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Bahrain vs Saudi Arabia

114 shared metrics.

BahrainLeads in 51

vs114 shared

Saudi ArabiaLeads in 63

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Bahrain

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Kingdom of Bahrain.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

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

UNESCO

Saudi Arabia

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Saudi Arabia holds most of the Empty Quarter, the largest continuous sand sea on Earth.

NASA

Analysis

Saudi Arabia leads in 63 of 114 shared metrics, while Bahrain leads in 51.

Bahrain's Population Density is 124.7x that of Saudi Arabia (2.0K /km² vs 15.68 /km²).

Bahrain's Firms Hit by Power Outages is 21.8x that of Saudi Arabia (15.22% of firms vs 0.67% of firms).

Bahrain's Electoral Democracy Index is 7.7x that of Saudi Arabia (0.14 vs 0.02).

Bahrain's Government Debt (% GDP) is 7.5x that of Saudi Arabia (111.6% of GDP vs 13.1% of GDP).

Bahrain's Firms Making Informal Payments is 4.5x that of Saudi Arabia (5.6% of firms vs 1.0% of firms).

Key Comparisons

Population DensityBahrain leads

Bahrain

2.0K /km²

Saudi Arabia

15.68 /km²

Firms Hit by Power OutagesBahrain leads

Bahrain

15.22% of firms

Saudi Arabia

0.67% of firms

Electoral Democracy IndexBahrain leads

Bahrain

0.14

Saudi Arabia

0.02

Government Debt (% GDP)Bahrain leads

Bahrain

111.6% of GDP

Saudi Arabia

13.1% of GDP

Firms Making Informal PaymentsBahrain leads

Bahrain

5.6% of firms

Saudi Arabia

1.0% of firms

Firms with Female Top ManagerBahrain leads

Bahrain

8.9 per 1M people

Saudi Arabia

3.2 per 1M people

177% higher

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)

Imports (% GDP)

