United Arab Emirates

Capital Abu Dhabi. 9.5 million people, UAE dirham (AED), about 3.67 AED to the dollar.

United Arab Emirates is the 9th cheapest of 12 countries with price data, at 0.72 where the United States is 1.00.

Output per person is $78,000 adjusted for purchasing power, and income per person is $52,000 at market rates.

Price level compared with the United States (1.00), across every country with data. Source: World Bank, PPP conversion factor to market exchange rate.

Key figures

Indicator	United Arab Emirates
Price level (US = 1.00)	0.72 (seed)
GDP per person, PPP	$78,000 (seed)
Income per person (GNI)	$52,000 (seed)
Inflation	1.6% (seed)
Unemployment	2.7% (seed)
Life expectancy	79 yrs (seed)
Internet users	100% (seed)
Homicides per 100k	0.5 (seed)
Urban population	88% (seed)

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Basics

Region: Western Asia
Languages: Arabic
Time zones: UTC+04:00
Area: 83,600 km²

Sources and dates

World Bank Indicators (price level, GDP, income, inflation, unemployment, life expectancy, internet use, homicides, urbanisation). Latest available year shown per figure.
REST Countries for names, capitals, currencies, languages and population.
Exchange rates: European Central Bank via Frankfurter, seed.
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