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Bahrain vs Oman

110 shared metrics.

BahrainLeads in 60

vs110 shared

OmanLeads in 50

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Bahrain

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Identity

Formal name: Kingdom of Bahrain.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Bahrain's Dilmun Burial Mounds include about 11,774 ancient burial mounds.

UNESCO

Oman

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Sultanate of Oman.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Oman still has thousands of aflaj irrigation systems carrying water through desert settlements.

UNESCO

Analysis

Bahrain leads in 60 of 110 shared metrics, while Oman leads in 50.

Bahrain's Forest Coverage (%) is 124.0x that of Oman (0.95% vs 0.01%).

Bahrain's Population Density is 119.8x that of Oman (2.0K /km² vs 16.31 /km²).

Bahrain's Water Stress (%) is 32.2x that of Oman (3.9K% vs 116.71%).

Bahrain's Suicide Rate is 4.1x that of Oman (4.7 per 100k vs 0.91 per 100k).

Bahrain's Current Account Balance (% of GDP) is 3.5x that of Oman (5.9% of GDP vs 1.3% of GDP).

Key Comparisons

Forest Coverage (%)Bahrain leads

Bahrain

0.95%

Oman

0.01%

Population DensityBahrain leads

Bahrain

2.0K /km²

Oman

16.31 /km²

Water Stress (%)Bahrain leads

Bahrain

3.9K%

Oman

116.71%

Suicide RateBahrain leads

Bahrain

4.7 per 100k

Oman

0.91 per 100k

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)Bahrain leads

Bahrain

5.9% of GDP

Oman

1.3% of GDP

Spirits ConsumptionBahrain leads

Oman

Bahrain

404.9K

Oman

5.23M

92% lower

Comparison of Bahrain and Oman across 110 metrics
				Winner
Forest Coverage (%)	0.95%	0.01%	12400% higher	Bahrain
Population Density	2.0K /km²	16.31 /km²	11983% higher	Bahrain
Water Stress (%)	3.9K%	116.71%	3222% higher	Bahrain
Suicide Rate	4.7 per 100k	0.91 per 100k	412% higher	Bahrain
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	5.9% of GDP	1.3% of GDP	354% higher	Bahrain
Spirits Consumption	0.57 L/person/yr	0.14 L/person/yr	323% higher	Bahrain
Beer Consumption	0.41 L/person/yr	0.12 L/person/yr	236% higher	Bahrain
Merchant Fleet Size	184	57	223% higher	Bahrain
Alcohol Consumption	1.3 L/adult/yr	0.51 L/adult/yr	145% higher	Bahrain
Credit Card Ownership	29.85% of adults	12.32% of adults	142% higher	Bahrain
Government Debt (% GDP)	111.6% of GDP	46.9% of GDP	138% higher	Bahrain
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	8.9 per 1M people	3.8 per 1M people	136% higher	Bahrain
Tourist Arrivals	1.91M	869.0K	120% higher	Bahrain
Agricultural Land (%)	10.13%	4.8%	113% higher	Bahrain
Land Area	800 km²	309.5K km²	100% lower	Oman
Irrigated Land	40 km²	1.2K km²	97% lower	Oman
Highest Elevation	135 m	3.0K m	96% lower	Oman
Solar Electricity Share	0.26%	4.3%	94% lower	Oman
Coastline Length	161 km	2.1K km	92% lower	Oman
Shipping Traffic	404.9K	5.23M	92% lower	Oman
Airports	3.0	37	92% lower	Oman
High-Tech Exports (%)	0.39%	5.0%	92% lower	Oman
Water Withdrawal	0.16 B m³	1.6 B m³	91% lower	Oman
Domestic Patents	3.0	30	90% lower	Oman
Political Corruption Index	0.48	0.25	89% higher	Bahrain
Energy Use (Per Capita)	10.7K kg oil eq/person	5.9K kg oil eq/person	82% higher	Bahrain
Smoking Rate	15%	8.4%	79% higher	Bahrain
Tobacco Use Prevalence	15.2% of adults	8.6% of adults	77% higher	Bahrain
Forest Area	7.6 km²	23.59 km²	68% lower	Oman
Electricity Carbon Intensity	902.24 gCO2/kWh	544.47 gCO2/kWh	66% higher	Bahrain
Unemployment Rate	1.1%	3.2%	65% lower	Oman
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.74 per 1k	2.0 per 1k	63% lower	Oman
Population	1.57M	3.97M	61% lower	Oman
Youth Unemployment Rate	5.4% of youth labor force	13.88% of youth labor force	61% lower	Oman
Total CO2 Emissions	37.97 Mt CO2e	98.51 Mt CO2e	61% lower	Oman
Armed Forces Personnel	19.0K	47.0K	60% lower	Oman
GDP Growth Rate	2.6%	1.6%	60% higher	Bahrain
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$66,941.24	$41,740.17	60% higher	Bahrain
Women's Political Empowerment	0.57	0.36	59% higher	Bahrain
Scientific Publications	671.6	1.6K	58% lower	Oman
Health Spending Per Capita	$1,110.68	$706.92	57% higher	Bahrain
Liberal Democracy Index	0.06	0.14	56% lower	Oman
GDP (Nominal)	$47,109,734,308.51	$107,137,198,769.39	56% lower	Oman
