Country comparison United Arab Emirates vs South Africa 2017

United Arab Emirates			South Africa
Government
			1,416€	2017Q2	Qu. GDP Per Capita € [+]
GDP Mill. € [+]	2016	315,063M.€	266,436M.€	2016	GDP Mill. € [+]
GDP Mill.$ [+]	2016	348,743M.$	294,900M.$	2016	GDP Mill.$ [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	33,989€	4,790€	2016	GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	37,622$	5,302$	2016	GDP per capita [+]
			78,735M.€	2017Q2	Quat. GDP Mill.€ [+]
Debt [+]	2015	60,323	137,780	2016	Debt [+]
Debt [+]	2015	66,928	152,509	2016	Debt [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]	2015	18.70%	51.70%	2016	Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2015	6,590€	2,477€	2016	Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2015	7,311$	2,742$	2016	Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit [+]	2015	-10,855	-10,614	2016	Deficit [+]
Deficit [+]	2015	-12,044	-11,749	2016	Deficit [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]	2015	-3.37%	-3.98%	2016	Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2015	104,442.1	87,611.8	2016	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2015	115,878.5	96,977.5	2016	Expenditure (M.$) [+]
			15,919.7	2014	Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]	1997	846.3	21,170.7	2014	Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	1997	5.02%	19.13%	2014	Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
			11,184.2	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
			4,938.4	1998	Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]	2014	8.69%	14.23%	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2014	17,128.4	2,858.0	2016	Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2014	22,755.1	3,163.3	2016	Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2014	144.91%	3.07%	2015	Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]	2015	32.38%	32.88%	2016	Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2015	11,409€	1,575€	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2015	12,658$	1,744$	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
			295€	2014	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	1997	328$	393$	2014	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2014	882€	207€	2014	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2014	1,172$	113$	1998	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2014	1,888€	51€	2016	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2014	2,509$	57$	2016	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]	05/27/2017	Aa2	Baa3	06/09/2017	Moody's Rating [+]
S&P Rating [+]	07/02/2007	AA	BB+	04/03/2017	S&P Rating [+]
Fitch Rating [+]	08/21/2017	AA	BB+	06/01/2017	Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]	2016	66	45	2016	Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]	2017	17º	61º	2017	Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]	2015	46.2	67.0	2015	Fragile States Index [+]
			20º	10/01/2016	RTI Raking [+]
Innovation Ranking [+]	2016	41º	54º	2016	Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
			26.7%	March 2016	Unemployment Rate [+]
			27.6%	2017Q2	Unemployment rate [+]
			6,201 m.	2017Q2	Unemployed [+]
			291.6 $	2013	NMW [+]
			221.4 €	2013	NMW [+]
Human Capital Ranking [+]	2015	54º	92º	2015	Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
Euro / UAE dirhams [+]	10/13/2017	4.3372	15.7169	10/16/2017	Euro / South African rands [+]
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]	10/09/2017	-2.11%	16.90%	10/09/2017	Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
			-16.3%	August 2017	CPI (overall index) [+]
Money Market
			7.00%	03/18/2016	Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]	2017	26º	74º	2017	Doing Business [+]
			599,004	2016	Motor vehicle production [+]
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]	2015	233.77	175.35	2015	Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]	01/01/2013	0%	14.00%	01/01/2006	Standard VAT [+]
Top tax rate + SSC [+]	2016	0%	41.0%	2016	Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Exports [+]	2016	240,220.4 M.€	67,839.0 M.€	2016	Exports [+]
Exports [+]	2016	265,900.0 M.$	75,091.0 M.$	2016	Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]	2016	76.25%	25.46%	2016	Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]	2016	203,270.4 M.€	82,735.7 M.€	2016	Imports [+]
Imports [+]	2016	225,000.0 M.$	91,580.2 M.$	2016	Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]	2016	64.52%	31.05%	2016	Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]	2016	36,950.0 M.€	-14,896.7 M.€	2016	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]	2016	40,900.0 M.$	-16,489.2 M.$	2016	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]	2016	11.73%	-5.59%	2016	Trade balance % GDP [+]
Socio-Demography
Density [+]	2016	111	46	2016	Density [+]
Population [+]	2016	9,269,612	55,620,000	2016	Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]	2015	8,095,126	3,142,511	2015	Immigrant stock [+]
			825.3	2015	Remittance received (M.$) [+]
% Immigrant [+]	2015	88.43%	5.74%	2015	% Immigrant [+]
Remittance sent (M.$) [+]	2015	32,425.1	2,453.1	2015	Remittance sent (M.$) [+]
Emigrant stock [+]	2015	136,557	841,120	2015	Emigrant stock [+]
% Emigrant [+]	2015	1.49%	1.54%	2015	% Emigrant [+]
HDI [+]	2015	0.840	0.666	2015	HDI [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]	2017	65º	123º	2017	Global Peace Ranking [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]	2016	124º	15º	2016	Gender Gap Ranking [+]
			78º	2015	Ranking [+]
Birth Rate [+]	2015	10.59‰	20.42‰	2015	Birth Rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]	2015	1.77	2.34	2015	Fertility Rate [+]
Crude death rate [+]	2015	1.64‰	12.41‰	2015	Crude death rate [+]
Life expectancy [+]	2015	77.54	57.44	2015	Life expectancy [+]
Number of homicides [+]	2015	60	18,673	2015	Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]	2015	0.7	34.3	2015	Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
Environment and Energy
CO2 Tons per capita [+]	2015	21.76	7.66	2015	CO2 Tons per capita [+]

United Arab Emirates

Capital: Abu Dhabi
Population: 9,269,612
Surface Area: 83,600 km2
Currency: UAE dirhams (1 EUR=4.3372 AED)
Belongs to: ACD, Arab League, GCC, IMF, UN, OPEC

South Africa

Capital: Pretoria
Population: 55,620,000
Surface Area: 1,219,090 km2
Currency: South African rands (1 EUR=15.7169 ZAR)
Belongs to: ACP, BRICS, G20, IMF, UN, SADC, AU