UAE among top 20 countries in tolerance, coexistence indices

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  • UAE ranked fourth in the Tolerance With Foreigners index, seventh in the Social Cohesion Index

  • Higher ranking means it has exceeded targets set in the UAE Vision 2021

Abu Dhabi:  The UAE has performed well on the competitiveness indices related to tolerance and coexistence during 2020.

It was ranked among the top 20 countries by three major international references specializing in competitiveness—International Institute for Management Development (IMD), INSEAD  and the Legatum Institute.

A higher ranking means the country has succeeded in achieving global leadership levels in this field, exceeding the targets set in the UAE Vision 2021, Emirati News Agency (WAM) reported.

The UAE ranked fourth in the Tolerance With Foreigners index, according to the Global Talent Competitiveness Index issues by INSEAD, while it was ranked ninth by the Legatum Prosperity Index.

In both IMD World Digital Competitiveness ranking and the World Competitiveness Yearbook, the UAE was ranked fifth globally in the Globalization Attitudes Index.

The country ranked seventh in the Social Cohesion Index according to the World Competitiveness Yearbook and 11th in the Tolerance of Minorities Index according to the Global Talent Competitiveness Index report. The World Competitiveness Yearbook also ranked it 11th in the Resilience and Adaptation Index.

On the state’s social responsibility towards citizens and residents, the UAE ranked 12th in the world according to the World Competitiveness Yearbook.

During the past few years, the UAE has achieved a pioneering network of international partnerships in tolerance and coexistence aimed at building capacities, preventing violence and combating terrorism and crime, and has strengthened it with platforms for international dialogue between religions and cultures.

The UAE cabinet had approved the National Tolerance Program in 2016, which aims to enrich the culture of tolerance and confront manifestations of discrimination and racism through a solid legal system for an environment of coexistence, acceptance and tolerance.

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