministry announced free admission from 3 to 6 October at four military museums and historic sites for the 53rd anniversary of the October Victories.
Organisers selected the Central African Cultural Centre and the Limete Exchangeur esplanade for the festival’s second edition, which was scheduled to open on 8 October.
Google Analytics can measure visits and site activity using cookies if you allow it. You can change your choice later.
Measurement and privacy details
Google Analytics measurement starts only if you allow it. After consent, automatic measurement may cover scrolls, outbound link clicks, downloads, video engagement, site searches and basic form interactions; search terms may be detected from URL parameters. This site’s own code does not send form field values; email redaction in automatic measurement is best-effort, not guaranteed. Our manual page-view event uses a cleaned URL. You can change your choice later. Visits that begin with consent may also send numeric LCP, INP and CLS performance measurements after Analytics loads. A first or later grant starts this on the next page load; withdrawing consent stops these performance reports for this page. The preference cookie lasts six months; advertising measurement and personalization stay off.
Your browser is sending a Global Privacy Control signal. Analytics is off by default; you may explicitly change this choice here.
