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United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Population (million people) 9.2 2015
GDP (current million US$) 370,293 2015
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2011 international $) 66,102 2015
Global Competitiveness Index 5.26 2016
Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high) 3.94 2016
Quality of overall infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 6.34 2016
Quality of roads, 1-7 (best) 6.50 2016
Quality of railroad infrastructure, 1-7 (best) N/A 2016
Quality of port infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 6.38 2016
Quality of air transport infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 6.75 2016
Liner shipping connectivity index 70.57 2016
Burden of customs procedure, (7=extremely efficient) 6.00 2015
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) 20,900,567 2014
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, number of ships 815 2016
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, tonnage 1,549 2016
Container penetration (incl. transhipment) TEU/1,000 capita 2,300 2014
Motorways (Km)
Highways, main or national roads (Km)
Secondary or regional roads (Km)
Other roads (Km)
Total length of roads (Km) 4,080 2008
Paved roads (%) 100 2008
Paved roads (Km) 1,088 2008
Non-paved roads (Km) - 2008
Length of roads by GDP per capita (Km/$) 0.1 2008
Road network density (km/1,000 population) 0.45 2008
Density of roads (Km/Km2) 0.05 2008
Vehicle ownership (vehicle/1,000 population) 286 2013
Estimated road deaths annually 1,021 2013
Mortality rate [deaths/100,000 population] 10.9 2013
Rail lines (total route-km)
Rail network density (km/100,000 km2 land area)
Rail network density (km/1 million population)
Railways, goods transported (million ton-km)
Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km)
Air transport, freight (million ton-km) 16647.5 2015
Air transport, passengers carried 84,738,480 2015
Per capita air passengers 9.254 2015
CO2 emissions of transport per capita 3.45 2014
CO2 emissions from transport (% of total fuel combustion) 18.8 2013
Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 23.06 2015
Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 187.35 2015
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 12.81 2015
Percentage of individuals using the Internet 91.24 2015