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Oman vs Yemen

95 shared metrics.

OmanLeads in 58

vs95 shared

YemenLeads in 37

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What matters for both sides

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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

Yemen

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Yemen.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Yemen's Socotra has reptiles and land snails found almost nowhere else on Earth.

UNESCO

Analysis

Oman leads in 58 of 95 shared metrics, while Yemen leads in 37.

Oman's Electricity Use (Per Capita) is 150.1x that of Yemen (8.2K kWh/person vs 53.97 kWh/person).

Oman's Energy Use (Per Capita) is 84.1x that of Yemen (5.9K kg oil eq/person vs 68.95 kg oil eq/person).

Oman's CO2 Per Capita is 61.8x that of Yemen (15.65 t/person/yr vs 0.25 t/person/yr).

Oman's Credit Card Ownership is 23.3x that of Yemen (12.32% of adults vs 0.51% of adults).

Oman's Foreign Patents is 22.2x that of Yemen (511 vs 22).

Key Comparisons

Electricity Use (Per Capita)Oman leads

Oman

8.2K kWh/person

Yemen

53.97 kWh/person

Energy Use (Per Capita)Oman leads

Oman

5.9K kg oil eq/person

Yemen

68.95 kg oil eq/person

CO2 Per CapitaOman leads

Oman

15.65 t/person/yr

Yemen

0.25 t/person/yr

Credit Card OwnershipOman leads

Oman

12.32% of adults

Yemen

0.51% of adults

Foreign PatentsOman leads

Oman

511

Yemen

Protected Land (%)Oman leads

0.25 per 100k people

Yemen

0.05 per 100k people

385% higher

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

Comparison of Oman and Yemen across 95 metrics
				Winner
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	8.2K kWh/person	53.97 kWh/person	15014% higher	Oman
Energy Use (Per Capita)	5.9K kg oil eq/person	68.95 kg oil eq/person	8410% higher	Oman
CO2 Per Capita	15.65 t/person/yr	0.25 t/person/yr	6176% higher	Oman
Credit Card Ownership	12.32% of adults	0.51% of adults	2332% higher	Oman
Foreign Patents	511	22	2223% higher	Oman
Protected Land (%)	22%	1.1%	1900% higher	Oman
Doctors (per 1,000)	2.0 per 1k	0.10 per 1k	1890% higher	Oman
Health Spending Per Capita	$706.92	$38.12	1755% higher	Oman
Electricity Generation	43.35 TWh	3.1 TWh	1312% higher	Oman
Air Passengers	8.70M	618.6K	1306% higher	Oman
Shipping Traffic	5.23M	418.7K	1149% higher	Oman
Alcohol Consumption	0.51 L/adult/yr	0.04 L/adult/yr	1059% higher	Oman
Broadband Access (%)	11 per 100 people	1.0 per 100 people	1000% higher	Oman
Seafood Consumption per Person	29.3 kg/person/yr	2.7 kg/person/yr	973% higher	Oman
Total CO2 Emissions	98.51 Mt CO2e	10.58 Mt CO2e	831% higher	Oman
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	54.23 per 100k	6.4 per 100k	749% higher	Oman
Internet Users (%)	95%	14%	579% higher	Oman
Digital Payments Used	60.44% of adults	9.3% of adults	548% higher	Oman
Electric Generating Capacity	11.59M kW	1.79M kW	547% higher	Oman
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.25 per 100k people	0.05 per 100k people	385% higher	Oman
Beer Consumption	0.12 L/person/yr	0.03 L/person/yr	329% higher	Oman
Corruption Perceptions Index	52 pts	13 pts	300% higher	Oman
Scientific Publications	1.6K	415.15	283% higher	Oman
Milk Consumption per Person	152.28 kg/person/yr	43.97 kg/person/yr	246% higher	Oman
Liberal Democracy Index	0.14	0.04	226% higher	Oman
Obesity Rate	30.19%	11.56%	161% higher	Oman
Meat Consumption per Person	43.34 kg/person/yr	16.86 kg/person/yr	157% higher	Oman
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	121 per 100 people	51 per 100 people	137% higher	Oman
Women's Political Empowerment	0.36	0.16	122% higher	Oman
Urban Population (%)	79.44%	36.81%	116% higher	Oman
Forest Area	23.59 km²	5.5K km²	100% lower	Yemen
Forest Coverage (%)	0.01%	1.0%	99% lower	Yemen
Inflation Rate	0.59%	29.1%	98% lower	Yemen
