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The most expensive megaprojects from the United Arab Emirates in our catalogue

The 13 most expensive of 13 built and under-construction megaprojects in the United Arab Emirates in the BudgetGuessr catalogue, ranked by documented cost in US dollars.

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  1. 1Al Maktoum International Airport

    Dubai World Central – DWC

    2024 · Airport$34.85 billionUnder construction
  2. 2Barakah nuclear power plant under construction in 2017.

    Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant

    2024 · Energy$32 billion
  3. 3Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park

    Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park

    Energy$13.61 billionEstimate
  4. 4Train south of the Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall Dubai Metro Red Line station looking north in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with highrise buildings in the background.

    Dubai Metro

    2009 · Railway$7.62 billionEstimate
  5. 5Flughafen Abu Dhabi, Haupthalle

    Zayed International Airport redevelopment programme

    2023 · Airport$6.8 billion
  6. 6Dubai Metro Blue Line updated, Dubai, UAE

    Dubai Metro Blue Line

    Railway$5.58 billionUnder construction
  7. 7Dubai airport, United Arab Emirates - view from plane

    Dubai International Airport Terminal 3

    2008 · Airport$4.5 billion
  8. 8Skyline of Downtown Dubai with Burj Khalifa from a Helicopter (crop of File:Dubai skyline 2015.jpg)

    Burj Khalifa

    2009 · Skyscraper$1.5 billion
  9. 9Al Ittihad Park station (originally planned as Trump Tower station)

    Trump International Hotel and Tower

    2031 · Skyscraper$1 billionUnder constructionEstimate
  10. 10Shams 1 Parablic Trough in Abu Dhabi

    Shams 1 Solar Power Station

    2013 · Energy$600 million
  11. 1123 Marina, Dubai

    Marina 101

    2017 · Skyscraper$326.75 million
  12. 12This is a photo showing the construction of Sulafa Tower, located in Dubai Marina in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on 20 December 2007.

    Sulafa Tower

    2010 · Skyscraper$124.07 millionEstimate
  13. 13This is an aerial view of Al Maktoum Bridge (top) and Floating Bridge (bottom) over Dubai Creek in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 8 May 2008. Deira is on the right and Bur Dubai is on the left. Port Saeed can be seen at the top of the image. This image was taken from a helicopter ride courtesy of Nakheel.

    Floating Dubai Bridge

    2007 · Bridge$42.21 million

How this ranking works

This is a curated catalogue, not an exhaustive list of every megaproject. Projects are ordered by their recorded US-dollar equivalent; each detail page shows the source amount and any currency conversion. Figures are not adjusted for inflation, and construction bills, estimates, and programme costs can have different scopes. Unbuilt proposals and cancelled projects are excluded.

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