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United Arab Emirates vs Yemen

97 shared metrics.

United Arab EmiratesLeads in 60

vs97 shared

YemenLeads in 37

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United Arab Emirates

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

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

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

United Arab Emirates leads in 60 of 97 shared metrics, while Yemen leads in 37.

United Arab Emirates's Electricity Use (Per Capita) is 271.1x that of Yemen (14.7K kWh/person vs 53.97 kWh/person).

United Arab Emirates's Air Passengers is 146.2x that of Yemen (91.06M vs 618.6K).

United Arab Emirates's Energy Use (Per Capita) is 119.9x that of Yemen (8.3K kg oil eq/person vs 68.95 kg oil eq/person).

United Arab Emirates's Foreign Patents is 106.0x that of Yemen (2.4K vs 22).

United Arab Emirates's CO2 Per Capita is 79.7x that of Yemen (20.13 t/person/yr vs 0.25 t/person/yr).

Key Comparisons

Electricity Use (Per Capita)United Arab Emirates leads

United Arab Emirates

14.7K kWh/person

Yemen

53.97 kWh/person

Air PassengersUnited Arab Emirates leads

United Arab Emirates

91.06M

Yemen

618.6K

Energy Use (Per Capita)United Arab Emirates leads

United Arab Emirates

8.3K kg oil eq/person

Yemen

68.95 kg oil eq/person

Foreign PatentsUnited Arab Emirates leads

United Arab Emirates

2.4K

Yemen

CO2 Per CapitaUnited Arab Emirates leads

United Arab Emirates

20.13 t/person/yr

Yemen

0.25 t/person/yr

Health Spending Per CapitaUnited Arab Emirates leads

655

Yemen

2083% higher

Total CO2 Emissions

United Arab Emirates

200.56 Mt CO2e

Yemen

10.58 Mt CO2e

1796% higher

Protected Land (%)

United Arab Emirates

19.2%

Yemen

1.1%

1645% higher

Scientific Publications

United Arab Emirates

6.4K

Yemen

415.15

1442% higher

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

United Arab Emirates

0.71 per 100k people

Yemen

0.05 per 100k people

1271% higher

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

Seafood Consumption per Person

United Arab Emirates

27.02 kg/person/yr

Yemen

2.7 kg/person/yr

890% higher

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

United Arab Emirates

57.68 per 100k

Yemen

6.4 per 100k

803% higher

Comparison of United Arab Emirates and Yemen across 97 metrics
				Winner
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	14.7K kWh/person	53.97 kWh/person	27114% higher	United Arab Emirates
Air Passengers	91.06M	618.6K	14620% higher	United Arab Emirates
Energy Use (Per Capita)	8.3K kg oil eq/person	68.95 kg oil eq/person	11990% higher	United Arab Emirates
Foreign Patents	2.4K	22	10600% higher	United Arab Emirates
CO2 Per Capita	20.13 t/person/yr	0.25 t/person/yr	7972% higher	United Arab Emirates
Health Spending Per Capita	$2,314.75	$38.12	5973% higher	United Arab Emirates
Electricity Generation	177.25 TWh	3.1 TWh	5674% higher	United Arab Emirates
Credit Card Ownership	26.84% of adults	0.51% of adults	5196% higher	United Arab Emirates
Shipping Traffic	20.30M	418.7K	4748% higher	United Arab Emirates
Alcohol Consumption	2.1 L/adult/yr	0.04 L/adult/yr	4627% higher	United Arab Emirates
Broadband Access (%)	37 per 100 people	1.0 per 100 people	3600% higher	United Arab Emirates
Doctors (per 1,000)	3.0 per 1k	0.10 per 1k	2890% higher	United Arab Emirates
Electric Generating Capacity	44.46M kW	1.79M kW	2384% higher	United Arab Emirates
Merchant Fleet Size	655	30	2083% higher	United Arab Emirates
Total CO2 Emissions	200.56 Mt CO2e	10.58 Mt CO2e	1796% higher	United Arab Emirates
Protected Land (%)	19.2%	1.1%	1645% higher	United Arab Emirates
Scientific Publications	6.4K	415.15	1442% higher	United Arab Emirates
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.71 per 100k people	0.05 per 100k people	1271% higher	United Arab Emirates
Seafood Consumption per Person	27.02 kg/person/yr	2.7 kg/person/yr	890% higher	United Arab Emirates
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	57.68 per 100k	6.4 per 100k	803% higher	United Arab Emirates
Water Stress (%)	1.5K%	169.76%	789% higher	United Arab Emirates
Digital Payments Used	76.61% of adults	9.3% of adults	721% higher	United Arab Emirates
Internet Users (%)	100%	14%	614% higher	United Arab Emirates
Beer Consumption	0.16 L/person/yr	0.03 L/person/yr	450% higher	United Arab Emirates
Corruption Perceptions Index	69 pts	13 pts	431% higher	United Arab Emirates
Women in Senior Management	23.46% of managers	4.5% of managers	421% higher	United Arab Emirates
Forest Coverage (%)	4.5%	1.0%	330% higher	United Arab Emirates
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	203 per 100 people	51 per 100 people	298% higher	United Arab Emirates
Women's Political Empowerment	0.61	0.16	281% higher	United Arab Emirates
Meat Consumption per Person	62.03 kg/person/yr	16.86 kg/person/yr	268% higher	United Arab Emirates
Domestic Patents	69	20	245% higher	United Arab Emirates
Milk Consumption per Person	132.66 kg/person/yr	43.97 kg/person/yr	202% higher	United Arab Emirates
Obesity Rate	31.55%	11.56%	173% higher	United Arab Emirates
Urban Population (%)	85.82%	36.81%	133% higher	United Arab Emirates
Insufficient Physical Activity	60.93% of adults	28.72% of adults	112% higher	United Arab Emirates
Human Development Index	0.94	0.47	100% higher	United Arab Emirates
Capital Elevation	14 m	2.3K m	99% lower	Yemen
Population Density	147.62 /km²	74.61 /km²	98% higher	United Arab Emirates
Teen Birth Rate	3.1 per 1k	75.33 per 1k	96% lower	Yemen
Inflation Rate	1.7%	29.1%	94% lower	Yemen
Life Evaluation Score	6.8 pts	3.5 pts	93% higher	United Arab Emirates
Political Corruption Index	0.10	0.90	88% lower	Yemen
Agricultural Land (%)	5.5%	44.42%	88% lower	Yemen
Unemployment Rate	2.1%	17.09%	88% lower	Yemen
Infant Mortality	4.0 per 1k births	34.7 per 1k births	88% lower	Yemen
Child Mortality	5.0 per 1k births	39.3 per 1k births	87% lower	Yemen
Land Area	71.0K km²	528.0K km²	87% lower	Yemen
Irrigated Land	940 km²	6.8K km²	86% lower	Yemen
Youth Unemployment Rate	6.5% of youth labor force	32.6% of youth labor force	80% lower	Yemen
Road Traffic Death Rate	5.9 per 100k	29.8 per 100k	80% lower	Yemen
Liberal Democracy Index	0.08	0.04	79% higher	United Arab Emirates
Renewable Energy (%)	1.0%	3.7%	73% lower	Yemen
Dependency Ratio	21.77% of working-age pop.	77.47% of working-age pop.	72% lower	Yemen
Median Age	31.2 years	18.2 years	72% higher	United Arab Emirates
Death Rate	1.7 per 1k	6.2 per 1k	72% lower	Yemen
Population	10.09M	34.51M	71% lower	Yemen
Government Debt (% GDP)	19.7% of GDP	68.1% of GDP	71% lower	Yemen
Freedom of Expression Index	0.06	0.22	71% lower	Yemen
Birth Rate	10.65 per 1k	29.07 per 1k	63% lower	Yemen
Youth Population (%)	16.11%	41.13%	61% lower	Yemen
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	2.0 sites	5.0 sites	60% lower	Yemen
Suicide Rate	1.7 per 100k	4.2 per 100k	59% lower	Yemen
Smoking Rate	9.0%	21.4%	58% lower	Yemen
Armed Forces Personnel	63.0K	40.0K	57% higher	United Arab Emirates
Sanitation Access (%)	99.09%	63.08%	57% higher	United Arab Emirates
Fertility Rate	1.6 children/woman	3.6 children/woman	56% lower	Yemen
Highest Elevation	1.9K m	3.7K m	48% lower	Yemen
Forest Area	3.2K km²	5.5K km²	42% lower	Yemen
Military Spending	5.6% of GDP	4.0% of GDP	42% higher	United Arab Emirates
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	30 days/yr	22 days/yr	36% higher	United Arab Emirates
Hypertension Prevalence	39.4% of adults	28.9% of adults	36% higher	United Arab Emirates
Water Withdrawal	2.3 B m³	3.6 B m³	36% lower	Yemen
Land Border Length	1.1K km	1.6K km	33% lower	Yemen
Coastline Length	1.3K km	1.9K km	31% lower	Yemen
Elderly Population (%)	1.8%	2.5%	30% lower	Yemen
Solar Electricity Share	8.6%	11.24%	24% lower	Yemen
Health Spending (% GDP)	4.7% of GDP	6.2% of GDP	24% lower	Yemen
Average Weekly Work Hours	50.82 hrs/week	41.5 hrs/week	22% higher	United Arab Emirates
Electricity Carbon Intensity	467.51 gCO2/kWh	592.38 gCO2/kWh	21% lower	Yemen
Electricity Access (%)	100%	83.6%	20% higher	United Arab Emirates
Life Expectancy	82.9 years	69.3 years	20% higher	United Arab Emirates
Electoral Democracy Index	0.10	0.13	18% lower	Yemen
Can Raise Emergency Money	81.64% of adults	89.16% of adults	8% lower	Yemen
Airports	42	40	5% higher	United Arab Emirates
Food Waste per Person	150.41 kg/person/yr	158.98 kg/person/yr	5% lower	Yemen
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	36.31 µg/m³	34.83 µg/m³	4% higher	United Arab Emirates
Spirits Consumption	1.5 L/person/yr	0 L/person/yr	ranked higher	United Arab Emirates
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	United Arab Emirates
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	United Arab Emirates
Wind Electricity Share	0.11%	0%	ranked higher	United Arab Emirates
Women in Parliament (%)	50%	0%	ranked higher	United Arab Emirates
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	United Arab Emirates
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	United Arab Emirates
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	15.3% of GDP	-6.7% of GDP	ranked higher	United Arab Emirates
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	19.22 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	United Arab Emirates
Border Neighbors	2.0	2.0	equal	United Arab Emirates