Bahrain

70.14% of GDP

Saudi Arabia

25.57% of GDP

174% higher

Bahrain

8.0 medals

Saudi Arabia

4.0 medals

100% higher

Water Withdrawal

Saudi Arabia

Bahrain

0.16 B m³

Saudi Arabia

23.38 B m³

99% lower

Irrigated Land

Saudi Arabia

Bahrain

40 km²

Saudi Arabia

7.6K km²

99% lower

Scientific Publications

Saudi Arabia

Bahrain

671.6

Saudi Arabia

25.8K

97% lower

Comparison of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia across 114 metrics
				Winner
Population Density	2.0K /km²	15.68 /km²	12474% higher	Bahrain
Firms Hit by Power Outages	15.22% of firms	0.67% of firms	2181% higher	Bahrain
Electoral Democracy Index	0.14	0.02	769% higher	Bahrain
Government Debt (% GDP)	111.6% of GDP	13.1% of GDP	752% higher	Bahrain
Firms Making Informal Payments	5.6% of firms	1.0% of firms	451% higher	Bahrain
Firms with Female Top Manager	8.9% of firms	1.8% of firms	405% higher	Bahrain
Suicide Rate	4.7 per 100k	0.95 per 100k	391% higher	Bahrain
Water Stress (%)	3.9K%	974.17%	298% higher	Bahrain
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	5.7% of GDP	1.7% of GDP	233% higher	Bahrain
Exports (% GDP)	87.67% of GDP	29.11% of GDP	201% higher	Bahrain
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	8.9 per 1M people	3.2 per 1M people	177% higher	Bahrain
Imports (% GDP)	70.14% of GDP	25.57% of GDP	174% higher	Bahrain
Forest Coverage (%)	0.95%	0.45%	109% higher	Bahrain
Domestic Patents	3.0	1.4K	100% lower	Saudi Arabia
Forest Area	7.6 km²	9.8K km²	100% lower	Saudi Arabia
Land Area	800 km²	2.15M km²	100% lower	Saudi Arabia
All-Time Olympic Medals	8.0 medals	4.0 medals	100% higher	Bahrain
Water Withdrawal	0.16 B m³	23.38 B m³	99% lower	Saudi Arabia
Irrigated Land	40 km²	7.6K km²	99% lower	Saudi Arabia
Scientific Publications	671.6	25.8K	97% lower	Saudi Arabia
Airports	3.0	89	97% lower	Saudi Arabia
Population	1.57M	36.54M	96% lower	Saudi Arabia
Shipping Traffic	404.9K	10.46M	96% lower	Saudi Arabia
GDP (Nominal)	$47,109,734,308.51	$1,239,804,533,333.33	96% lower	Saudi Arabia
Highest Elevation	135 m	3.0K m	95% lower	Saudi Arabia
Coastline Length	161 km	2.6K km	94% lower	Saudi Arabia
Total CO2 Emissions	37.97 Mt CO2e	652.51 Mt CO2e	94% lower	Saudi Arabia
Electric Generating Capacity	7.03M kW	119.62M kW	94% lower	Saudi Arabia
Armed Forces Personnel	19.0K	282.0K	93% lower	Saudi Arabia
Electricity Generation	36.17 TWh	454.64 TWh	92% lower	Saudi Arabia
Air Passengers	5.73M	47.98M	88% lower	Saudi Arabia
Tourism Revenue	$724,000,000	$5,960,000,000	88% lower	Saudi Arabia
Foreign Patents	326	2.6K	87% lower	Saudi Arabia
Agricultural Land (%)	10.13%	80.77%	87% lower	Saudi Arabia
Freedom of Expression Index	0.17	0.09	87% higher	Bahrain
Solar Electricity Share	0.26%	1.8%	86% lower	Saudi Arabia
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.74 per 1k	3.4 per 1k	78% lower	Saudi Arabia
Unemployment Rate	1.1%	3.9%	72% lower	Saudi Arabia
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	2.8% of GDP	8.2% of GDP	66% lower	Saudi Arabia
Seafood Consumption per Person	18.75 kg/person/yr	11.35 kg/person/yr	65% higher	Bahrain
Women's Political Empowerment	0.57	0.35	64% higher	Bahrain
Education Spending (% GDP)	1.9% of GDP	5.1% of GDP	63% lower	Saudi Arabia
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	3.0 sites	8.0 sites	62% lower	Saudi Arabia
Broadband Access (%)	17 per 100 people	44 per 100 people	61% lower	Saudi Arabia
Military Spending	2.9% of GDP	7.3% of GDP	60% lower	Saudi Arabia
Merchant Fleet Size	184	433	58% lower	Saudi Arabia
Road Traffic Death Rate	8.1 per 100k	18.5 per 100k	56% lower	Saudi Arabia
Firms Asked for Bribes	4.3% of firms	9.5% of firms	55% lower	Saudi Arabia
Inflation Rate	0.90%	1.7%	47% lower	Saudi Arabia
Infant Mortality	7.2 per 1k births	4.9 per 1k births	47% higher	Bahrain
Political Corruption Index	0.48	0.33	46% higher	Bahrain
Youth Unemployment Rate	5.4% of youth labor force	10.01% of youth labor force	46% lower	Saudi Arabia
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	30 days/yr	21 days/yr	43% higher	Bahrain