Renewable Energy (%)	0.10%	3.7%	97% lower	Yemen
Capital Elevation	69 m	2.3K m	97% lower	Yemen
Teen Birth Rate	6.0 per 1k	75.33 per 1k	92% lower	Yemen
Merchant Fleet Size	57	30	90% higher	Oman
Agricultural Land (%)	4.8%	44.42%	89% lower	Yemen
Population	3.97M	34.51M	88% lower	Yemen
Human Development Index	0.86	0.47	83% higher	Oman
Irrigated Land	1.2K km²	6.8K km²	83% lower	Yemen
Unemployment Rate	3.2%	17.09%	81% lower	Yemen
Population Density	16.31 /km²	74.61 /km²	78% lower	Yemen
Suicide Rate	0.91 per 100k	4.2 per 100k	78% lower	Yemen
Infant Mortality	8.4 per 1k births	34.7 per 1k births	76% lower	Yemen
Life Evaluation Score	6.2 pts	3.5 pts	75% higher	Oman
Child Mortality	10.4 per 1k births	39.3 per 1k births	74% lower	Yemen
Political Corruption Index	0.25	0.90	72% lower	Yemen
Road Traffic Death Rate	11 per 100k	29.8 per 100k	63% lower	Yemen
Smoking Rate	8.4%	21.4%	61% lower	Yemen
Median Age	29.3 years	18.2 years	61% higher	Oman
Solar Electricity Share	4.3%	11.24%	61% lower	Yemen
Hypertension Prevalence	46.1% of adults	28.9% of adults	60% higher	Oman
Sanitation Access (%)	99.32%	63.08%	57% higher	Oman
Youth Unemployment Rate	13.88% of youth labor force	32.6% of youth labor force	57% lower	Yemen
Water Withdrawal	1.6 B m³	3.6 B m³	54% lower	Yemen
Health Spending (% GDP)	2.9% of GDP	6.2% of GDP	53% lower	Yemen
Dependency Ratio	37.66% of working-age pop.	77.47% of working-age pop.	51% lower	Yemen
Domestic Patents	30	20	50% higher	Oman
Border Neighbors	3.0	2.0	50% higher	Oman
Death Rate	3.2 per 1k	6.2 per 1k	49% lower	Yemen
Insufficient Physical Activity	40.88% of adults	28.72% of adults	42% higher	Oman
Land Area	309.5K km²	528.0K km²	41% lower	Yemen
Military Spending	5.6% of GDP	4.0% of GDP	41% higher	Oman
Youth Population (%)	24.71%	41.13%	40% lower	Yemen
Electoral Democracy Index	0.17	0.13	38% higher	Oman
Water Stress (%)	116.71%	169.76%	31% lower	Yemen
Government Debt (% GDP)	46.9% of GDP	68.1% of GDP	31% lower	Yemen
Freedom of Expression Index	0.15	0.22	31% lower	Yemen
Birth Rate	20.65 per 1k	29.07 per 1k	29% lower	Yemen
Fertility Rate	2.6 children/woman	3.6 children/woman	28% lower	Yemen
Can Raise Emergency Money	65.75% of adults	89.16% of adults	26% lower	Yemen
Electricity Access (%)	100%	83.6%	20% higher	Oman
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	6.0 sites	5.0 sites	20% higher	Oman
Armed Forces Personnel	47.0K	40.0K	18% higher	Oman
Highest Elevation	3.0K m	3.7K m	18% lower	Yemen
Life Expectancy	80.0 years	69.3 years	15% higher	Oman
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	39.58 µg/m³	34.83 µg/m³	14% higher	Oman
Coastline Length	2.1K km	1.9K km	10% higher	Oman
Electricity Carbon Intensity	544.47 gCO2/kWh	592.38 gCO2/kWh	8% lower	Yemen
Airports	37	40	7% lower	Yemen
Elderly Population (%)	2.6%	2.5%	5% higher	Oman
Food Waste per Person	150.55 kg/person/yr	158.98 kg/person/yr	5% lower	Yemen
Land Border Length	1.6K km	1.6K km	2% lower	Yemen
Spirits Consumption	0.14 L/person/yr	0 L/person/yr	ranked higher	Oman
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Oman
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	22 days/yr	22 days/yr	equal	Oman
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Oman
Wind Electricity Share	0.19%	0%	ranked higher	Oman
Women in Parliament (%)	0%	0%	ranked higher	Oman
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0.03 per 1M people	ranked lower	Yemen
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Oman
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Oman
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	1.3% of GDP	-6.7% of GDP	ranked higher	Oman
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	3.8 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Oman

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Analysis

Oman leads in 58 of 95 shared metrics, while Yemen leads in 37.

