What is the difference in labor force, total, per capita between Iceland and United Arab Emirates?

0.0424 units per person, with United Arab Emirates ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and United Arab Emirates?

36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Labor force, total, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Iceland vs United Arab Emirates: Labor force, total, per capita

Iceland

0.618 units per person

in 2025

United Arab Emirates

0.6604 units per person

in 2025

Iceland rank

4th

United Arab Emirates rank

3rd

Labor force, total, per capita over time

Iceland
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 0.6604 units per person against 0.618 units per person in Iceland, a difference of 0.0424 units per person.

That makes United Arab Emirates's figure about 1.1 times Iceland's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Iceland ahead.

Iceland ranks 4th and United Arab Emirates ranks 3rd of 188 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 1 and United Arab Emirates in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iceland	United Arab Emirates	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0.5595 units per person	0.5559 units per person	0.0036 units per person	Iceland
2000s	0.5972 units per person	0.623 units per person	0.0258 units per person	United Arab Emirates
2010s	0.6045 units per person	0.6485 units per person	0.044 units per person	United Arab Emirates
2020s	0.6086 units per person	0.6533 units per person	0.0447 units per person	United Arab Emirates

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher labor force, total, per capita, Iceland or United Arab Emirates?: United Arab Emirates, at 0.6604 units per person against 0.618 units per person in Iceland as of 2025.
What is the difference in labor force, total, per capita between Iceland and United Arab Emirates?: 0.0424 units per person, with United Arab Emirates ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and United Arab Emirates?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
How do Iceland and United Arab Emirates rank globally for labor force, total, per capita?: Iceland ranks 4th and United Arab Emirates ranks 3rd of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Labor force, total, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Labor force, total, per capita
Unit: units per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 234 places, 8,410 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Labor force, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.