Quality of life comparison
compared to
If you lived in California instead of United Arab Emirates, you would:
Economy
make 11.1% more money
United Arab Emirates has a GDP per capita of $75,600 as of 2023, while in California, the GDP per capita is $84,028 as of 2024.
be 88.2% more likely to be unemployed
In United Arab Emirates, 2.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In California, that number is 5.1% as of 2025.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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