International Rankings of United Arab Emirates 2024, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of United Arab Emirates, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of United Arab Emirates, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	21	33.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	47	3.245 million	2020
Internet users - percent of population	1	100.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	63	9.400 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	35	24.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	51	2.286 million	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	6	190.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	65	18.000 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	55	0.40 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	77	13.70 % of household expenditures	2018
Budget - expenditures	33	127.262 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	32	129.741 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	32	0.20 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	20	26.470 billion US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	36	237.600 billion US Dollars	2017
Exchange rates	115	3.67	N/A
Exports	27	335.238 billion US Dollars	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	32	421.077 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	8	100.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	103	12.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	177	34.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	162	72.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	65	23.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	38	1.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	142	0.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	12	49.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	147	49.20 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	121	26 %	2018
Imports	31	246.886 billion US Dollars	2020
Industrial production growth rate	121	2.54 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	188	2.08 %	2020
Labor force	76	6.074 million US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	96	20 %	2003
Public debt	182	19.70 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	35	707.300 billion US Dollars	2022
Real GDP growth rate	115	3.92 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	8	74900 US Dollars	2022
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	24	131.117 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	207	0.68 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	179	3.36 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	79	19.90 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	127	7.90 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	115	10.70 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	58	5.032 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	12	144.681 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	23	126.524 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	25	276.236 million	2019
Coal - consumption	58	2.563 million metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	60	2000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	39	2.565 million metric tons	2020
Electricity - consumption	30	122.386 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	83	257.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	98	245.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	32	35.173 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	38	7.011 billion kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	22	95.70 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	32	1.30 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	41	3.00 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	4	471.788 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	11	73.751 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	24	7.674 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - imports	17	20.042 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	14	62.889 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	8	6.091 trillion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	5	2.427 million bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	34	172900 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	7	97.800 billion bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	24	863700 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	7	3.769 million bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	12	817700 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	25	392000 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	21	943500 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	24	206 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	28	57 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	16	42 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	185	5	2018
Land use - arable land	157	1	2018
Land use - forest	161	4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	80	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	142	4	2018
Total renewable water resources	169	150.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	68	2.320 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	87	69.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	33	2.630 billion cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	86	1.50	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	27	88	2023
Geography
Area - land	113	83600 sq km	N/A
Area - total	118	83600 sq km	N/A
Coastline	75	1318 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	4	271905 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	132	149 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	97	898 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	121	1066 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	185	5	2018
Land use - arable land	157	1	2018
Land use - forest	161	4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	80	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	142	4	2018
Population Density	98	119.30 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	14	4 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	60	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	120	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	125	10.80 births/1,000 population	2023
Current health expenditure	62	6 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	8	72 %	2023
Death rate	93	1.60 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	154	2.10 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	2	47.30 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	183	20.30 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	183	18.20 %	N/A
Education expenditures	47	4 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	90	0.79 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	144	4.50 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	142	5.60 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	142	5.10 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	44	81 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	33	78 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	34	80 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	23	97 %	2021
Literacy - male	11	99 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	17	98 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	113	9.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	104	30 years	N/A
Median age - male	50	38 years	N/A
Median age - total	63	36 years	2023
Net migration rate	89	3.40 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	19	31.70 %	2016
Physicians density	62	2.60 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	92	9.973 million	2023
Population growth rate	113	0.58 %	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	2	2.52 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	1	3.15 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	2	2.16 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	123	1.62 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	86	1.50	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	27	88	2023
Transportation
Airports	87	42	2024
Heliports	16	203	2024
Merchant marine - total	33	655	2023
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	3	15.963 billion	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	12	95.533 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	13	497.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	18	10	2020
Roadways - paved	67	4080 km	2008
Roadways - total	98	4080 km	2008

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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