Abu Dhabi aims to attract Dh235 billion in investment across four specialised economic clusters by 2045, a target the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development says will create 130,000 specialised jobs for highly skilled talent and contribute more than Dh284 billion to the emirate's gross domestic product. Hamid Saiah Al Mazrouei, Undersecretary of the department, said the four clusters, the Smart and Autonomous Vehicle Industries cluster, the Agriculture and Water Abundance cluster, the Health, Endurance, Longevity and Medicine cluster and the Finance, Insurance, Digital and Alternative Assets cluster, form the core of a strategy built on quality investments, talent attraction and an innovation-driven economy.

Each cluster pairs a government sponsor with a procurement and licensing pipeline. The health cluster, launched with the Abu Dhabi Investment Office and the Department of Health, encourages adoption of advanced artificial intelligence-enabled biotechnology, while the autonomous vehicle cluster is being advanced by the investment office with the General Civil Aviation Authority, Abu Dhabi Mobility, Abu Dhabi Maritime, Tawazun Industrial Park, Miral and the digital cluster of AD Ports Group under the supervision of the Smart and Autonomous Systems Council.

Al Mazrouei said the targets rest on an economy in which non-oil sectors already contribute more than half of output and sovereign wealth funds manage a combined estimate of more than $1.9 trillion in assets. New economic licences grew 21 per cent in the first quarter of 2026, and assets under management at Abu Dhabi Global Market rose 54 per cent in the first half, with roughly 14,000 active licences.