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United Arab Emirates · data for latest available · data as of 26 October 2026 · printed 27 Oct 2026
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United Arab Emirates

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan Capital Abu Dhabi High income Nation age 55 years (since 1971) i ARE · AE
NationsTree Index 2025 i77.98th of 196 Tree height 2025 i20 msee ranking Military strength i53percentile
Population i11.5 m85th of 217 Area i98,648 km²110th of 216 GDP i$552.32 bn30th of 210 GDP (PPP) i$871.70 bn intl.39th of 199 GDP per person (PPP) i$79,344 intl.19th of 199 Life expectancy i83.1 years21st of 217
Index pillars
Foundations · roots i73
Strength · trunk i73
Quality of life · crown i89
Problems (higher = fewer) · dry branches i69
Direction (5-year change) · new shoots i90
CSV

In short

United Arab Emirates is 8th of 196 countries in the NationsTree Index, with a score of 77.9 out of 100; its tree is 20 m tall.

It has 11.5 million people and an economy of $871.70 bn at purchasing power parity, 39th of 199 in the world.

Its strongest positions: Access to electricity (1st of 215), Internet users (1st of 186) and Trade & transport infrastructure quality (LPI) (9th of 164).

Its weakest positions: Renewable freshwater per person (180th of 183), Air pollution (PM2.5) (193rd of 200) and CO₂ emissions per person (195th of 203).

Over five years it climbed from 45th to 8th in the index.

All data

Data as of 26 October 2026

Latest available value for each indicator, with its year. World rank is among countries with recent data (last 5 years of the series).

Land & people

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Surface area ikm² 98,648 110th/216
Land area ikm² 71,020 118th/216
Population ipeople 11.5 m 85th/217
Population growth i% 4.68% 1st/217
Population density ipeople/km² 154.7 73rd/216
Urban population i% 86.0% 44th/217
Population aged 0–14 i% 16.0% 165th/217
Population aged 65+ i% 1.8% 216th/217

Economy

83
GDP iUSD $552.32 bn 30th/210
GDP (PPP) iintl. USD $871.70 bn 39th/199
Real GDP (PPP, constant 2021 prices) iintl. USD 2021 $765.77 bn 37th/199
GDP per person iUSD $50,274 32nd/210
GDP per person (PPP) iintl. USD $79,344 19th/199
GNI per person (Atlas) iUSD $51,550 28th/201
GDP growth i% 4.0% 79th/210
Inflation i% 1.3% 41st/180
Unemployment i% 2.2% 19th/187
Central government debt i% of GDP 1.8%2013
General government gross debt i% of GDP 33.9% 42nd/189
Government budget balance i% of GDP 3.9% 11th/192

Main industries

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Agriculture, forestry, fishing i% of GDP 0.8% 175th/197
Industry incl. construction i% of GDP 44.3% 10th/200
Manufacturing i% of GDP 9.4% 108th/192
Services i% of GDP 54.9% 121st/200

Trade

73
Exports of goods & services iUSD $558.40 bn 18th/182
Imports of goods & services iUSD $481.85 bn 20th/182
Exports i% of GDP 106.8% 8th/183
Imports i% of GDP 92.2% 14th/183
Trade openness i% of GDP 199.0% 9th/183
Fuel exports i% of merchandise exports 68.2% 14th/170
Manufactures exports i% of merchandise exports 8.8% 136th/171
Food exports i% of merchandise exports 2.9% 148th/171
Ores & metals exports i% of merchandise exports 3.4% 80th/171
High-tech exports i% of manufactured exports 9.0% 73rd/168
Current account balance i% of GDP 13.3% 16th/191
Foreign direct investment, inflows i% of GDP 8.3% 25th/196

Natural resources

52
Natural resource rents i% of GDP 17.6% 30th/209
Oil rents i% of GDP 15.67% 12th/197
Natural gas rents i% of GDP 1.96% 23rd/197
Coal rents i% of GDP 0.00% 68th/195
Mineral rents i% of GDP 0.00% 91st/209
Forest rents i% of GDP 0.00% 181st/209
Arable land i% of land area 0.8% 187th/206
Renewable freshwater per person im³ 15 180th/183

