2nd lowest aged 65 and over1.8% · #2 of 210 · 2025
3rd highest mobile subscriptions203 · #3 of 208 · 2024
3rd lowest rainfall47 mm · #3 of 187 · 2016–2025 avg
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Surprising facts about the United Arab Emirates
The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.
Picked for surprise among the United Arab Emirates’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
The United Arab Emirates among 213 countries & territories
Each dot shows where the United Arab Emirates sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
world median. Higher is not automatically better.
World twins
The countries most like the United Arab Emirates across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
United Arab Emirates
vs Oman 
vs Saudi Arabia