United Arab Emirates and Ethiopia Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
United Arab Emirates
Leader
President, ruler of Abu Dhabi: Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed	President: Girma Woldegiorgis
Population
5,314,317	91,195,675
Life Expectancy
76.710 years	56.560 years
Capital City
Abu Dhabi
Largest city
Dubai (population: 1,137,350)	Addis Ababa (population: 2,757,730)
Human Development Index
0.903	0.389
GDP per capita
$48,800 US
Literacy Rate
77.9%	42.7%
Corruption Perception Index
5.9	2.6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
22.5%	21.4%
Wealthiest Citizens
Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair & family ($7.8bn US)	NA
Unemployment Rate
2.400%
Death Penalty
Legal	Legal

Political System
federation with specified powers delegated to the UAE federal government and other powers reserved to member emirates	federal republic
Independence date
2 December 1971 (from UK)
Religions
Muslim 96% (Shia 16%), other (includes Christian, Hindu) 4%	Christian 60.8% (Orthodox 50.6%, Protestant 10.2%), Muslim 32.8%, traditional 4.6%, other 1.8% (1994 census)
Languages
Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu	Amarigna 32.7%, Oromigna 31.6%, Tigrigna 6.1%, Somaligna 6%, Guaragigna 3.5%, Sidamigna 3.5%, Hadiyigna 1.7%, other 14.8%, English (major foreign language taught in schools) (1994 census)
Exports
crude oil 45%, natural gas, reexports, dried fish, dates
External Debt
$158,700,000,000 $
Exchange Rate
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
3.100%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0	7
Location
Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia	Eastern Africa, west of Somalia
Area
83,600 km sq	1,104,300 km sq
Coastline
1,318 km	0 km
Climate
desert; cooler in eastern mountains	tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation

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