Life expectancy in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Life expectancy was 82.91 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in United Arab Emirates, 1950–2023
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy in United Arab Emirates is 82.91 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.0% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in United Arab Emirates peaked at 82.91 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 42.15 years, in 1950.
United Arab Emirates ranks 24th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 45.76 years | 42.15 years | 49.7 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 55.1 years | 50.65 years | 59.76 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 64.52 years | 60.78 years | 67.64 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 69.8 years | 68.16 years | 70.96 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 72.02 years | 71.07 years | 74.98 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 79.92 years | 76.35 years | 81.68 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.13 years | 81.89 years | 82.6 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.1 years | 79.08 years | 82.91 years | 4 |
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More health data for United Arab Emirates
- Number of infants who die before age 1 287 deaths (2100)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 308.9 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 10 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 10 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 61,092 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 46,550 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 48,391 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 51,127 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 52,379 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 56,685 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in United Arab Emirates?
- Life expectancy in United Arab Emirates was 82.91 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 82.91 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.15 years in 1950.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for life expectancy?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 24th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates data come from?
- The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.