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

0.0023 units per person, with United Arab Emirates ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Switzerland 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.

Switzerland vs United Arab Emirates: Urban population, per capita

Switzerland

0.8573 units per person

in 2025

United Arab Emirates

0.8596 units per person

in 2025

Switzerland rank

45th

United Arab Emirates rank

44th

Urban population, per capita over time

Switzerland
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 0.8596 units per person against 0.8573 units per person in Switzerland, a difference of 0.0023 units per person.

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

Switzerland ranks 45th and United Arab Emirates ranks 44th of 218 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Switzerland	United Arab Emirates	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.5402 units per person	0.7727 units per person	0.2325 units per person	United Arab Emirates
1970s	0.5919 units per person	0.8283 units per person	0.2364 units per person	United Arab Emirates
1980s	0.6449 units per person	0.7976 units per person	0.1528 units per person	United Arab Emirates
1990s	0.7112 units per person	0.7847 units per person	0.0736 units per person	United Arab Emirates
2000s	0.7347 units per person	0.8153 units per person	0.0806 units per person	United Arab Emirates
2010s	0.7601 units per person	0.8422 units per person	0.0821 units per person	United Arab Emirates
2020s	0.8464 units per person	0.8559 units per person	0.0095 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, Switzerland or United Arab Emirates?: United Arab Emirates, at 0.8596 units per person against 0.8573 units per person in Switzerland as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban population, per capita between Switzerland and United Arab Emirates?: 0.0023 units per person, with United Arab Emirates ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Switzerland and United Arab Emirates?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Switzerland and United Arab Emirates rank globally for urban population, per capita?: Switzerland ranks 45th and United Arab Emirates ranks 44th of 218 countries.
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.