Moldova and United Arab Emirates Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Moldova	United Arab Emirates
Leader
President: Nicolae Timofti	President, ruler of Abu Dhabi: Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed
Population
3,656,843	5,314,317
Life Expectancy
69.510 years	76.710 years
Capital City
Chisinau (Kishinev)	Abu Dhabi
Largest city
Chisinau (population: 635,994)	Dubai (population: 1,137,350)
Human Development Index
0.719	0.903
GDP per capita
$3,400 US	$48,800 US
Literacy Rate
99.1%	77.9%
Corruption Perception Index
2.9	5.9
Percentage of Women in Parliament
21.8%	22.5%
Wealthiest Citizens
NA	Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair & family ($7.8bn US)
Unemployment Rate
6.700%	2.400%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Legal

Political System
republic	federation with specified powers delegated to the UAE federal government and other powers reserved to member emirates
Independence date
27 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)	2 December 1971 (from UK)
Religions
Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist and other 0.5% (2000)	Muslim 96% (Shia 16%), other (includes Christian, Hindu) 4%
Languages
Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)	Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu
Exports
foodstuffs, textiles, machinery	crude oil 45%, natural gas, reexports, dried fish, dates
External Debt
$5,200,000,000 $	$158,700,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Moldovan lei (MDL) per US dollar - 10.326 (2008 est.), 12.177 (2007), 13.131 (2006), 12.6 (2005), 12.33 (2004)	Emirati dirhams (AED) per US dollar - 3.673 (2008 est.), 3.673 (2007), 3.673 (2006), 3.6725 (2005), 3.6725 (2004) note: officially pegged to the US dollar since February 2002
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
0.400%	3.100%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
1	0
Location
Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania	Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia
Area
33,851 km sq	83,600 km sq
Coastline
0 km	1,318 km
Climate
moderate winters, warm summers	desert; cooler in eastern mountains

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Moldova vs United Arab Emirates