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Bahrain vs United Arab Emirates

113 shared metrics.

BahrainLeads in 37

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United Arab EmiratesLeads in 76

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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

United Arab Emirates

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Identity

Name origin: self-descriptive country name.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Al Ain shows settled desert life going back to the Neolithic, with ancient oasis irrigation.

UNESCO

Analysis

United Arab Emirates leads in 76 of 113 shared metrics, while Bahrain leads in 37.

Bahrain's Population Density is 12.3x that of United Arab Emirates (2.0K /km² vs 147.62 /km²).

Bahrain's Government Debt (% GDP) is 4.7x that of United Arab Emirates (111.6% of GDP vs 19.7% of GDP).

Bahrain's Political Corruption Index is 3.5x that of United Arab Emirates (0.48 vs 0.10).

Bahrain's Tax Revenue (% GDP) is 3.4x that of United Arab Emirates (2.8% of GDP vs 0.65% of GDP).

Bahrain's All-Time Olympic Gold Medals is 3.0x that of United Arab Emirates (4.0 gold medals vs 1.0 gold medals).

Key Comparisons

Population DensityBahrain leads

Bahrain

2.0K /km²

United Arab Emirates

147.62 /km²

Government Debt (% GDP)Bahrain leads

Bahrain

111.6% of GDP

United Arab Emirates

19.7% of GDP

Political Corruption IndexBahrain leads

Bahrain

0.48

United Arab Emirates

0.10

Tax Revenue (% GDP)Bahrain leads

Bahrain

2.8% of GDP

United Arab Emirates

0.65% of GDP

All-Time Olympic Gold MedalsBahrain leads

Bahrain

4.0 gold medals

United Arab Emirates

1.0 gold medals

All-Time Olympic MedalsBahrain leads

United Arab Emirates

Bahrain

3.0

United Arab Emirates

96% lower

High-Tech Exports (%)

