In this book, Statistics Centre - Abu Dhabi traces the historical stages of development and growth over half a century of achievement that has transformed the Emirate of Abu Dhabi from a desert into a nation at the forefront of economic and social development, setting one of the best examples in comprehensive, rapid and balanced development. In five decades, the Emirate of Abu Dhabi has changed from somewhere that lacked the most basic necessities of life into one of the most developed areas in the world.