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UAE Dirham
AEDUnited Arab Emirates · Issued by Central Bank of the UAE
Price (USD)
$0.272294
Inflation (2024)
+1.66%
10y M2 change
+106%
M69 Score
86.8
USD-pegged since 1997
Market Cap (USD)
$630.42B
via M2 · 2024
M2 (local currency)
2.32T AED
current LCU
CPI YoY (2024)
+1.66%
World Bank · annual
Country
United Arab Emirates
ISO 4217 · AED
Last Update
2026-04-25
Daily ingest · 02:00 UTC
UAE Dirham M2 money supply
Broad money in AED (cash + deposits + close substitutes), annual back to ~1960 via World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN. Log scale auto-engages for hyperinflation outliers.
UAE Dirham inflation history
Annual CPI YoY since 2001 — World Bank consumer price index for United Arab Emirates. Inflation volatility is one of three inputs into the Money2069 sound-money score.
Purchasing power calculator
How much would your UAE Dirham be worth today if you'd held it since…?
100 AED in 2008 buys today
50.94 AEDworth of goods
Lost 49% of purchasing power since 2008.
To match 2008 purchasing power, you need today
196.31 AED
48 years of cumulative inflation.
Calculation: cumulative product of (1 + CPI YoY) from the chosen year through 2024. Source: World Bank consumer price index (annual). Daily-refreshed.
Data sources & methodology
- FX (USD):
- Frankfurter / ECB · daily
- CPI YoY:
- World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · annual
- M2 broad money:
- World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN · annual (LCU)
- Market cap (USD):
- M2 / FX rate · daily
- 10-year M2 change:
- (M2 today / M2 10y ago) − 1
- M69 score:
- Weighted: CPI (50%), 10y M2 growth (40%), 1y FX stability (10%)
- Last fetched:
- 2026-04-25 15:52:44
- Country code (ISO 3166-1):
- ARE
Note: USD-pegged since 1997
Raw data: /api/v1/currencies/current/AED
Frequently asked questions
Who issues the UAE Dirham?+
The UAE Dirham (AED) is issued by Central Bank of the UAE. As the monetary authority for United Arab Emirates, it sets policy interest rates, manages foreign reserves, and controls the money supply.
What is the inflation rate of the UAE Dirham?+
Latest available consumer price inflation for the UAE Dirham: 1.66% YoY (2024). Source: World Bank annual series (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG). Daily-refreshed historical chart on this page.
Has the UAE Dirham been debased?+
Every fiat currency loses purchasing power over time as central banks expand the money supply. M2 has grown by approximately 106% over the past decade. Combined with cumulative inflation, this is the gap between AED as accounting unit and AED as a store of value.
Is the UAE Dirham sound money?+
On the Money2069 0–100 sound-money scale, the UAE Dirham currently scores 86.8. The score weights inflation volatility, 10-year money-supply growth, and 1-year FX stability. Higher = closer to sound. No fiat scores 100 because no fiat has zero issuance.
How does the UAE Dirham compare to gold or the US dollar?+
Use the table on the listing page to sort all 138 tracked currencies by inflation, 10-year M2 change, or M69 score. Pegged currencies (USD-pegged dirham, riyal, etc.) inherit the dollar's debasement profile; floating currencies tell their own story.
How often is this data updated?+
We pull fresh exchange rates daily from Frankfurter (ECB-sourced) and refresh the inflation series from the World Bank. The page is statically rendered with 24-hour ISR. Source data is publicly accessible via our /api/v1/currencies endpoints.