United Arab Emirates

Bahrain

0.39%

United Arab Emirates

9.0%

96% lower

Irrigated Land

United Arab Emirates

Bahrain

40 km²

United Arab Emirates

940 km²

96% lower

Comparison of Bahrain and United Arab Emirates across 113 metrics
				Winner
Population Density	2.0K /km²	147.62 /km²	1235% higher	Bahrain
Government Debt (% GDP)	111.6% of GDP	19.7% of GDP	466% higher	Bahrain
Political Corruption Index	0.48	0.10	354% higher	Bahrain
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	2.8% of GDP	0.65% of GDP	336% higher	Bahrain
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	4.0 gold medals	1.0 gold medals	300% higher	Bahrain
All-Time Olympic Medals	8.0 medals	2.0 medals	300% higher	Bahrain
Suicide Rate	4.7 per 100k	1.7 per 100k	173% higher	Bahrain
Freedom of Expression Index	0.17	0.06	173% higher	Bahrain
Beer Consumption	0.41 L/person/yr	0.16 L/person/yr	163% higher	Bahrain
Water Stress (%)	3.9K%	1.5K%	157% higher	Bahrain
Teen Birth Rate	7.5 per 1k	3.1 per 1k	143% higher	Bahrain
Elderly Population (%)	3.9%	1.8%	118% higher	Bahrain
Forest Area	7.6 km²	3.2K km²	100% lower	United Arab Emirates
Land Area	800 km²	71.0K km²	99% lower	United Arab Emirates
Shipping Traffic	404.9K	20.30M	98% lower	United Arab Emirates
Solar Electricity Share	0.26%	8.6%	97% lower	United Arab Emirates
Tourism Revenue	$724,000,000	$24,615,400,390.63	97% lower	United Arab Emirates
Domestic Patents	3.0	69	96% lower	United Arab Emirates
High-Tech Exports (%)	0.39%	9.0%	96% lower	United Arab Emirates
Irrigated Land	40 km²	940 km²	96% lower	United Arab Emirates
Air Passengers	5.73M	91.06M	94% lower	United Arab Emirates
Water Withdrawal	0.16 B m³	2.3 B m³	93% lower	United Arab Emirates
Airports	3.0	42	93% lower	United Arab Emirates
Electricity Carbon Intensity	902.24 gCO2/kWh	467.51 gCO2/kWh	93% higher	Bahrain
Highest Elevation	135 m	1.9K m	93% lower	United Arab Emirates
GDP (Nominal)	$47,109,734,308.51	$552,324,846,834.58	91% lower	United Arab Emirates
Scientific Publications	671.6	6.4K	90% lower	United Arab Emirates
Coastline Length	161 km	1.3K km	88% lower	United Arab Emirates
Foreign Patents	326	2.4K	86% lower	United Arab Emirates
Population	1.57M	10.09M	84% lower	United Arab Emirates
Agricultural Land (%)	10.13%	5.5%	84% higher	Bahrain
Electric Generating Capacity	7.03M kW	44.46M kW	84% lower	United Arab Emirates
Total CO2 Emissions	37.97 Mt CO2e	200.56 Mt CO2e	81% lower	United Arab Emirates
Infant Mortality	7.2 per 1k births	4.0 per 1k births	80% higher	Bahrain
Electricity Generation	36.17 TWh	177.25 TWh	80% lower	United Arab Emirates
Forest Coverage (%)	0.95%	4.5%	79% lower	United Arab Emirates
Tourist Arrivals	1.91M	8.08M	76% lower	United Arab Emirates
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.74 per 1k	3.0 per 1k	75% lower	United Arab Emirates
Child Mortality	8.6 per 1k births	5.0 per 1k births	72% higher	Bahrain
Merchant Fleet Size	184	655	72% lower	United Arab Emirates
Homicide Rate	0.20 per 100k	0.69 per 100k	72% lower	United Arab Emirates
Armed Forces Personnel	19.0K	63.0K	70% lower	United Arab Emirates
Smoking Rate	15%	9.0%	67% higher	Bahrain
Tobacco Use Prevalence	15.2% of adults	9.2% of adults	65% higher	Bahrain
Death Rate	2.9 per 1k	1.7 per 1k	65% higher	Bahrain
Spirits Consumption	0.57 L/person/yr	1.5 L/person/yr	62% lower	United Arab Emirates
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	58.5 µg/m³	36.31 µg/m³	61% higher	Bahrain
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	5.9% of GDP	15.3% of GDP	61% lower	United Arab Emirates
Women in Parliament (%)	20%	50%	60% lower	United Arab Emirates
Broadband Access (%)	17 per 100 people	37 per 100 people	54% lower	United Arab Emirates
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	8.9 per 1M people	19.22 per 1M people	54% lower	United Arab Emirates
Education Spending (% GDP)	1.9% of GDP	3.9% of GDP	52% lower	United Arab Emirates
Health Spending Per Capita	$1,110.68	$2,314.75	52% lower	United Arab Emirates
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	3.0 sites	2.0 sites	50% higher	Bahrain
Military Spending	2.9% of GDP	5.6% of GDP	49% lower	United Arab Emirates
Unemployment Rate	1.1%	2.1%	48% lower	United Arab Emirates
Inflation Rate	0.90%	1.7%	47% lower	United Arab Emirates
GNI Per Capita	$28,090	$51,550	46% lower	United Arab Emirates
