Climate | We have desert; cooler in eastern mountains |
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Revenue from forest resources | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 5,413,453 tons (2015 est.) |
Total renewable water resources | 150 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Major rivers (by length in km) | |
Total water withdrawal | |
Municipal | 2.63 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Industrial | 69 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Agricultural | 2.32 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Air pollutants | |
Particulate matter emissions | 41.75 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
Carbon dioxide emissions | 206.32 megatons (2016 est.) |
Methane emissions | 56.55 megatons (2020 est.) |
Land Use | |
Agricultural land | 4.6% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 0.5% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.5% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 3.6% (2018 est.) |
Forest | 3.8% (2018 est.) |
Other | 91.6% (2018 est.) |
Urbanization | |
Urban population | 87.8% of total population (2023) |
Rate of urbanization | 1.5% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
Major urban areas (Pop) | 3.008 million Dubai, 1.831 million Sharjah, 1.567 million ABU DHABI (capital) (2023). |
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