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United Arab Emirates

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  • United Arab Emirates has a population of about 11.5M; its total GDP of $552.3B ranks #29 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 80,186 km² is about 42% of the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Tourism receipts stands out most against the median: $24.6B — rank #8 of 165 countries with data.

United Arab Emirates: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 11.5M (2025) #85 / 169 median 11.5M · 1.0×
Population growth 4.7% (2025) #1 / 169 median 1.1% · 4.2×
Urban population share 86.0% (2025) #25 / 169 median 63.8% · 1.3×
Population aged 65+ 1.8% (2025) #168 / 169 median 7.4% · 24%
Fertility rate 1.2 (2024) #157 / 169 median 2.1 · 58%
Birth rate 9.8‰ (2024) #127 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 61%
Death rate 1.0‰ (2024) #169 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 14%
Net migration 158.6K (2025) #8 / 169 N/A
Surface area 80,186 km² #118 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 42%
Population density derived 144/km² (2025) #39 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 2.0×
Economy
GDP (total) $552.3B (2024) #29 / 168 median $80.7B · 6.8×
GDP per capita $50,274 (2024) #20 / 168 median $6,834 · 7.4×
GNI per capita $51,550 (2024) #19 / 168 median $6,350 · 8.1×
GDP growth (annual) 4.0% (2024) #63 / 168 median 3.1% · 1.3×
Inflation rate 1.3% (2025) #129 / 162 median 3.3% · 38%
Unemployment rate 2.2% (2025) #152 / 168 median 5.1% · 42%
Gini index 26.4 (2018) #146 / 153 median 35.3 · 75%
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 0.0% (2018) #153 / 153 N/A
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 106.8% (2023) #4 / 163 median 35.0% · 3.1×
Imports share of GDP 92.2% (2023) #7 / 163 median 40.2% · 2.3×
Agriculture share of GDP 0.8% (2024) #159 / 168 median 7.2% · 11%
Manufacturing share of GDP 9.4% (2024) #103 / 165 median 11.2% · 84%
International tourist arrivals 8.1M (2020) #25 / 162 median 1.1M · 7.2×
Tourism receipts $24.6B (2020) #8 / 165 median $705M · 35×
Health & education
Life expectancy 83.1 years (2024) #11 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.1×
Infant mortality 3.8‰ (2024) #135 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 29%
Under-five mortality 4.8‰ (2024) #133 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 30%
DPT immunization 96.0% (2024) #45 / 166 median 90.5% · 1.1×
Hospital beds 1.9 per 1,000 (2022) #93 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 93%
Health spending share of GDP 5.0% (2023) #107 / 165 median 6.5% · 76%
Secondary school enrollment 102.1% (2024) #40 / 167 median 90.5% · 1.1×
Education spending share of GDP 3.9% (2021) #94 / 165 median 4.1% · 94%
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.940 (2023) #13 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.2×
Internet users 100.0% (2024) #3 / 169 median 81.5% · 1.2×
Mobile subscriptions 203.2 per 100 (2024) #3 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 1.7×
Fixed broadband 40.8 per 100 (2024) #15 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 3.4×
Electricity access 100.0% (2024) #77 / 169 median 99.9% · 1.0×
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 18.3 t (2024) #7 / 165 median 2.6 t · 6.9×
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 201 Mt (2024) #29 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 9.4×
Renewable electricity share 4.2% (2021) #149 / 169 median 34.1% · 12%
Renewable energy consumption 1.0% (2021) #159 / 169 median 26.9% · 4%
Forest area 4.5% (2023) #147 / 169 median 32.4% · 14%
Agricultural land 5.5% (2023) #158 / 169 median 41.7% · 13%
Arable land 0.7% (2023) #159 / 168 median 11.0% · 6%
PM2.5 exposure 57.2 µg/m³ (2023) #8 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 2.9×
Military spending 5.6% (2014) #9 / 157 median 1.8% · 3.1×

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

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United Arab Emirates's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 80,186 km².

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Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).