The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven hereditary emirates without political parties. It has built a low-tax trade, finance and logistics hub on oil wealth, relies on a large expatriate workforce and invests heavily in technology.
In the 12 Axes register, United Arab Emirates leans hardest on Democratic – Autocratic: Autocratic 95%; the register median is balanced 50%.
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Where United Arab Emirates sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Federal
Seven emirates keep own rulers
Autocracy
Hereditary rulers, no parties
Authoritarian
Speech and assembly restricted
Non-Interventionist
Pragmatic, multi-aligned diplomacy
Military-Focused
Well-funded forces, regional deployments
Centrist
Expatriate majority without citizenship path
Economic Liberal
Low taxes, state-owned champions
Markets
Free zones, business-friendly rules
Globalist
Global trade and logistics hub
Spiritual
Islam official, other faiths tolerated
Conservative
Sharia-influenced law, gradual liberalisation
Technological
National AI strategy and minister
Set against the median of all 195 countries in the register.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, United Arab Emirates is at Autocratic 95%. The register median is balanced 50%.
Internationalism – Nationalism
On Internationalism – Nationalism, United Arab Emirates is at balanced 50%, almost the register median of balanced 50%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.britannica.com
Map: NuclearVacuum, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
Last updated: 2026-10-15
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
