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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	370 275	349 473	514 130^c
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	6.8	-5	3.6^c
GDP per capita (current US$)	42 685.0	36 987.0	48 311.0^c
Economy: Agriculture^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	0.7	1	0.7^c
Economy: Industry^h,i (% of Gross Value Added)	43.4	42.2	47.7^c
Economy: Services and other activity^h,j (% of GVA)	55.9	56.9	51.6^c
Employment in agriculture^k (% of employed)	2.1	1.8	1.3^c
Employment in industry^k (% of employed)	31.5	27.6	29.6^c
Employment in services^k (% employed)	66.5	70.6	69^c
Unemployment (% of labour force)	1.8^k	4.3	2.1^k
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	48.2 / 92.1^k	58.2 / 88.9	54.7 / 89.5^k
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	109	112	108^l,f
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	98	123	123^c
International trade: exports^m (million current US$)	300 479	335 297^k	585 081^k,f
International trade: imports^m (million current US$)	287 025	246 961	523 363^k,f
International trade: balance^m (million current US$)	13 454	88 336^k	61 718^k,f

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	4.9	1.9	2.3^a
Urban population (% of total population)	85.7	86.8^e	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	2.4^o	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	1.4	1.3	1.2^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	83.3 / 81.3	83.9 / 80.8	84.4 / 82.4^a
Population age distribution^p (0-14/60+ years old, %)	16.8 / 3.2	16.6 / 3.2	16.0 / 3.9^a
International migrant stock^q (000/% of total pop.)	6 859.0 / 79.1	7 184.0 / 76.0	8 157.0 / 74.0^f
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	0.8	8.7	8.4^f
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	7.6	6.5	5.9^a
Health: Current expenditure^r (% of GDP)	3.5	5.8^k,s	4.7^k,t
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	2.4	2.8	3^c
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio^k (f/m per 100 pop.)	... / ...	107.7 / 108.5	106.5 / 106.0^c
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio ^k (f/m per 100 pop.)	... / ...	99.9 / 99.5	99.9 / 99.7^c
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio^k (f/m per 100 pop.)	... / ...	98.1 / 98.8	105.1 / 104.1^c
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	0.7	0.7	0.7^t
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	17.5	50^u	50^u

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet^v (per 100 inhabitants)	90.5^k	100	100^c
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.9	1.5	1.5^w
Threatened species (number)	48	69	122^f
Forested area (% of land area)	4.5^k	4.5^k	4.5^t
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	197.0 / 22.7	185.8 / 19.7	177.2 / 17.3^t
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	9 995	9 155	10 309^t
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	409	365	350^t
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	16 842^x	7 165^y	11 479^y,w
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	36.8	49.9	49.9^f
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	98.4 / 98.5	98.5 / 98.5	98.5 / 98.5^t
Net Official Development Assist. disbursed (% of GNI)	...	...	0.38^z,c

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		Land area only.
c		2023
d		United Arab Emirates Dirham.
e		2019
f		2024
g		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
h		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
i		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
j		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. repair of personal and household goods.
k		Estimate.
l		Base 2021 = 100.
m		United Arab Emirates uses the General Trade System since 2017.
n		Areas not elsewhere specified.
o		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
p		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
q		Refers to foreign citizens.
r		Based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
s		Data are based on SHA2011.
t		2022
u		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
v		Population aged 15 to 74 years.
w		2021
x		Break in the time series.
y		Non-resident tourists staying in all types of accommodation establishments.
z		Data reported at activity level, represent flows from all government agencies.