The pie chart illustrates the allocation of the UAE government's budget across various sectors in 2010, measured in billion AED.
Overall, education received the largest share of the budget, while housing and community development accounted for the smallest expenditure.
In 2010, the education sector was the highest priority for the UAE government, with 35 billion AED allocated. This was followed by defence, which received 28 billion AED, making it the second-largest area of spending. Health and social affairs also represented a significant portion, with 22 billion AED, placing it third.
Social security spending stood at 18 billion AED, which was slightly less than health and social affairs. Other sectors combined received 15 billion AED. Transport accounted for 12 billion AED, making it one of the smaller categories, just above housing and community development, which received only 10 billion AED.