Energy Use (Per Capita)	10.7K kg oil eq/person	7.5K kg oil eq/person	42% higher	Bahrain
Can Raise Emergency Money	55.55% of adults	95.89% of adults	42% lower	Saudi Arabia
Child Mortality	8.6 per 1k births	6.2 per 1k births	39% higher	Bahrain
Protected Land (%)	11.7%	18.5%	37% lower	Saudi Arabia
Teen Birth Rate	7.5 per 1k	11.11 per 1k	32% lower	Saudi Arabia
Liberal Democracy Index	0.06	0.05	32% higher	Bahrain
Elderly Population (%)	3.9%	3.0%	31% higher	Bahrain
University Enrollment Rate	58.37%	83.88%	30% lower	Saudi Arabia
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	40.51 per 100k	58.04 per 100k	30% lower	Saudi Arabia
GDP Growth Rate	2.6%	2.0%	30% higher	Bahrain
Health Spending Per Capita	$1,110.68	$1,593.37	30% lower	Saudi Arabia
Electricity Carbon Intensity	902.24 gCO2/kWh	691.95 gCO2/kWh	30% higher	Bahrain
Insufficient Physical Activity	37.94% of adults	54.13% of adults	30% lower	Saudi Arabia
High-Tech Exports (%)	0.39%	0.54%	29% lower	Saudi Arabia
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.7 per 1k	2.2 per 1k	23% lower	Saudi Arabia
Food Waste per Person	183.29 kg/person/yr	148.88 kg/person/yr	23% higher	Bahrain
GNI Per Capita	$28,090	$35,630	21% lower	Saudi Arabia
Youth Population (%)	18.72%	23.82%	21% lower	Saudi Arabia
Dependency Ratio	29.15% of working-age pop.	36.55% of working-age pop.	20% lower	Saudi Arabia
Death Rate	2.9 per 1k	3.5 per 1k	19% lower	Saudi Arabia
CO2 Per Capita	24.27 t/person/yr	20.38 t/person/yr	19% higher	Bahrain
Urban Population (%)	100%	84.46%	18% higher	Bahrain
Health Spending (% GDP)	3.8% of GDP	4.6% of GDP	17% lower	Saudi Arabia
Hypertension Prevalence	38.8% of adults	34.2% of adults	13% higher	Bahrain
Corruption Perceptions Index	50 pts	57 pts	12% lower	Saudi Arabia
Median Age	32.9 years	29.2 years	12% higher	Bahrain
Fertility Rate	1.6 children/woman	1.8 children/woman	11% lower	Saudi Arabia
Obesity Rate	37.19%	41.11%	10% lower	Saudi Arabia
Birth Rate	12.08 per 1k	13.41 per 1k	10% lower	Saudi Arabia
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	58.5 µg/m³	53.15 µg/m³	10% higher	Bahrain
Life Evaluation Score	6.3 pts	6.8 pts	8% lower	Saudi Arabia
Big Mac Price	$4.77	$5.07	6% lower	Saudi Arabia
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$66,941.24	$71,375.37	6% lower	Saudi Arabia
Tobacco Use Prevalence	15.2% of adults	14.7% of adults	3% higher	Bahrain
Life Expectancy	81.3 years	78.7 years	3% higher	Bahrain
Sanitation Access (%)	100%	97.61%	2% higher	Bahrain
Digital Payments Used	77.26% of adults	75.72% of adults	2% higher	Bahrain
Smoking Rate	15%	14.9%	1% higher	Bahrain
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	160 per 100 people	157.78 per 100 people	1% higher	Bahrain
Women in Parliament (%)	20%	19.87%	1% higher	Bahrain
Credit Card Ownership	29.85% of adults	30.13% of adults	1% lower	Saudi Arabia
Human Development Index	0.90	0.90	equal	Saudi Arabia
Beer Consumption	0.41 L/person/yr	0 L/person/yr	ranked higher	Bahrain
Spirits Consumption	0.57 L/person/yr	0 L/person/yr	ranked 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%	0.35%	ranked lower	Saudi Arabia
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Bahrain
Renewable Energy (%)	0%	0.10%	ranked lower	Saudi Arabia
Internet Users (%)	100%	100%	equal	Bahrain
Adult Literacy Rate	97.82%	97.93%	equal	Saudi Arabia
Alcohol Consumption	1.3 L/adult/yr	0 L/adult/yr	ranked higher	Bahrain
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	0 kWh/person	11.8K kWh/person	ranked lower	Saudi Arabia
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	4.3K km	ranked lower	Saudi Arabia
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Bahrain
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	5.9% of GDP	-3% of GDP	ranked higher	Bahrain
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 100k people	0.31 per 100k people	ranked lower	Saudi Arabia
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	4.0 gold medals	0 gold medals	ranked higher	Bahrain
Border Neighbors	0	7.0	ranked lower	Saudi Arabia

