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United Arab Emirates 2005(1)
| HDI: | 0.831 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy at birth: | 75.5 | |||
| GNI: | 67,920 | |||
Source: UNDP.
Figure 1: Persons with disabilities
| Total |
|---|
| 100.0% |
| 34,480 |
Figure 2: Total population
| Female | Male | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 31.7% | 68.3% | 100.0% |
| 1,300,286 | 2,806,141 | 4,106,427 |
Figure 3: Age-specific prevalence of disability (in percentage)
| Total | |
|---|---|
| Total | 0.8 |
Type of disability / difficulty (in percentage)
| Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Difficulties in body movement | 5.1 | ||
| Difficulties in personal care | 3.3 | ||
| Visual difficulties | 32.3 | ||
| Learning difficulties | 4.1 | ||
| Locomotor and movement difficulties | 8.4 | ||
| Hearing difficulties | 14.0 | ||
| Difficulties in grasping and holding objects | 1.9 | ||
| Other difficulties | 9.7 | ||
| Not specified | 0.0 | ||
| Speech difficulties | 21.2 | ||
Figure 4: Total population by geographical location (in percentage)
| Female | Male | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | 81.2 | 83.0 | 82.4 |
| Rural | 18.8 | 17.0 | 17.6 |
Total population (10 years and above) by educational attainment (in percentage)
| Female | Male | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illiterate | 7.6 | 10.0 | 9.3 | ||||||
| Read and write | 11.1 | 15.0 | 13.9 | ||||||
| Primary | 13.1 | 15.3 | 14.6 | ||||||
| Preparatory | 15.5 | 18.7 | 17.8 | ||||||
| Secondary | 30.2 | 24.2 | 25.9 | ||||||
| Below university | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.0 | ||||||
| University | 16.0 | 11.5 | 12.8 | ||||||
| Above university | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||||||
| Not specified | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||
Source: National Bureau of Statistics (2005).
| Convention | Signed | 8.2.2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Ratified / Acceded | 19.3.2010 | |
| Optional Protocol | Signed | 12.2.2008 |
| Ratified / Acceded | No |
Source: UN (2014).
| National coordination mechanism: | Name: | - |
|---|---|---|
| Year established: | - | |
| Chair: | - | |
| Persons with disabilities represented? | - | |
| Additional mechanisms: | System of focal points for disability related matters in line ministries or other governmental institutions | |
NATIONAL DEFINITION OF DISABILITY / PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
Every person with a constant total or partial, permanent or temporary insufficiency or disruption in their physical or sensory or mental or communicative or learning or psychological abilities to the extent that it reduces the possibility of them meeting their normal needs under conditions similar to those of non-disabled persons (Federal Law No. 29 on the Rights of the Disabled amended by Federal Law No. 14, 2009).
| Articles on disability included in the constitution? | No |
|---|---|
| General / overarching national disability law | Federal Law No. 29 on the Rights of the Disabled (2006) amended by Federal Law No. 14 (2009) |
| National disability strategy / plan | No |
Source: ESCWA, based on data collected from government focal points through the ESCWA Questionnaire on the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Arab Decade for Persons with Disabilities (2013).
Footnotes:
1 All data pertains to total population (both national and non-national).