United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates in numbers — 18 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
United Arab Emirates recorded GDP per capita: 50,274 (2024), ranking 32 of 212 worldwide; Population: 11.51 million (2025), ranking 85 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 83.1 (2024), ranking 21 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 1.25% (2025), ranking 147 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, GDP shows the largest increase (+80415%) and Infant mortality the largest decrease (-97%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits above the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 12 of 18 comparable series are higher and 5 are lower.
Its population of 11.51 million (2025) makes it a mid-sized population by the standards of this dataset.
All 18 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 11,513,149 | 2025 | +8666.3% |
| Population growth | 4.68% | 2025 | -5.3% |
| Urban population | 85.96% | 2025 | +17.0% |
| GDP | 552,324,919,095.87 | 2024 | +80415.4% |
| GDP per capita | 50,273.51 | 2024 | +1999.9% |
| GDP growth | 3.99% | 2024 | -89.1% |
| Life expectancy | 83.07 | 2024 | +64.0% |
| Infant mortality | 3.8 | 2024 | -97.4% |
| CO2 per capita | 18.26 | 2024 | -73.1% |
| Labor participation | 78.59% | 2025 | +5.7% |
| Unemployment | 2.17% | 2025 | +33.5% |
| GDP (PPP) | 871,702,497,011.26 | 2024 | +419.2% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 79,343.78 | 2024 | -10.3% |
| Electricity access | 100% | 2024 | 0.0% |
| Internet users | 100% | 2024 | — |
| Inflation | 1.25% | 2025 | -89.8% |
| Forest area | 4.47% | 2023 | +29.5% |
| Health spending | 4.97% | 2023 | +107.6% |