Country scorecard

United Arab Emirates

Asia · 9.5M people

ALPS
1.74

languages per person

#51 of 235 most multilingual

GLCI
20%

globally connected

Multilingual — the average person here speaks 1.7 languages.

Most connected partners

Where a random person from United Arab Emirates is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.

What people speak

Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.

  • Standard Arabic99%
  • English45%
  • Hindi30%
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