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General Information

Region		Western Asia
Population (000, 2021)		9 991^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		119.5^a
Capital city		Abu Dhabi
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		1 452.1^c
UN membership date		09-Dec-71
Surface area (km2)		71 024^b,c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		222^a
National currency		UAE Dirham (AED)^d
Exchange rate (per US$)		3.7^e

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	289 787	358 135	421 142^c
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	1.6	5.1	1.7^c
GDP per capita (current US$)	33 893.3	38 663.4	43 103.3^c
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	0.8	0.7	0.7^c
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	52.5	43.9	46.2^c
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	46.7	55.4	53.1^c
Employment in agriculture^f (% of employed)	3.4	2	1.4^e
Employment in industry^f (% of employed)	37.2	35.7	34.2^e
Employment in services^f (% employed)	59.4	62.4	64.4^e
Unemployment^f (% of labour force)	2.5	1.9	2.4^e
Labour force participation rate^f (female/male pop. %)	44.2 / 94.7	50.6 / 94.6	52.5 / 93.6^e
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	100^g	109	112^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	132	99	112^c
International trade: exports (million current US$)	198 362	300 479	376 382^f,e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	187 001	287 025	198 753^f,e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	11 361	13 454	177 628^f,e

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rateⁱ (average annual %)	12.4	1.6	1.3^e
Urban population (% of total population)	84.1	85.7	86.8^c
Urban population growth rateⁱ (average annual %)	12.3	2.4	...
Fertility rate, totalⁱ (live births per woman)	2	1.7	1.4^e
Life expectancy at birthⁱ (females/males, years)	77.3 / 75.1	78.2 / 76.1	79.1 / 77.1^e
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	13.2 / 1.4	14.2 / 1.8	14.9 / 3.6^a
International migrant stock^j,k (000/% of total pop.)	7 316.7 / 85.6	7 995.1 / 86.3	8 716.3 / 88.1^e
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	0.6^l	0.8	8.7^e
Infant mortality rateⁱ (per 1 000 live births)	7.7	6.5	5.5^e
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	3.9	3.6	4.2^m,n
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	1.4	2.2	2.5ⁿ
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	...	...	3.1^c
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	102.1 / 101.1^o	111.6 / 111.4	114.5 / 114.3^c
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	... / ...	... / ...	101.5 / 102.8^c
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	... / ...	... / ...	99.2 / 100.9^c
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	0.8	0.6	0.5^p
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	22.5	17.5	50^q

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	68	90.5^f	99.2^c
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	...	0.9	1.3^g,n
Threatened species (number)	48	48	81
Forested area^f (% of land area)	4.5	4.5	4.5ⁿ
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	154.6 / 18.1	186.6 / 20.1	192.5 / 20.0ⁿ
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	7 849	9 995^f	9 626ⁿ
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	348	386	275ⁿ
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	7 126^r	17 472	22 575^c
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	28.6	42.8	51.6^e
Net Official Development Assist. disbursed^s (% of GNI)	0.14	1.18	1.03^p

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		Land area only.
c		2019
d		United Arab Emirates Dirham.
e		2020
f		Estimate.
g		Break in the time series.
h		Areas not elsewhere specified.
i		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
j		Refers to foreign citizens.
k		Including refugees.
l		Data as at the end of December.
m		Data are based on SHA2011.
n		2018
o		2007
p		2017
q		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
r		2005
s		Data reported at activity level, represent flows from all government agencies.