Tourism

87
International tourist arrivals iarrivals 8.1 m 26th/194
Tourism receipts iUSD $24.62 bn 6th/175
Outbound trips idepartures 6.5 m 24th/107

Society & health

63
Life expectancy iyears 83.1 21st/217
Under-5 mortality iper 1,000 births 4.8 39th/196
Physicians iper 1,000 people 2.99 59th/174
Hospital beds iper 1,000 people 1.9 91st/145
DPT immunization i% of children 12–23 months 96% 48th/193
Completed lower secondary, 25+ i% of adults 87.3% 58th/153
Secondary enrolment i% gross 102.1% 52nd/173
Old-age dependency ratio i% of working-age population 2.2% 216th/217
Health spending i% of GDP 5.0% 127th/193
Adult literacy i% 98.8% 16th/98
Tertiary enrolment i% gross 63.7% 57th/150
Human Development Index iindex 0–1 0.940 15th/193
Income inequality (Gini) iindex 26.42018
Extreme poverty i% of population 0.0%2018

Infrastructure & digital

83
Access to electricity i% of population 100.0% 1st/215
Safely managed drinking water i% of population 98.6% 36th/150
Safely managed sanitation i% of population 98.4% 12th/144
Internet users i% of population 100.0% 1st/186
Mobile subscriptions iper 100 people 203 5th/210
Fixed broadband iper 100 people 40.8 23rd/208
Trade & transport infrastructure quality (LPI) iscore 1–5 4.10 9th/164
Rail lines iroute-km 279 79th/82
Air passengers carried ipassengers 91.1 m 12th/161

Environment & energy

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CO₂ emissions per person it CO₂e 18.26 195th/203
Renewable energy i% of final energy use 1.0% 191st/212
Air pollution (PM2.5) iµg/m³ 57.2 193rd/200
Forest area i% of land area 4.6% 182nd/214
Energy use per person ikg oil eq. 8,838 7th/149

Institutions & safety

72
Government effectiveness iscore 0–100 75.4 35th/205
Control of corruption iscore 0–100 71.3 34th/207
Rule of law iscore 0–100 67.6 70th/207
Political stability iscore 0–100 80.1 54th/207
Regulatory quality iscore 0–100 75.7 23rd/205
Voice & accountability iscore 0–100 38.1 154th/205
Homicide rate iper 100,000 0.7 23rd/145

Military

66
Military expenditure iUSD $22.76 bn2014
Military expenditure i% of GDP 5.6%2014
Military expenditure i% of government spending 17.0%2014
Armed forces personnel ipeople 63,000 63rd/170
Armed forces personnel i% of labour force 1.02% 65th/168
Arms imports (SIPRI TIV) iTIV 868.0 m 9th/163
Arms exports (SIPRI TIV) iTIV 33.0 m 38th/65

Science & innovation

69
R&D spending i% of GDP 1.49% 29th/110
Patent applications by residents iapplications 278 55th/137
Scientific articles iarticles 7,075 53rd/197

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Sources

Figures on this page come from: World Bank — World Development Indicators, International Monetary Fund — World Economic Outlook (DataMapper), Global Change Data Lab (Our World in Data) — Our World in Data, World Bank — Worldwide Governance Indicators . Nation age: Wikidata P571 (inception) (source). Every value is stored with its year and source series; see Sources & licences and Methodology.

Cite as: NationsTree (2026). United Arab Emirates — country profile. https://nationstree.org/countries/united-arab-emirates. Data as of 26 October 2026.

All figures come from official statistics published by public institutions (World Bank WDI and WGI, compiling UN agencies, IMF, WHO and national statistical offices). Each value carries its year; ranks are positions among countries with data.
Cite as: NationsTree (2026). United Arab Emirates — country profile. https://nationstree.org/countries/united-arab-emirates. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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