Education Spending (% GDP)	1.9% of GDP	4.3% of GDP	56% lower	Oman
Broadband Access (%)	17 per 100 people	11 per 100 people	55% higher	Bahrain
CO2 Per Capita	24.27 t/person/yr	15.65 t/person/yr	55% higher	Bahrain
Inflation Rate	0.90%	0.59%	52% higher	Bahrain
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	5.7% of GDP	11.64% of GDP	51% lower	Oman
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	3.0 sites	6.0 sites	50% lower	Oman
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	58.5 µg/m³	39.58 µg/m³	48% higher	Bahrain
Military Spending	2.9% of GDP	5.6% of GDP	48% lower	Oman
Protected Land (%)	11.7%	22%	47% lower	Oman
Elderly Population (%)	3.9%	2.6%	46% higher	Bahrain
Imports (% GDP)	70.14% of GDP	48.78% of GDP	44% higher	Bahrain
GNI Per Capita	$28,090	$19,520	44% higher	Bahrain
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.7 per 1k	1.2 per 1k	42% higher	Bahrain
Birth Rate	12.08 per 1k	20.65 per 1k	42% lower	Oman
Homicide Rate	0.20 per 100k	0.14 per 100k	41% higher	Bahrain
Electric Generating Capacity	7.03M kW	11.59M kW	39% lower	Oman
Fertility Rate	1.6 children/woman	2.6 children/woman	37% lower	Oman
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	30 days/yr	22 days/yr	36% higher	Bahrain
Foreign Patents	326	511	36% lower	Oman
Seafood Consumption per Person	18.75 kg/person/yr	29.3 kg/person/yr	36% lower	Oman
Air Passengers	5.73M	8.70M	34% lower	Oman
University Enrollment Rate	58.37%	43.84%	33% higher	Bahrain
Exports (% GDP)	87.67% of GDP	66.07% of GDP	33% higher	Bahrain
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	160 per 100 people	121 per 100 people	32% higher	Bahrain
Health Spending (% GDP)	3.8% of GDP	2.9% of GDP	32% higher	Bahrain
Digital Payments Used	77.26% of adults	60.44% of adults	28% higher	Bahrain
Teen Birth Rate	7.5 per 1k	6.0 per 1k	26% higher	Bahrain
Urban Population (%)	100%	79.44%	26% higher	Bahrain
Road Traffic Death Rate	8.1 per 100k	11 per 100k	26% lower	Oman
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	40.51 per 100k	54.23 per 100k	25% lower	Oman
Youth Population (%)	18.72%	24.71%	24% lower	Oman
Obesity Rate	37.19%	30.19%	23% higher	Bahrain
Dependency Ratio	29.15% of working-age pop.	37.66% of working-age pop.	23% lower	Oman
Food Waste per Person	183.29 kg/person/yr	150.55 kg/person/yr	22% higher	Bahrain
Electoral Democracy Index	0.14	0.17	21% lower	Oman
Big Mac Price	$4.77	$3.97	20% higher	Bahrain
Child Mortality	8.6 per 1k births	10.4 per 1k births	17% lower	Oman
Electricity Generation	36.17 TWh	43.35 TWh	17% lower	Oman
Hypertension Prevalence	38.8% of adults	46.1% of adults	16% lower	Oman
Can Raise Emergency Money	55.55% of adults	65.75% of adults	16% lower	Oman
Infant Mortality	7.2 per 1k births	8.4 per 1k births	14% lower	Oman
Freedom of Expression Index	0.17	0.15	14% higher	Bahrain
Median Age	32.9 years	29.3 years	12% higher	Bahrain
Death Rate	2.9 per 1k	3.2 per 1k	10% lower	Oman
Safe Drinking Water (%)	98.9%	91.1%	9% higher	Bahrain
Tourism Revenue	$724,000,000	$669,000,000	8% higher	Bahrain
Insufficient Physical Activity	37.94% of adults	40.88% of adults	7% lower	Oman
Human Development Index	0.90	0.86	5% higher	Bahrain
Internet Users (%)	100%	95%	5% higher	Bahrain
Corruption Perceptions Index	50 pts	52 pts	4% lower	Oman
Life Expectancy	81.3 years	80.0 years	2% higher	Bahrain
Sanitation Access (%)	100%	99.32%	1% higher	Bahrain
Life Evaluation Score	6.3 pts	6.2 pts	1% higher	Bahrain
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Bahrain
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Bahrain
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0.19%	ranked lower	Oman
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Bahrain
Renewable Energy (%)	0%	0.10%	ranked lower	Oman
Adult Literacy Rate	97.82%	97.34%	equal	Bahrain
Women in Parliament (%)	20%	0%	ranked higher	Bahrain
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	0 kWh/person	8.2K kWh/person	ranked lower	Oman
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Bahrain
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Bahrain
Land Border Length	0 km	1.6K km	ranked lower	Oman
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Bahrain
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 100k people	0.25 per 100k people	ranked lower	Oman
Border Neighbors	0	3.0	ranked lower	Oman

