United Arab Emirates     [90]
(Independent in 1971 from United Kingdom)
ISO COUNTRY CODE: AE
LAND AREA: 82880 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):

>17,000	>10,000	>1,000	>100	>10	>1	<1	Unknown	TOTAL
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

DEMOGRAPHY
  POPULATION: 2260000 (1996)
  DENSITY: 27 persons/sq. km    GROWTH RATE: 0%/year
  POP AGR/FISH/MINING: 8%
  URBAN POP: 84% (1994), versus 40% (1960), Annual Growth: 2.7%
  LIFE EXPECTANCY: 74.2 years,  ADULT LITERACY: 78.6%
  INFANT MORTALITY: 17 per/1000 (1994), versus 145 (1960)
  HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX: 0.866

ECONOMY, Annual GNP Growth Rate 1980-1993: 0.2%
  GDP/Capita: $18603  GDP/Capita PPP: $16000
  GDP/Capita: 1960 $0, 1970 $0, 1980 $30712, 1990 $18603
  OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE: $8 million

ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
  TOTAL FOREST AREA: 60,000 ha, 0.7% of land area, 0.0 ha/capita
  ARABLE LAND: 0.3% of land area
NATURE CONSERVATION INTEREST:

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
  ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION: 9999 kw-hr/capita, versus 617 kw-hr/cap (1970)
  INTERNAL RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES: 1.0,000 cu.m/cap/year
  SEAFOOD CONSUMPTION (1990-92): 25 kg/cap/year, CHANGE SINCE 1980-82: 19%
  CHANGE IN ANNUAL MARINE CATCH 1980-82 to 1990-92: 33%

INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: