Dubai rental yields, area by area
Gross yield here means the area's median Ejari rent per square foot per year divided by its median registered sale price per square foot, both over the trailing 12 months. Every input is a registered contract. The market median across 41 qualifying areas is 5.3%. Rows marked thin market cleared our minimum thresholds but trade on few transactions, so their percentages deserve more suspicion than their rank suggests: a high yield on 57 sales is a statistic, not a market.
| # | Area | Gross yield | Price AED/ft² | Rent AED/ft²/yr | Sales 12m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Rashidiyathin market | 14.1% | 391 | 55 | 57 |
| 2 | Dragon Mart area (Warsan) | 8.9% | 697 | 62 | 1,991 |
| 3 | Warsan Fourth | 7.2% | 1,084 | 78 | 1,769 |
| 4 | Al Sufouhthin market | 6.8% | 1,643 | 111 | 493 |
| 5 | Dubai Production City | 6.7% | 1,365 | 91 | 4,676 |
| 6 | JVC (Jumeirah Village Circle) | 6.6% | 1,492 | 99 | 15,302 |
| 7 | Dubai Sports City | 6.6% | 1,324 | 87 | 3,643 |
| 8 | Meydan | 6.6% | 2,076 | 137 | 3,013 |
| 9 | Arjan | 6.4% | 1,538 | 99 | 4,081 |
| 10 | Emirates Hills | 6.1% | 1,889 | 115 | 636 |
| 11 | JVT | 6.0% | 1,628 | 97 | 5,341 |
| 12 | Dubai Silicon Oasis | 6.0% | 1,291 | 78 | 2,863 |
| 13 | Dubai Science Park | 5.9% | 1,702 | 100 | 5,220 |
| 14 | Town Square | 5.9% | 1,497 | 89 | 2,623 |
| 15 | Jebel Ali | 5.7% | 1,522 | 87 | 7,871 |
| 16 | Dubai Investment Park | 5.7% | 1,462 | 84 | 7,631 |
| 17 | Dubai Hills Estate | 5.7% | 2,421 | 139 | 3,852 |
| 18 | Damac Hills | 5.6% | 1,671 | 94 | 5,297 |
| 19 | Umm Suqeimthin market | 5.5% | 2,798 | 153 | 484 |
| 20 | Dubai Creek Harbour | 5.4% | 2,525 | 137 | 4,380 |
| 21 | Wadi Al Safa 2 | 5.3% | 1,419 | 75 | 2,251 |
| 22 | Za'abeel | 5.3% | 3,060 | 162 | 1,206 |
| 23 | Wadi Al Safa 3 | 5.2% | 1,509 | 78 | 9,098 |
| 24 | Wadi Al Safa 5 | 5.1% | 1,461 | 75 | 10,405 |
| 25 | Mirdifthin market | 5.0% | 1,170 | 59 | 294 |
| 26 | Business Bay | 4.9% | 2,570 | 125 | 9,752 |
| 27 | Al Barshathin market | 4.9% | 1,724 | 84 | 171 |
| 28 | Madinat Al Mataar | 4.8% | 1,618 | 77 | 14,863 |
| 29 | Downtown Dubai | 4.8% | 2,989 | 143 | 2,857 |
| 30 | Dubai Marina | 4.7% | 2,445 | 116 | 4,283 |
| 31 | JLT | 4.6% | 2,220 | 103 | 3,269 |
| 32 | Al Jaddaf | 4.6% | 2,025 | 94 | 3,206 |
| 33 | Al Wasl | 4.6% | 3,188 | 146 | 1,792 |
| 34 | The Springsthin market | 4.6% | 1,636 | 75 | 423 |
| 35 | Satwa | 4.3% | 2,276 | 99 | 1,841 |
| 36 | Motor City | 4.0% | 1,880 | 76 | 5,057 |
| 37 | Palm Jumeirah | 4.0% | 3,558 | 142 | 1,259 |
| 38 | Dubai South | 3.5% | 1,822 | 63 | 3,558 |
| 39 | Nad Al Sheba | 3.1% | 3,103 | 97 | 2,641 |
| 40 | Dubai Maritime City | 2.7% | 3,079 | 84 | 4,925 |
| 41 | Jumeirah | 2.0% | 5,830 | 119 | 510 |
Claimed vs registered
Broker blogs commonly advertise 7 to 9% yields for Dubai's mid-market areas, and some investment platforms lead with double-digit return averages. The registered numbers above tell a calmer story: the best liquid areas earn 14.1% gross, the market median is 5.3%, and gross means before service charges, which typically absorb 15 to 25% of rent. Neither side is lying about arithmetic; the difference is the input. Claimed figures usually divide asking rents by launch prices. Ours divide registered rents by registered prices. When a promised yield beats this table by two points, ask which inputs it used.
Caveat that matters: rents come from ready buildings, so areas dominated by off-plan sales may not achieve the headline figure at handover. Method details are in the data methodology.
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