Alcohol Consumption	1.3 L/adult/yr	2.1 L/adult/yr	40% lower	United Arab Emirates
Protected Land (%)	11.7%	19.2%	39% lower	United Arab Emirates
Insufficient Physical Activity	37.94% of adults	60.93% of adults	38% lower	United Arab Emirates
Road Traffic Death Rate	8.1 per 100k	5.9 per 100k	37% higher	Bahrain
GDP Growth Rate	2.6%	4.0%	35% lower	United Arab Emirates
Dependency Ratio	29.15% of working-age pop.	21.77% of working-age pop.	34% higher	Bahrain
Electoral Democracy Index	0.14	0.10	34% higher	Bahrain
Can Raise Emergency Money	55.55% of adults	81.64% of adults	32% lower	United Arab Emirates
Seafood Consumption per Person	18.75 kg/person/yr	27.02 kg/person/yr	31% lower	United Arab Emirates
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	5.7% of GDP	8.3% of GDP	31% lower	United Arab Emirates
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	40.51 per 100k	57.68 per 100k	30% lower	United Arab Emirates
Corruption Perceptions Index	50 pts	69 pts	28% lower	United Arab Emirates
Energy Use (Per Capita)	10.7K kg oil eq/person	8.3K kg oil eq/person	28% higher	Bahrain
Imports (% GDP)	70.14% of GDP	92.2% of GDP	24% lower	United Arab Emirates
Food Waste per Person	183.29 kg/person/yr	150.41 kg/person/yr	22% higher	Bahrain
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	160 per 100 people	203 per 100 people	21% lower	United Arab Emirates
CO2 Per Capita	24.27 t/person/yr	20.13 t/person/yr	21% higher	Bahrain
Liberal Democracy Index	0.06	0.08	19% lower	United Arab Emirates
Obesity Rate	37.19%	31.55%	18% higher	Bahrain
Exports (% GDP)	87.67% of GDP	106.85% of GDP	18% lower	United Arab Emirates
Health Spending (% GDP)	3.8% of GDP	4.7% of GDP	18% lower	United Arab Emirates
Urban Population (%)	100%	85.82%	17% higher	Bahrain
Youth Unemployment Rate	5.4% of youth labor force	6.5% of youth labor force	16% lower	United Arab Emirates
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$66,941.24	$79,228.74	16% lower	United Arab Emirates
Youth Population (%)	18.72%	16.11%	16% higher	Bahrain
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.7 per 1k	2.0 per 1k	15% lower	United Arab Emirates
Birth Rate	12.08 per 1k	10.65 per 1k	13% higher	Bahrain
Credit Card Ownership	29.85% of adults	26.84% of adults	11% higher	Bahrain
University Enrollment Rate	58.37%	63.74%	8% lower	United Arab Emirates
Big Mac Price	$4.77	$5.17	8% lower	United Arab Emirates
Life Evaluation Score	6.3 pts	6.8 pts	8% lower	United Arab Emirates
Women's Political Empowerment	0.57	0.61	7% lower	United Arab Emirates
Median Age	32.9 years	31.2 years	5% higher	Bahrain
Human Development Index	0.90	0.94	4% lower	United Arab Emirates
Hypertension Prevalence	38.8% of adults	39.4% of adults	2% lower	United Arab Emirates
Life Expectancy	81.3 years	82.9 years	2% lower	United Arab Emirates
Fertility Rate	1.6 children/woman	1.6 children/woman	2% higher	Bahrain
Adult Literacy Rate	97.82%	98.81%	1% lower	United Arab Emirates
Sanitation Access (%)	100%	99.09%	1% higher	Bahrain
Digital Payments Used	77.26% of adults	76.61% of adults	1% higher	Bahrain
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	United Arab Emirates
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	30 days/yr	30 days/yr	equal	United Arab Emirates
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked lower	United Arab Emirates
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0.11%	ranked lower	United Arab Emirates
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	United Arab Emirates
Renewable Energy (%)	0%	1.0%	ranked lower	United Arab Emirates
Internet Users (%)	100%	100%	equal	United Arab Emirates
Safe Drinking Water (%)	98.9%	98.64%	equal	Bahrain
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	0 kWh/person	14.7K kWh/person	ranked lower	United Arab Emirates
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked lower	United Arab Emirates
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked lower	United Arab Emirates
Land Border Length	0 km	1.1K km	ranked lower	United Arab Emirates
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	United Arab Emirates
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 100k people	0.71 per 100k people	ranked lower	United Arab Emirates
Border Neighbors	0	2.0	ranked lower	United Arab Emirates

