United Arab Emirates, year by year

Every index this site holds for United Arab Emirates, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.717 → 0.937 (+0.220)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth80.8 → 83.1 (+2.3)

Internet users52 → 100 (+48)

Urban population83 → 86 (+3)

Births per woman2.23 → 1.21 (-1.02)

Renewable share of energy0 → 1 (+1)

Access to electricity100 → 100 (0)

Infant mortality8 → 4 (-4)

CO2 emissions per person26.3 → 18.3 (-8)

Forest area4 → 4 (+0)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 3 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.717	71.1	—	—	4.51	0	100	12	30.0	3.5	—	—
1991	0.729	71.1	—	79	4.25	0	100	11	32.3	3.5	—	—
1992	0.734	71.2	—	78	4.09	0	100	11	29.6	3.6	—	—
1993	0.743	71.2	—	78	3.82	0	100	10	29.7	3.7	—	—
1994	0.750	71.2	—	78	3.76	0	100	10	31.2	3.8	—	—
1995	0.756	71.4	0	78	3.28	0	100	10	31.8	3.9	—	—
1996	0.762	71.8	0	78	3.06	0	100	9	31.1	4.0	—	—
1997	0.768	72.6	3	78	2.83	0	100	9	29.9	4.1	—	—
1998	0.774	73.7	7	79	2.77	0	100	9	28.4	4.2	—	—
1999	0.781	75.0	15	79	2.79	0	100	9	27.3	4.3	—	—
2000	0.790	76.3	24	79	2.73	0	100	9	25.3	4.4	—	—
2001	0.794	77.6	26	80	2.62	0	100	8	27.2	4.4	—	—
2002	0.798	78.7	28	80	2.54	0	100	8	26.2	4.4	—	—
2003	0.807	79.6	29	81	2.49	0	100	8	26.0	4.4	—	—
2004	0.811	80.3	30	81	2.38	0	100	8	26.0	4.4	—	—
2005	0.815	80.8	40	82	2.23	0	100	8	26.3	4.4	—	—
2006	0.820	81.2	52	83	1.96	0	100	8	25.4	4.4	44343	106814
2007	0.825	81.4	61	83	1.79	0	100	7	24.4	4.4	45855	100813
2008	0.827	81.6	63	83	1.52	0	100	7	26.1	4.5	50054	94628
2009	0.825	81.7	64	83	1.58	0	100	7	24.6	4.5	37803	84780
2010	0.828	81.9	68	83	1.57	0	100	7	25.0	4.5	44795	85120
2011	0.835	81.9	78	84	1.54	0	100	7	24.9	4.5	51922	89665
2012	0.841	81.9	85	84	1.53	0	100	7	25.0	4.5	53142	89198
2013	0.847	82.0	88	84	1.53	0	100	7	25.4	4.5	53247	87526
2014	0.853	82.0	90	84	1.48	0	100	6	24.6	4.5	52725	87478
2015	0.860	82.1	91	84	1.42	0	100	6	24.3	4.5	44910	73986
2016	0.866	82.2	91	85	1.37	0	100	6	23.8	4.5	42721	69987
2017	0.898	82.4	95	85	1.35	0	100	6	22.2	4.5	43734	70282
2018	0.917	82.5	98	85	1.29	0	100	5	20.0	4.5	47135	77446
2019	0.933	82.6	99	85	1.25	1	100	5	20.9	4.5	45939	79816
2020	0.930	81.9	100	85	1.29	1	100	5	20.8	4.5	37992	66791
2021	0.931	79.1	100	85	1.16	1	100	4	20.8	4.5	44118	68580
2022	0.937	80.5	100	86	1.15	—	100	4	19.4	4.5	50760	75060
2023	—	82.9	100	86	1.20	—	100	4	18.4	4.5	49851	78020
2024	—	83.1	100	86	1.21	—	100	4	18.3	—	50274	79344
2025	—	—	—	86	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Profile shows	0.937	83.1	100	86	1.21	1	—	—	18.3	4.5	50274	79344

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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