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United Arab Emirates

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanHigh incomeCapital: Abu Dhabi182,777 observations

Population

11.51M

world rank #85 / 217

GDP

552.32B

world rank #27 / 186

GDP / capita

69,701.8

world rank #16 / 185

Life expectancy

83.1

world rank #21 / 217

Governance

487 indicators

Control of Corruption0-100 percentile71.5#32 Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile75.8#26 Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile79.4#49 Rule of Law0-100 percentile65.5#72

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Economy

1,479 indicators

GDPcurrent US$552.32B#27 GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $69,701.8#16 GDP growth%4%#73 Inflation%1.3%#39

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Trade

122 indicators

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Health

1,397 indicators

Life expectancyyears83.1#21 Infant mortalityper 1k births3.8#20 Maternal mortalityper 100k3#3 Health spending% GDP5%#126

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Education

2,072 indicators

Secondary enrollment% gross102.1%#30 Education spending% GDP3.9%#100 Adult literacy%98.8%#3 Primary enrollment% gross108%#25

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Demography

404 indicators

Populationpeople11.51M#85 Population growth%4.7%#1 Urban population%86%#33 Fertility ratebirths/woman1.2#182

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Climate

286 indicators

Electricity access% pop100%#1 Renewable energy share%1%#165 Forest area% land4.5%#181 Electric power consumptionkWh per capita15,284.7#6

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Energy

281 indicators

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Environment

343 indicators

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Agriculture

270 indicators

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Technology

107 indicators

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Society

378 indicators

Gini indexindex26.4#6 Extreme poverty% pop0%#1 Internet users% pop100%#1 Homicide rateper 100k0.69#18

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Risk

355 indicators

Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0#1 INFORM risk score0-102.3#12 Hazard & exposure0-104#34 Vulnerability0-101#3

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Other

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