Health expenditure
% GDP5.0%up+0.41
World Bank SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS (opens in new tab) · data year 2023 (vs 2022) · updated 2026-10-08
Middle East / ARE
UnitedArabEmirates
Healthcare: the indicators that matter, sourced and dated.
Qasr Al Watan, Abu Dhabi · Photo: Darthjipsu (opens in new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colour-graded · credits
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United Arab Emirates Healthcare dashboard
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Life expectancy
years83.1up+0.16
World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN (opens in new tab) · data year 2024 (vs 2023) · updated 2026-10-08
Infant mortality
per 1,000 births3.8down-0.20
World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN (opens in new tab) · data year 2024 (vs 2023) · updated 2026-10-08
Physicians
per 1,000 people3.0up+0.08
World Bank SH.MED.PHYS.ZS (opens in new tab) · data year 2023 (vs 2022) · updated 2026-10-08
Long-run trend
Annual · World Bank WDIFull series 2000–latest so no single baseline year is cherry-picked.
Claim checksEach number with its counterweight
Claim check
"We've massively increased health spending."
The data
Health expenditure (% GDP)
- 2013
- 3.5%
- 2023
- 5.0%
increase+1.5 change
Counter-metric
Infant mortality (per 1,000 births)
- 2014
- 6.3
- 2024
- 3.8
decrease-2.5 change
Spending share changed +1.5 pts; infant mortality changed -2.5 per 1,000. Outcomes are the counterweight to inputs.
Sources: World Bank SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS, SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. Claim wording is a generic template, not a quote.
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