United Arab Emirates ARE
Regulatory maturity stage: Advanced Index: 90.8 (rank 2/19) Gulf
United Arab Emirates is placed at the Advanced stage in the 2025 release. National AI strategy: 2nd generation; dedicated governance bodies: 5; AI-relevant regulations: 8; data protection law: 2021.
- National AI strategy
- 2nd generation
- Dedicated AI governance bodies
- 5
- AI-relevant regulations
- 8
- Data protection law
- 2021
- International frameworks referenced
- 4
- OECD.AI registered initiatives
- 8
- Sovereign language-model programme
- Falcon, Jais
- GDP per capita, 2023 (US$)
- 49,851
Index pillars
Indicators
Position among Arab League states with data
Oxford Insights AI readiness, 202569.86
UN E-Government Development Index, 2024rank 110.9533
Human Capital Index, 20240.9436
ITU Global Cybersecurity Index98.06
National Cyber Security Index40.26
Internet users, 2023 (% of population)100.00
AI publications, 2023n/a
Trends
AI readiness score
Human Capital Index
Typology coding
- Governance type
- Centralised, federal
- Regulatory approach
- Soft law and experimental legislation
- Enforcement model
- Indirect (procurement)
- Sovereignty posture
- Active
- International alignment
- Western multilateral
- Cluster label (M3)
- Gulf Innovation Leader
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Contact the LabCite this profile
Arab AI Governance Lab (2025). United Arab Emirates: country profile. https://arablab.ai/countries/united-arab-emirates/ Data: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/MOVIFA
Sources: Oxford Insights; UN DESA; World Bank WDI; ITU; e-Governance Academy; OECD.AI; Lab coding (F1, M3).