Vitality and wellness ratings improve for Emiratis, expats

UAE locals and expatriate residents have improved their vitality and wellness ratings, according to the 2025 edition of an annual international health study which a USA-founded multinational for-profit managed healthcare and insurance company, has been conducting since 2023.

- Mariecar Jara-Puyod, Senior Reporter

The community's global standing, compared to 12 other countries or markets, serviced by Cigna Healthcare, was released and discussed in Dubai on Tuesday led by Cigna Healthcare Middle East and Africa (excluding Saudi Arabia) chief executive officer Leah Cotterhill, in collaboration with the British Chamber of Commerce Dubai.

Total respondents, from age 18 and above, for the “Cigna Healthcare International Health Study 2025,” accomplished by way of a 22-minute online questionnaire survey between May 5 and 30, 2025, were 11,804. Representing the Middle East, those in the UAE were at 1,000 sliced into 113 Emiratis and 887 expatriates while their counterparts in Saudi Arabia, 750.

From North America and specifically from the USA, 1,851. From Europe, UK at 1,203 and Spain, 1,000 while the Netherlands, Switzerland and Belgium at 500 each. There were 4,000 respondents from the Asia-Pacific region with Singapore, Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong at 1,000 each. From Kenya for Africa, 500.