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IndicatorAREUnited Arab EmiratesMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.34rank #120
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile71.5rank #32
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.08rank #134
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.12rank #134
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.06rank #142
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile75.8rank #26
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.34rank #120
Military spending% GDP5.6%rank #5
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.03rank #152
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile79.4rank #49
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile72.6rank #28
Rule of Law0-100 percentile65.5rank #72
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.64rank #69
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.1rank #146
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.08rank #136
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile41.9rank #146
Women in parliament% seats50%rank #6
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.61rank #108
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment1.4%rank #166
Agriculture value added% GDP0.77%rank #171
Annual working hours per workerhours2,514.5rank #3
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker766,719.4rank #4
Current account balance% GDP14.5%rank #12
Employment-to-population ratio%77%rank #11
FDI net inflows% GDP8.3%rank #28
GDPcurrent US$552.32Brank #27
GDP growth%4%rank #73
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$50,273.5rank #27
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $69,701.8rank #16
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $71,142.3rank #11
Government expenditure% GDP3.8%rank #87
Gross capital formation% GDP26.6%rank #50
Gross savings% GDP33.8%rank #25
High-technology exports% manuf. exports9%rank #67
Human capital indexindex2.7rank #76
Industry value added% GDP44.3%rank #12
Inflation%1.3%rank #39
Labour force participation rate%78.7%rank #11
Personal remittances received% GDP0.33%rank #130
R&D expenditure% GDP1.5%rank #26
Researchers in R&Dper million2,606.8rank #34
Tax revenue% GDP0.65%rank #89
Trade openness% GDP199%rank #8
Unemployment% labor force2.2%rank #19
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%2.2%rank #20
Vulnerable employment% employment1.5%rank #3
Youth unemployment% ages 15-246.5%rank #37
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-246.6%rank #38
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop100%rank #1
Basic sanitation access% pop99.1%rank #35
Child mortalityper 1000.48rank #21
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal3,125.1rank #66
DTP3 immunization coverage%96%rank #4
Health spending% GDP5%rank #126
Infant mortalityper 1k births3.8rank #20
Life expectancyyears83.1rank #21
Maternal mortalityper 100k3rank #3
Measles immunization% children98%rank #2
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%98%rank #2
Physiciansper 1k3rank #19
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m357.2rank #193
Road traffic deathsper 100k8.9rank #36
Smoking prevalence% adults9%rank #19
Suicide mortality rateper 100k1.7rank #17
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k0.63rank #5
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births4.8rank #39
Undernourishment% pop2.5%rank #1
Education
Adult literacy%98.8%rank #3
Education spending% GDP3.9%rank #100
Expected years of schoolingyears15.6rank #53
Mean years of schoolingyears13rank #16
Primary completion rate% relevant age99.2%rank #41
Primary enrollment% gross108%rank #25
Secondary enrollment% gross102.1%rank #30
Tertiary enrollment% gross63.7%rank #35
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,0009.8rank #155
Fertility ratebirths/woman1.2rank #182
Median age of populationyears31.2rank #108
Net migration rateper 1,00028.2rank #4
Populationpeople11.51Mrank #85
Population growth%4.7%rank #1
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years86.6rank #19
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands15,367.4rank #84
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age22rank #216
Urban population%86%rank #33
Climate
CO₂ emissionst221.99Mrank #28
CO₂ per capitat20.1rank #7
Electricity access% pop100%rank #1
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from solar% generation8.6%rank #47
Electricity from wind% generation0.11%rank #99
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita15,284.7rank #6
Forest area% land4.5%rank #181
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita24.2rank #184
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh467.5rank #94
Renewable electricity%8.8%rank #144
Renewable energy share%1%rank #165
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e253.5rank #156
Society
Asylum seekerspeople45rank #17
Extreme poverty% pop0%rank #1
Female labor participation%53%rank #93
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 10040.8rank #20
Gender Development Indexratio0.96rank #59
Gender Inequality Index0-10.04rank #12
Gini indexindex26.4rank #6
Homicide rateper 100k0.69rank #18
Human Development Index0-10.94rank #11
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.87rank #12
Internet users% pop100%rank #1
Life satisfaction0-106.8rank #19
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.59rank #88
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #1
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #1
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #1
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #1
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people1,377rank #121
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people252rank #45
Youth NEET rate%9%rank #29
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year3rank #3
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-104rank #34
Human hazard & exposure0-103.5rank #30
INFORM risk score0-102.3rank #12
Lack of coping capacity0-103rank #22
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-100.9rank #6
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-104.6rank #25
Natural hazard & exposure0-104.4rank #31
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year3rank #3
Socio-economic vulnerability0-100.1rank #2
Vulnerability0-101rank #3
Vulnerable groups0-101.8rank #13
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