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Analysis

Bahrain leads in 60 of 110 shared metrics, while Oman leads in 50.

Bahrain's Forest Coverage (%) is 124.0x that of Oman (0.95% vs 0.01%).

Bahrain's Population Density is 119.8x that of Oman (2.0K /km² vs 16.31 /km²).

Bahrain's Water Stress (%) is 32.2x that of Oman (3.9K% vs 116.71%).

Bahrain's Suicide Rate is 4.1x that of Oman (4.7 per 100k vs 0.91 per 100k).

Bahrain's Current Account Balance (% of GDP) is 3.5x that of Oman (5.9% of GDP vs 1.3% of GDP).

Key Comparisons

Forest Coverage (%)Bahrain leads

Bahrain

0.95%

Oman

0.01%

Population DensityBahrain leads

Bahrain

2.0K /km²

Oman

16.31 /km²

Water Stress (%)Bahrain leads

Bahrain

3.9K%

Oman

116.71%

Suicide RateBahrain leads

Bahrain

4.7 per 100k

Oman

0.91 per 100k

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)Bahrain leads

Bahrain

5.9% of GDP

Oman

1.3% of GDP

Spirits ConsumptionBahrain leads

Bahrain

0.57 L/person/yr

Oman

0.14 L/person/yr

Forest Coverage (%)

0.95%

0.01%

Population Density

2.0K /km²

16.31 /km²

Water Stress (%)

3.9K%

116.71%

Suicide Rate

4.7 per 100k

0.91 per 100k

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)

5.9% of GDP

1.3% of GDP

Spirits Consumption

0.57 L/person/yr

0.14 L/person/yr

Beer Consumption

0.41 L/person/yr

0.12 L/person/yr

Merchant Fleet Size

184

Alcohol Consumption

1.3 L/adult/yr

0.51 L/adult/yr

Credit Card Ownership

29.85% of adults

12.32% of adults

Government Debt (% GDP)

111.6% of GDP

46.9% of GDP

8.9 per 1M people

3.8 per 1M people

Tourist Arrivals

1.91M

869.0K

Agricultural Land (%)

10.13%

4.8%

Land Area

800 km²

309.5K km²

Irrigated Land

40 km²

1.2K km²

Highest Elevation

135 m

3.0K m

Solar Electricity Share

0.26%

4.3%

Coastline Length

161 km

2.1K km

Shipping Traffic

404.9K

5.23M

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Forest Coverage (%)

Population Density

Water Stress (%)

Suicide Rate

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)

Spirits Consumption

Beer Consumption

Merchant Fleet Size

Alcohol Consumption

Credit Card Ownership

Government Debt (% GDP)

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Tourist Arrivals

Agricultural Land (%)

Land Area

Irrigated Land

Highest Elevation

Solar Electricity Share

Coastline Length

Shipping Traffic

Airports

High-Tech Exports (%)

Water Withdrawal

Domestic Patents

Political Corruption Index

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Smoking Rate

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Forest Area

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Unemployment Rate

Doctors (per 1,000)

Population

Youth Unemployment Rate

Total CO2 Emissions

Armed Forces Personnel

GDP Growth Rate

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Women's Political Empowerment

Scientific Publications

Health Spending Per Capita

Liberal Democracy Index

GDP (Nominal)

Education Spending (% GDP)

Broadband Access (%)

CO2 Per Capita

Inflation Rate

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Military Spending

Protected Land (%)

Elderly Population (%)

Imports (% GDP)

GNI Per Capita

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Birth Rate

Homicide Rate

Electric Generating Capacity

Fertility Rate

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Foreign Patents

Seafood Consumption per Person

Air Passengers

University Enrollment Rate

Exports (% GDP)

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Health Spending (% GDP)

Digital Payments Used

Teen Birth Rate

Urban Population (%)

Road Traffic Death Rate