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Bahrain Saudi Arabia

Analysis

Saudi Arabia leads in 63 of 114 shared metrics, while Bahrain leads in 51.

Bahrain's Population Density is 124.7x that of Saudi Arabia (2.0K /km² vs 15.68 /km²).

Bahrain's Firms Hit by Power Outages is 21.8x that of Saudi Arabia (15.22% of firms vs 0.67% of firms).

Bahrain's Electoral Democracy Index is 7.7x that of Saudi Arabia (0.14 vs 0.02).

Bahrain's Government Debt (% GDP) is 7.5x that of Saudi Arabia (111.6% of GDP vs 13.1% of GDP).

Bahrain's Firms Making Informal Payments is 4.5x that of Saudi Arabia (5.6% of firms vs 1.0% of firms).

Key Comparisons

Population DensityBahrain leads

Bahrain

2.0K /km²

Saudi Arabia

15.68 /km²

Firms Hit by Power OutagesBahrain leads

Bahrain

15.22% of firms

Saudi Arabia

0.67% of firms

Electoral Democracy IndexBahrain leads

Bahrain

0.14

Saudi Arabia

0.02

Government Debt (% GDP)Bahrain leads

Bahrain

111.6% of GDP

Saudi Arabia

13.1% of GDP

Firms Making Informal PaymentsBahrain leads

Bahrain

5.6% of firms

Saudi Arabia

1.0% of firms

Firms with Female Top ManagerBahrain leads

Bahrain

8.9% of firms

Saudi Arabia

1.8% of firms

Population Density

2.0K /km²

15.68 /km²

Firms Hit by Power Outages

15.22% of firms

0.67% of firms

Electoral Democracy Index

0.14

0.02

Government Debt (% GDP)

111.6% of GDP

13.1% of GDP

Firms Making Informal Payments

5.6% of firms

1.0% of firms

Firms with Female Top Manager

8.9% of firms

1.8% of firms

Suicide Rate

4.7 per 100k

0.95 per 100k

Water Stress (%)

3.9K%

974.17%

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

5.7% of GDP

1.7% of GDP

Exports (% GDP)

87.67% of GDP

29.11% of GDP

8.9 per 1M people

3.2 per 1M people

Imports (% GDP)

70.14% of GDP

25.57% of GDP

Forest Coverage (%)

0.95%

0.45%

Domestic Patents

3.0

1.4K

Forest Area

7.6 km²

9.8K km²

Land Area

800 km²

2.15M km²

All-Time Olympic Medals

8.0 medals

4.0 medals

Water Withdrawal

0.16 B m³

23.38 B m³

Irrigated Land

40 km²

7.6K km²

Scientific Publications

671.6

25.8K

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Population Density

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Electoral Democracy Index

Government Debt (% GDP)

Firms Making Informal Payments

Firms with Female Top Manager

Suicide Rate

Water Stress (%)

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Exports (% GDP)

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Imports (% GDP)

Forest Coverage (%)

Domestic Patents

Forest Area

Land Area

All-Time Olympic Medals

Water Withdrawal

Irrigated Land

Scientific Publications

Airports

Population

Shipping Traffic

GDP (Nominal)

Highest Elevation

Coastline Length

Total CO2 Emissions

Electric Generating Capacity

Armed Forces Personnel

Electricity Generation

Air Passengers

Tourism Revenue

Foreign Patents

Agricultural Land (%)

Freedom of Expression Index

Solar Electricity Share

Doctors (per 1,000)

Unemployment Rate

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

Seafood Consumption per Person

Women's Political Empowerment

Education Spending (% GDP)

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Broadband Access (%)

Military Spending

Merchant Fleet Size

Road Traffic Death Rate

Firms Asked for Bribes

Inflation Rate

Infant Mortality

Political Corruption Index

Youth Unemployment Rate

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Can Raise Emergency Money

Child Mortality

Protected Land (%)

Teen Birth Rate

Liberal Democracy Index

Elderly Population (%)

University Enrollment Rate

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

GDP Growth Rate

Health Spending Per Capita

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Insufficient Physical Activity

High-Tech Exports (%)

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Food Waste per Person

GNI Per Capita

Youth Population (%)

Dependency Ratio