What is the difference in urban population, per capita between IDA only and United Arab Emirates?

0.491 units per person, with United Arab Emirates ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for IDA only and United Arab Emirates?

66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Urban population, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

IDA only vs United Arab Emirates: Urban population, per capita

IDA only

0.3686 units per person

in 2025

United Arab Emirates

0.8596 units per person

in 2025

IDA only rank

43rd

United Arab Emirates rank

44th

Urban population, per capita over time

IDA only
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 0.8596 units per person against 0.3686 units per person in IDA only, a difference of 0.491 units per person.

That makes United Arab Emirates's figure about 2.3 times IDA only's.

Across all 66 years both countries report, United Arab Emirates has been ahead every year.

IDA only ranks 43rd and United Arab Emirates ranks 44th of 47 groups.

United Arab Emirates has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	IDA only	United Arab Emirates	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.1269 units per person	0.7727 units per person	0.6458 units per person	United Arab Emirates
1970s	0.1655 units per person	0.8283 units per person	0.6628 units per person	United Arab Emirates
1980s	0.2076 units per person	0.7976 units per person	0.5901 units per person	United Arab Emirates
1990s	0.2428 units per person	0.7847 units per person	0.5419 units per person	United Arab Emirates
2000s	0.2796 units per person	0.8153 units per person	0.5357 units per person	United Arab Emirates
2010s	0.3249 units per person	0.8422 units per person	0.5173 units per person	United Arab Emirates
2020s	0.3578 units per person	0.8559 units per person	0.4981 units per person	United Arab Emirates

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban population, per capita, IDA only or United Arab Emirates?: United Arab Emirates, at 0.8596 units per person against 0.3686 units per person in IDA only as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban population, per capita between IDA only and United Arab Emirates?: 0.491 units per person, with United Arab Emirates ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for IDA only and United Arab Emirates?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do IDA only and United Arab Emirates rank globally for urban population, per capita?: IDA only ranks 43rd and United Arab Emirates ranks 44th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Urban population, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Urban population, per capita
Unit: units per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 266 places, 17,526 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 14 September 2026

Urban population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.