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Logistics Growth Index (LGI™)

United Arab Emirates

August 2026 · vs July 2026 · forecast September 2026

Corrected on 10 September 2026 and 6 October 2026 · last updated 6 October 2026 · Corrections log

August 2026

Expansion · momentum building

United Arab Emirates logistics activity is strengthening in modest expansion at 52.1, ahead of the Asia-Pacific benchmark — accelerating.

Expansion · rose 1.5 MoM

Breadth

6 / 10

in expansion

Monthly change

+1.5

Asia-Pacific rank

10 / 16

vs 8-mo range

50.6–55.8

short history

3-mo average

51.9

+0.2 vs avg

vs region / world

+0.2 / +0.4

In this reportAugust 2026 edition

Executive summary & decision read — the verdict and the call, in prose
Trajectory & forecast — with the next-month model forecast
Forecast track record — published forecast vs the figure that printed · MAE & hit-rate
What changed — level vs momentum — the rotation across sub-indexes this month
Driver decomposition — what moved the composite this month
Cost & operations — capacity vs demand pressure
Macro & peer cross-section — vs 42 tracked economies
Signal watch — turning-point & lead/lag signals
Methodology & sub-index weights — full weighting, reconciled

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World Research Institute (WRI) computes and publishes the Logistics Index. 50 = no change vs the prior month. Each edition reports the latest completed month with a forward projection for the next. August 2026 edition, published September 2026. Cite — Source: United Arab Emirates Logistics Growth Index (LGI™), World Research Institute (WRI), worldresearch.org (August 2026).