United Arab Emirates
Country in Asia
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 11.5M (2025). World rank 85 of 216; in Asia, 27 of 49. Area: 83,600 km². World rank 117 of 249; in Asia, 33 of 50. Life expectancy: 83.1 years (2024). World rank 21 of 216 (1 = best); in Asia, 8 of 49. From 2015 to 2025: population 8.5M → 11.5M. Better than all its neighbours (Oman and Saudi Arabia): life expectancy and GDP per person.
State
- Official name
- United Arab Emirates
- Local name
- الإمارات
- Capital
- Abu Dhabi
- Region
- Asia
- Form of government
- Federation of monarchies
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
- Head of government
- Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
- Independence
- December 2, 1971
- Women in parliament
- 50% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 11,513,149 2025
- Area
- 83,600 km²
- GDP
- $552.3B 2024
- GDP per person
- $50,274 2024
- Life expectancy
- 83.1 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Arabic
- Currency
- United Arab Emirates Dirham (AED)
- Time zones
- UTC+4
- Calling code
- +971
- Emergency numbers
- 112, 997, 998, 999
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, G
- Mains voltage
- 220 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 1,318
- Neighbours
- Oman, Saudi Arabia
- Agricultural land
- 5.6% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Jebel Jais, 1,905 m
- Lowest point
- Persian Gulf, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 149
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 28
- Warmest month in the capital
- August, 35°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 20°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 78 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 137.7 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +4.7% 2025
- Living in cities
- 86% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +158.6K 2025
- Born in another country
- 74% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 16% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 82.2% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 1.8% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 84.3 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 82.2 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.2 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 9.8 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 1 2024
Society
- Religions
- Muslim 74.5%, Christian 12.9%, Hindu 6.2%, Buddhist 3.2%, and other 1.9% (2020)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 67.6 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 71.3 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 75.5 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 75.7 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 38.1 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $79,344 2024
- GDP growth per year
- +4% 2024
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $51,550 2024
- Inflation
- +1.3% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 63 2024
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 0.8% 2024
- Industry, share of GDP
- 44.3% 2024
- Services, share of GDP
- 54.9% 2024
- Unemployment
- 2.2% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 6.5% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 53% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 107% 2023
- Imports, share of GDP
- 92.2% 2023
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +15.7% 2024
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +8.3% 2024
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 0.7% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 26.4 2018
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0% 2018
Education
- Adult literacy
- 98.8% 2024
- Primary school enrolment
- 108% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 102% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 63.7% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 3.9% 2021
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 5% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $2,402 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 9.7% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 3 2023
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 6.2 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 1.9 2022
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 98% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 3.8 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 4.8 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 3 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.1% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 20.7% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 71.3% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 9% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 100% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 99.1% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 99% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 0.7 2022
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 8.9 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 1.7 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 80.1 2025
- Natural hazards
- dust and sand storms
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 57.2 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 18.3 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 24 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 4.6% 2024
- Protected areas
- 16.1% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 15 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 1,510% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 100% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 203 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 40.8 2024
- Internet domain
- .ae امارات.
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 15,361 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 1% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 4.2% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 70.1% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 91,062,293 2023
- Airports
- 42 2025
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 1.5% 2021
- Researchers per million people
- 2,607 2021
- Scientific articles per year
- 7,075 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 278 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 9% 2023