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Saudi Arabia vs Yemen

99 shared metrics.

Saudi ArabiaLeads in 66

vs99 shared

YemenLeads in 33

Saudi Arabia leads by 33 metrics. Use the same instinct in a quick real-data brawl.

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What matters for both sides

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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

Yemen

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

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

Saudi Arabia leads in 66 of 99 shared metrics, while Yemen leads in 33.

Saudi Arabia's Electricity Use (Per Capita) is 218.3x that of Yemen (11.8K kWh/person vs 53.97 kWh/person).

Saudi Arabia's Electricity Generation is 147.1x that of Yemen (454.64 TWh vs 3.1 TWh).

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Patents is 116.3x that of Yemen (2.6K vs 22).

Saudi Arabia's Energy Use (Per Capita) is 108.2x that of Yemen (7.5K kg oil eq/person vs 68.95 kg oil eq/person).

Saudi Arabia's CO2 Per Capita is 80.7x that of Yemen (20.38 t/person/yr vs 0.25 t/person/yr).

Key Comparisons

Electricity Use (Per Capita)Saudi Arabia leads

Saudi Arabia

11.8K kWh/person

Yemen

53.97 kWh/person

Electricity GenerationSaudi Arabia leads

Saudi Arabia

454.64 TWh

Yemen

3.1 TWh

Foreign PatentsSaudi Arabia leads

Saudi Arabia

2.6K

Yemen

Energy Use (Per Capita)Saudi Arabia leads

Saudi Arabia

7.5K kg oil eq/person

Yemen

68.95 kg oil eq/person

CO2 Per CapitaSaudi Arabia leads

Saudi Arabia

20.38 t/person/yr

Yemen

0.25 t/person/yr

Air PassengersSaudi Arabia leads

Saudi Arabia

433

Yemen

1343% higher

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Saudi Arabia

58.04 per 100k

Yemen

6.4 per 100k

808% higher

Digital Payments Used

Saudi Arabia

75.72% of adults

Yemen

9.3% of adults

711% higher

Internet Users (%)