Oman's Electricity Use (Per Capita) is 150.1x that of Yemen (8.2K kWh/person vs 53.97 kWh/person).

Oman's Energy Use (Per Capita) is 84.1x that of Yemen (5.9K kg oil eq/person vs 68.95 kg oil eq/person).

Oman's CO2 Per Capita is 61.8x that of Yemen (15.65 t/person/yr vs 0.25 t/person/yr).

Oman's Credit Card Ownership is 23.3x that of Yemen (12.32% of adults vs 0.51% of adults).

Oman's Foreign Patents is 22.2x that of Yemen (511 vs 22).

Key Comparisons

Electricity Use (Per Capita)Oman leads

Oman

8.2K kWh/person

Yemen

53.97 kWh/person

Energy Use (Per Capita)Oman leads

Oman

5.9K kg oil eq/person

Yemen

68.95 kg oil eq/person

CO2 Per CapitaOman leads

Oman

15.65 t/person/yr

Yemen

0.25 t/person/yr

Credit Card OwnershipOman leads

Oman

12.32% of adults

Yemen

0.51% of adults

Foreign PatentsOman leads

Oman

511

Yemen

Protected Land (%)Oman leads

Oman

22%

Yemen

1.1%

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

8.2K kWh/person

53.97 kWh/person

Energy Use (Per Capita)

5.9K kg oil eq/person

68.95 kg oil eq/person

CO2 Per Capita

15.65 t/person/yr

0.25 t/person/yr

Credit Card Ownership

12.32% of adults

0.51% of adults

Foreign Patents

511

Protected Land (%)

22%

1.1%

Doctors (per 1,000)

2.0 per 1k

0.10 per 1k

Health Spending Per Capita

$706.92

$38.12

Electricity Generation

43.35 TWh

3.1 TWh

Air Passengers

8.70M

618.6K

Shipping Traffic

5.23M

418.7K

Alcohol Consumption

0.51 L/adult/yr

0.04 L/adult/yr

Broadband Access (%)

11 per 100 people

1.0 per 100 people

Seafood Consumption per Person

29.3 kg/person/yr

2.7 kg/person/yr

Total CO2 Emissions

98.51 Mt CO2e

10.58 Mt CO2e

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

54.23 per 100k

6.4 per 100k

Internet Users (%)

95%

14%

Digital Payments Used

60.44% of adults

9.3% of adults

Electric Generating Capacity

11.59M kW

1.79M kW

0.25 per 100k people

0.05 per 100k people

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Energy Use (Per Capita)

CO2 Per Capita

Credit Card Ownership

Foreign Patents

Protected Land (%)

Doctors (per 1,000)

Health Spending Per Capita

Electricity Generation

Air Passengers

Shipping Traffic

Alcohol Consumption

Broadband Access (%)

Seafood Consumption per Person

Total CO2 Emissions

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Internet Users (%)

Digital Payments Used

Electric Generating Capacity

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Beer Consumption

Corruption Perceptions Index

Scientific Publications

Milk Consumption per Person

Liberal Democracy Index

Obesity Rate

Meat Consumption per Person

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Women's Political Empowerment

Urban Population (%)

Forest Area

Forest Coverage (%)

Inflation Rate

Renewable Energy (%)

Capital Elevation

Teen Birth Rate

Merchant Fleet Size

Agricultural Land (%)

Population

Human Development Index

Irrigated Land

Unemployment Rate

Population Density

Suicide Rate

Infant Mortality

Life Evaluation Score

Child Mortality

Political Corruption Index

Road Traffic Death Rate

Smoking Rate

Median Age

Solar Electricity Share

Hypertension Prevalence

Sanitation Access (%)

Youth Unemployment Rate

Water Withdrawal

Health Spending (% GDP)

Dependency Ratio

Domestic Patents

Border Neighbors

Death Rate

Insufficient Physical Activity

Land Area

Military Spending

Youth Population (%)

Electoral Democracy Index

Water Stress (%)

Government Debt (% GDP)

Freedom of Expression Index

Birth Rate

Fertility Rate

Can Raise Emergency Money