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Voter turnout in United Arab Emirates

44

% of registered voters, 2023

Low trust, 44 of 100 Only one source (IPU), so it cannot be checked against another.

Each source by year: % of registered voters
0204060201520162018202020222023
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YearIPU Parline elections data
201535.29
201934.82
202344

All countriesAll of United Arab Emirates's figuresCompare

United Arab Emirates among 200 countries

173 have a higher figure and 26 a lower one. Definitions differ between countries, and their years run from 1984 to 2026.

Lowest: Tunisia, 11.22Highest: Somalia, 99.86
What this number counts
Counts
Votes cast as a share of registered voters at the latest national parliamentary election. Lower house where parliament has two chambers. Presidential elections are not included.
Where
United Arab Emirates
When
Election year 2023; series shows election years only (the latest election)

The figure from IPU, the only source that counts here.

Where the number comes from (1 source)
SourceFigure and yearDefinitionQualityCounts for
IPU Parline elections dataInter-Parliamentary Union · Administrative recordsRetrieved 2026-11-02 · Data (API)
442023
Turnout field in IPU Parline's elections records for the lower or only chamber.

It equals number of voters divided by registered electors in 395 of 395 records (computed here). Presidential elections are not covered. IPU's field definitions were not readable by script, so this was checked from the numbers.

IDEA's parliamentary sheet has no row for this country. Counted as its own line.

2 of 5 checks
  • No: Method and definitions published. IPU's definitions sit on data.ipu.org, which refused scripted requests, so a published definition of this field was not read.
  • No: Official statistics or peer-reviewed. Compiled from parliaments and election commissions; some records also cite news agencies such as Reuters or BBC Monitoring.
  • Yes: Full count or representative sample. Votes and rolls are full counts, not samples.
  • Yes: Raw data downloadable. Public JSON API, no key or account; each record is linked directly.
  • No: No known break or quality problem. For the same election, 56 of 378 figures are a point or more away from IDEA's. The turnout field has values only from 2003.
100%

Better and more direct sources count for more. A source that only copies another does not count.

  • IPU100%
How the trust score was worked out
Quality16 / 40

How well the sources are made

Agreement15 / 30

Unknown with one source, so set to half

Independence6 / 20

How many separate ways the number was measured

Freshness7 / 10

How recent the newest data is

How the score works

Who reports it, and since when

Which kinds of source measure this number, which years each one published, and where the reporting stops or has holes.

  • Single source: nothing to check it against
  • IPU: no figure here for 6 years between 2015 and 2023
Years each source has a figure here
'15'20'23IPU

figure no figure here, inside its range no later figure recorded change

Why the numbers differ
  • IDEA's codebook names national electoral bodies as its primary sources and IPU's records cite them too, so for one election IPU is shown as a copy of IDEA and not counted, whether or not the figures match. A counted IPU line means an election only IPU has a figure for. For 378 elections in both, 216 show the same figures, 106 differ by under a point and 56 by a point or more; each row's note gives both counts for its latest election. At the latest election the gap is five points or more in: Azerbaijan, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Namibia, Niger, South Africa. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
  • The denominator is the roll, and rolls differ. IDEA's codebook says registration is voluntary or often inaccurate in many countries, and that a roll can still hold people who have died or left. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
  • Compulsory voting affects comparison. Where IDEA's file marks the latest election as compulsory the median is 75.08% across 26 countries, against 63.53% across 173 where it does not. This is a plain split, with no adjustment for anything else. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
  • Some parliamentary rows match the presidential row for the same year: 104 rows in IDEA's file show the identical turnout on both sheets. The United States has 3: 2016, 2020, 2024. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
Common mistakes
  • Reading this as a share of all adults. Turnout of the voting-age population uses an estimate of people of voting age as the base, and IDEA's codebook warns it can differ greatly from registered voters. It is a different number and is kept off this page. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
  • Taking high turnout as a statement about whether an election was free or fair. This number counts ballots and says nothing about that.
  • Comparing a presidential election's turnout with these figures. Presidential elections are a separate sheet in IDEA's file and are not included here. (source, retrieved 2026-11-02)
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Cite as: RealStats, “Voter turnout in United Arab Emirates”, updated 2026-11-02, with the original sources listed on the page.

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