Saudi Arabia

100%

Yemen

14%

614% higher

Comparison of Saudi Arabia and Yemen across 99 metrics
				Winner
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	11.8K kWh/person	53.97 kWh/person	21828% higher	Saudi Arabia
Electricity Generation	454.64 TWh	3.1 TWh	14709% higher	Saudi Arabia
Foreign Patents	2.6K	22	11632% higher	Saudi Arabia
Energy Use (Per Capita)	7.5K kg oil eq/person	68.95 kg oil eq/person	10820% higher	Saudi Arabia
CO2 Per Capita	20.38 t/person/yr	0.25 t/person/yr	8071% higher	Saudi Arabia
Air Passengers	47.98M	618.6K	7656% higher	Saudi Arabia
Domestic Patents	1.4K	20	6890% higher	Saudi Arabia
Electric Generating Capacity	119.62M kW	1.79M kW	6583% higher	Saudi Arabia
Scientific Publications	25.8K	415.15	6121% higher	Saudi Arabia
Total CO2 Emissions	652.51 Mt CO2e	10.58 Mt CO2e	6067% higher	Saudi Arabia
Credit Card Ownership	30.13% of adults	0.51% of adults	5845% higher	Saudi Arabia
Broadband Access (%)	44 per 100 people	1.0 per 100 people	4300% higher	Saudi Arabia
Health Spending Per Capita	$1,593.37	$38.12	4080% higher	Saudi Arabia
Doctors (per 1,000)	3.4 per 1k	0.10 per 1k	3310% higher	Saudi Arabia
Shipping Traffic	10.46M	418.7K	2398% higher	Saudi Arabia
Protected Land (%)	18.5%	1.1%	1582% higher	Saudi Arabia
Merchant Fleet Size	433	30	1343% higher	Saudi Arabia
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	58.04 per 100k	6.4 per 100k	808% higher	Saudi Arabia
Digital Payments Used	75.72% of adults	9.3% of adults	711% higher	Saudi Arabia
Internet Users (%)	100%	14%	614% higher	Saudi Arabia
Armed Forces Personnel	282.0K	40.0K	605% higher	Saudi Arabia
Water Withdrawal	23.38 B m³	3.6 B m³	556% higher	Saudi Arabia
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.31 per 100k people	0.05 per 100k people	500% higher	Saudi Arabia
Water Stress (%)	974.17%	169.76%	474% higher	Saudi Arabia
Corruption Perceptions Index	57 pts	13 pts	338% higher	Saudi Arabia
Seafood Consumption per Person	11.35 kg/person/yr	2.7 kg/person/yr	316% higher	Saudi Arabia
Land Area	2.15M km²	528.0K km²	307% higher	Saudi Arabia
Obesity Rate	41.11%	11.56%	256% higher	Saudi Arabia
Border Neighbors	7.0	2.0	250% higher	Saudi Arabia
Meat Consumption per Person	54.13 kg/person/yr	16.86 kg/person/yr	221% higher	Saudi Arabia
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	157.78 per 100 people	51 per 100 people	209% higher	Saudi Arabia
Land Border Length	4.3K km	1.6K km	167% higher	Saudi Arabia
Urban Population (%)	84.46%	36.81%	129% higher	Saudi Arabia
Airports	89	40	123% higher	Saudi Arabia
Women's Political Empowerment	0.35	0.16	116% higher	Saudi Arabia
Firms Hit by Power Outages	0.67% of firms	93.81% of firms	99% lower	Yemen
Firms Making Informal Payments	1.0% of firms	55.03% of firms	98% lower	Yemen
Renewable Energy (%)	0.10%	3.7%	97% lower	Yemen
Inflation Rate	1.7%	29.1%	94% lower	Yemen
Life Evaluation Score	6.8 pts	3.5 pts	93% higher	Saudi Arabia
Human Development Index	0.90	0.47	91% higher	Saudi Arabia
Milk Consumption per Person	83.65 kg/person/yr	43.97 kg/person/yr	90% higher	Saudi Arabia
Insufficient Physical Activity	54.13% of adults	28.72% of adults	89% higher	Saudi Arabia
Electoral Democracy Index	0.02	0.13	87% lower	Yemen
Infant Mortality	4.9 per 1k births	34.7 per 1k births	86% lower	Yemen
Teen Birth Rate	11.11 per 1k	75.33 per 1k	85% lower	Yemen
Firms Asked for Bribes	9.5% of firms	64.26% of firms	85% lower	Yemen
Child Mortality	6.2 per 1k births	39.3 per 1k births	84% lower	Yemen
Solar Electricity Share	1.8%	11.24%	84% lower	Yemen
Military Spending	7.3% of GDP	4.0% of GDP	84% higher	Saudi Arabia
Agricultural Land (%)	80.77%	44.42%	82% higher	Saudi Arabia
Government Debt (% GDP)	13.1% of GDP	68.1% of GDP	81% lower	Yemen
Population Density	15.68 /km²	74.61 /km²	79% lower	Yemen
Forest Area	9.8K km²	5.5K km²	78% higher	Saudi Arabia
Suicide Rate	0.95 per 100k	4.2 per 100k	77% lower	Yemen
Unemployment Rate	3.9%	17.09%	77% lower	Yemen
Capital Elevation	612 m	2.3K m	73% lower	Yemen
Youth Unemployment Rate	10.01% of youth labor force	32.6% of youth labor force	69% lower	Yemen
Political Corruption Index	0.33	0.90	64% lower	Yemen
Median Age	29.2 years	18.2 years	61% higher	Saudi Arabia
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	8.0 sites	5.0 sites	60% higher	Saudi Arabia
Freedom of Expression Index	0.09	0.22	58% lower	Yemen
Forest Coverage (%)	0.45%	1.0%	56% lower	Yemen
Sanitation Access (%)	97.61%	63.08%	55% higher	Saudi Arabia
Birth Rate	13.41 per 1k	29.07 per 1k	54% lower	Yemen
Dependency Ratio	36.55% of working-age pop.	77.47% of working-age pop.	53% lower	Yemen
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	53.15 µg/m³	34.83 µg/m³	53% higher	Saudi Arabia
Fertility Rate	1.8 children/woman	3.6 children/woman	50% lower	Yemen
Death Rate	3.5 per 1k	6.2 per 1k	43% lower	Yemen
Youth Population (%)	23.82%	41.13%	42% lower	Yemen
Coastline Length	2.6K km	1.9K km	39% higher	Saudi Arabia
Road Traffic Death Rate	18.5 per 100k	29.8 per 100k	38% lower	Yemen
Smoking Rate	14.9%	21.4%	30% lower	Yemen
Health Spending (% GDP)	4.6% of GDP	6.2% of GDP	25% lower	Yemen
Electricity Access (%)	100%	83.6%	20% higher	Saudi Arabia
Hypertension Prevalence	34.2% of adults	28.9% of adults	18% higher	Saudi Arabia
Highest Elevation	3.0K m	3.7K m	18% lower	Yemen
Elderly Population (%)	3.0%	2.5%	17% higher	Saudi Arabia
Electricity Carbon Intensity	691.95 gCO2/kWh	592.38 gCO2/kWh	17% higher	Saudi Arabia
Life Expectancy	78.7 years	69.3 years	14% higher	Saudi Arabia
Irrigated Land	7.6K km²	6.8K km²	11% higher	Saudi Arabia
Liberal Democracy Index	0.05	0.04	9% higher	Saudi Arabia
Can Raise Emergency Money	95.89% of adults	89.16% of adults	8% higher	Saudi Arabia
Firms with Female Top Manager	1.8% of firms	1.6% of firms	7% higher	Saudi Arabia
Population	36.54M	34.51M	6% higher	Saudi Arabia
Food Waste per Person	148.88 kg/person/yr	158.98 kg/person/yr	6% lower	Yemen
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	21 days/yr	22 days/yr	5% lower	Yemen
Beer Consumption	0 L/person/yr	0.03 L/person/yr	ranked lower	Yemen
Spirits Consumption	0 L/person/yr	0 L/person/yr	ranked higher	Saudi Arabia
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Saudi Arabia
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Saudi Arabia
Wind Electricity Share	0.35%	0%	ranked higher	Saudi Arabia
Women in Parliament (%)	19.87%	0%	ranked higher	Saudi Arabia
Alcohol Consumption	0 L/adult/yr	0.04 L/adult/yr	ranked lower	Yemen
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	Saudi Arabia
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Saudi Arabia
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-3% of GDP	-6.7% of GDP	ranked higher	Saudi Arabia
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	3.2 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Saudi Arabia