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Bahrain United Arab Emirates

Analysis

United Arab Emirates leads in 76 of 113 shared metrics, while Bahrain leads in 37.

Bahrain's Population Density is 12.3x that of United Arab Emirates (2.0K /km² vs 147.62 /km²).

Bahrain's Government Debt (% GDP) is 4.7x that of United Arab Emirates (111.6% of GDP vs 19.7% of GDP).

Bahrain's Political Corruption Index is 3.5x that of United Arab Emirates (0.48 vs 0.10).

Bahrain's Tax Revenue (% GDP) is 3.4x that of United Arab Emirates (2.8% of GDP vs 0.65% of GDP).

Bahrain's All-Time Olympic Gold Medals is 3.0x that of United Arab Emirates (4.0 gold medals vs 1.0 gold medals).

Key Comparisons

Population DensityBahrain leads

Bahrain

2.0K /km²

United Arab Emirates

147.62 /km²

Government Debt (% GDP)Bahrain leads

Bahrain

111.6% of GDP

United Arab Emirates

19.7% of GDP

Political Corruption IndexBahrain leads

Bahrain

0.48

United Arab Emirates

0.10

Tax Revenue (% GDP)Bahrain leads

Bahrain

2.8% of GDP

United Arab Emirates

0.65% of GDP

All-Time Olympic Gold MedalsBahrain leads

Bahrain

4.0 gold medals

United Arab Emirates

1.0 gold medals

All-Time Olympic MedalsBahrain leads

Bahrain

8.0 medals

United Arab Emirates

2.0 medals

Population Density

2.0K /km²

147.62 /km²

Government Debt (% GDP)

111.6% of GDP

19.7% of GDP

Political Corruption Index

0.48

0.10

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

2.8% of GDP

0.65% of GDP

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

4.0 gold medals

1.0 gold medals

All-Time Olympic Medals

8.0 medals

2.0 medals

Suicide Rate

4.7 per 100k

1.7 per 100k

Freedom of Expression Index

0.17

0.06

Beer Consumption

0.41 L/person/yr

0.16 L/person/yr

Water Stress (%)

3.9K%

1.5K%

Teen Birth Rate

7.5 per 1k

3.1 per 1k

Elderly Population (%)

3.9%

1.8%

Forest Area

7.6 km²

3.2K km²

Land Area

800 km²

71.0K km²

Shipping Traffic

404.9K

20.30M

Solar Electricity Share

0.26%

8.6%

Tourism Revenue

$724,000,000

$24,615,400,390.63

Domestic Patents

3.0

High-Tech Exports (%)

0.39%

9.0%

Irrigated Land

40 km²

940 km²

Bahrain vs United Arab Emirates

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Population Density

Government Debt (% GDP)

Political Corruption Index

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

All-Time Olympic Medals

Suicide Rate

Freedom of Expression Index

Beer Consumption

Water Stress (%)

Teen Birth Rate

Elderly Population (%)

Forest Area

Land Area

Shipping Traffic

Solar Electricity Share

Tourism Revenue

Domestic Patents

High-Tech Exports (%)

Irrigated Land

Air Passengers

Water Withdrawal

Airports

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Highest Elevation

GDP (Nominal)

Scientific Publications

Coastline Length

Foreign Patents

Population

Agricultural Land (%)

Electric Generating Capacity

Total CO2 Emissions

Infant Mortality

Electricity Generation

Forest Coverage (%)

Tourist Arrivals

Doctors (per 1,000)

Child Mortality

Merchant Fleet Size

Homicide Rate

Armed Forces Personnel

Smoking Rate

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Death Rate

Spirits Consumption

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)

Women in Parliament (%)

Broadband Access (%)

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Education Spending (% GDP)

Health Spending Per Capita

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Military Spending

Unemployment Rate

Inflation Rate

GNI Per Capita

Alcohol Consumption

Protected Land (%)

Insufficient Physical Activity

Road Traffic Death Rate

GDP Growth Rate

Dependency Ratio

Electoral Democracy Index

Can Raise Emergency Money

Seafood Consumption per Person

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Corruption Perceptions Index

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Imports (% GDP)