Evaluating Legacy Systems and Future Business Frameworks

Rather than marking a cyclical rebound, 2026 is significantly deemed a combination year, in which diversification-led development becomes more deeply embedded in the area's financial model, lowering dependence on hydrocarbons and increasing strength to external shocks. Forecasts from major institutions broadly assemble on a stronger GCC growth profile in 2026 than in 2025, supported by durable domestic demand, continued non-oil growth, and (to varying degrees) a firmer hydrocarbon contribution.

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3.2 percent development in 2025, accelerating to 4.5 percent in 2026. Sees momentum improving, with GCC output development forecasted to increase from 1.7 percent in 2024 to 3.3 percent on average in 2025, showing a shift toward more positive total conditions.

The IMF's World Economic Outlook (October 2025) tasks international development easing to 3.1 percent in 2026, with innovative economies around 1.5 percent and emerging market and establishing economies simply above 4 percent. On that comparison, a 4.44.5 percent GCC growth would put the region materially ahead of the world average and slightly above (or broadly in line with) the emerging-market aggregate, reinforcing the GCC's status as a relatively high-growth pocketprovided that regional threat conditions remain included and reform momentum holds.

Data from the GCC Statistical Center reveal that non-oil sectors already represent more than 73 percent of overall GDP, a share that has actually continued to increase as federal governments expand investment in services, infrastructure, and technology. According to Oxford Economics, non-energy activity throughout the GCC is projected to grow by around 4.1 percent in 2026, supported by strong labor markets, enhancing credit conditions, and increasing financial investment in innovation and AI-related facilities.

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Driving Dubai Industrial Expansion through Innovation

Public-sector financial investment and reform stay main to sustaining this pattern. Policy steps targeted at bring in foreign direct financial investment, alleviating foreign ownership guidelines, broadening capital markets, and supporting private-sector involvement continue to underpin non-oil growth and lower the region's direct exposure to oil rate volatility. While hydrocarbons no longer dominate the development outlook, oil incomes are anticipated to play a helpful role in 2026.

Oxford Economics expects Brent crude rates to fall below USD 60 per barrel in early 2026, limiting the near-term contribution of oil extraction to GDP. Oil supply is forecast to increase again in the 2nd half of the year, with a complete unwinding of remaining production caps most likely by mid-2027.

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Macroeconomic conditions across the GCC remain broadly helpful of growth. Inflation is anticipated to stay low, with the IMF forecasting typical inflation of 2 percent across the area in 2026. Stable costs are helping protect real family earnings and underpin consumer costs, which Oxford Economics anticipates to grow by an average of 3.5 percent over 20262027.