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Analysis

Saudi Arabia leads in 66 of 99 shared metrics, while Yemen leads in 33.

Saudi Arabia's Electricity Use (Per Capita) is 218.3x that of Yemen (11.8K kWh/person vs 53.97 kWh/person).

Saudi Arabia's Electricity Generation is 147.1x that of Yemen (454.64 TWh vs 3.1 TWh).

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Patents is 116.3x that of Yemen (2.6K vs 22).

Saudi Arabia's Energy Use (Per Capita) is 108.2x that of Yemen (7.5K kg oil eq/person vs 68.95 kg oil eq/person).

Saudi Arabia's CO2 Per Capita is 80.7x that of Yemen (20.38 t/person/yr vs 0.25 t/person/yr).

Key Comparisons

Electricity Use (Per Capita)Saudi Arabia leads

Saudi Arabia

11.8K kWh/person

Yemen

53.97 kWh/person

Electricity GenerationSaudi Arabia leads

Saudi Arabia

454.64 TWh

Yemen

3.1 TWh

Foreign PatentsSaudi Arabia leads

Saudi Arabia

2.6K

Yemen

Energy Use (Per Capita)Saudi Arabia leads

Saudi Arabia

7.5K kg oil eq/person

Yemen

68.95 kg oil eq/person

CO2 Per CapitaSaudi Arabia leads

Saudi Arabia

20.38 t/person/yr

Yemen

0.25 t/person/yr

Air PassengersSaudi Arabia leads

Saudi Arabia

47.98M

Yemen

618.6K

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

11.8K kWh/person

53.97 kWh/person

Electricity Generation

454.64 TWh

3.1 TWh

Foreign Patents

2.6K

Energy Use (Per Capita)

7.5K kg oil eq/person

68.95 kg oil eq/person

CO2 Per Capita

20.38 t/person/yr

0.25 t/person/yr

Air Passengers

47.98M

618.6K

Domestic Patents

1.4K

Electric Generating Capacity

119.62M kW

1.79M kW

Scientific Publications

25.8K

415.15

Total CO2 Emissions

652.51 Mt CO2e

10.58 Mt CO2e

Credit Card Ownership

30.13% of adults

0.51% of adults

Broadband Access (%)

44 per 100 people

1.0 per 100 people

Health Spending Per Capita

$1,593.37

$38.12

Doctors (per 1,000)

3.4 per 1k

0.10 per 1k

Shipping Traffic

10.46M

418.7K

Protected Land (%)

18.5%

1.1%

Merchant Fleet Size

433

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

58.04 per 100k

6.4 per 100k

Digital Payments Used

75.72% of adults

9.3% of adults

Internet Users (%)

100%

14%

Saudi Arabia vs Yemen

What matters for both sides

Saudi Arabia

Yemen

Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Electricity Generation

Foreign Patents

Energy Use (Per Capita)

CO2 Per Capita

Air Passengers

Domestic Patents

Electric Generating Capacity

Scientific Publications

Total CO2 Emissions

Credit Card Ownership

Broadband Access (%)

Health Spending Per Capita

Doctors (per 1,000)

Shipping Traffic

Protected Land (%)

Merchant Fleet Size

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Digital Payments Used

Internet Users (%)

Armed Forces Personnel

Water Withdrawal

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Water Stress (%)

Corruption Perceptions Index

Seafood Consumption per Person

Land Area

Obesity Rate

Border Neighbors

Meat Consumption per Person

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Land Border Length

Urban Population (%)

Airports

Women's Political Empowerment

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Firms Making Informal Payments

Renewable Energy (%)

Inflation Rate

Life Evaluation Score

Human Development Index

Milk Consumption per Person

Insufficient Physical Activity

Electoral Democracy Index

Infant Mortality

Teen Birth Rate

Firms Asked for Bribes

Child Mortality

Solar Electricity Share

Military Spending

Agricultural Land (%)

Government Debt (% GDP)

Population Density

Forest Area

Suicide Rate

Unemployment Rate

Capital Elevation

Youth Unemployment Rate

Political Corruption Index

Median Age

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Freedom of Expression Index

Forest Coverage (%)

Sanitation Access (%)

Birth Rate

Dependency Ratio

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Fertility Rate

Death Rate

Youth Population (%)

Coastline Length

Road Traffic Death Rate

Smoking Rate