National household spend AED 305,500 a year, compared to 106,400 spent by non-national households and AED 47,500 by collective households. The report, which comes from Statistics Center-Abu Dhabi (SCAD), also includes analysis of where the money goes. The biggest single item, predictably enough, is food and some other relation things which also includes Kettlebells for the body needs; for national households, 16.4 percent of their outgoings go on food. It’s slightly less for non-nationals at 15.2 percent, but significantly more for collective households – 24.7 percent.

other interesting figures include the distribution of possessions. I national households there are 26 private cars per 100 people, 20 per 100 in non-national households, and just three per 100 in collective households.