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Analysis

United Arab Emirates leads in 60 of 97 shared metrics, while Yemen leads in 37.

United Arab Emirates's Electricity Use (Per Capita) is 271.1x that of Yemen (14.7K kWh/person vs 53.97 kWh/person).

United Arab Emirates's Air Passengers is 146.2x that of Yemen (91.06M vs 618.6K).

United Arab Emirates's Energy Use (Per Capita) is 119.9x that of Yemen (8.3K kg oil eq/person vs 68.95 kg oil eq/person).

United Arab Emirates's Foreign Patents is 106.0x that of Yemen (2.4K vs 22).

United Arab Emirates's CO2 Per Capita is 79.7x that of Yemen (20.13 t/person/yr vs 0.25 t/person/yr).

Key Comparisons

Electricity Use (Per Capita)United Arab Emirates leads

United Arab Emirates

14.7K kWh/person

Yemen

53.97 kWh/person

Air PassengersUnited Arab Emirates leads

United Arab Emirates

91.06M

Yemen

618.6K

Energy Use (Per Capita)United Arab Emirates leads

United Arab Emirates

8.3K kg oil eq/person

Yemen

68.95 kg oil eq/person

Foreign PatentsUnited Arab Emirates leads

United Arab Emirates

2.4K

Yemen

CO2 Per CapitaUnited Arab Emirates leads

United Arab Emirates

20.13 t/person/yr

Yemen

0.25 t/person/yr

Health Spending Per CapitaUnited Arab Emirates leads

United Arab Emirates

$2,314.75

Yemen

$38.12

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

14.7K kWh/person

53.97 kWh/person

Air Passengers

91.06M

618.6K

Energy Use (Per Capita)

8.3K kg oil eq/person

68.95 kg oil eq/person

Foreign Patents

2.4K

CO2 Per Capita

20.13 t/person/yr

0.25 t/person/yr

Health Spending Per Capita

$2,314.75

$38.12

Electricity Generation

177.25 TWh

3.1 TWh

Credit Card Ownership

26.84% of adults

0.51% of adults

Shipping Traffic

20.30M

418.7K

Alcohol Consumption

2.1 L/adult/yr

0.04 L/adult/yr

Broadband Access (%)

37 per 100 people

1.0 per 100 people

Doctors (per 1,000)

3.0 per 1k

0.10 per 1k

Electric Generating Capacity

44.46M kW

1.79M kW

Merchant Fleet Size

655

Total CO2 Emissions

200.56 Mt CO2e

10.58 Mt CO2e

Protected Land (%)

19.2%

1.1%

Scientific Publications

6.4K

415.15

0.71 per 100k people

0.05 per 100k people

Seafood Consumption per Person

27.02 kg/person/yr

2.7 kg/person/yr

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

57.68 per 100k

6.4 per 100k

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Air Passengers

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Foreign Patents

CO2 Per Capita

Health Spending Per Capita

Electricity Generation

Credit Card Ownership

Shipping Traffic

Alcohol Consumption

Broadband Access (%)

Doctors (per 1,000)

Electric Generating Capacity

Merchant Fleet Size

Total CO2 Emissions

Protected Land (%)

Scientific Publications

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Seafood Consumption per Person

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Water Stress (%)

Digital Payments Used

Internet Users (%)

Beer Consumption

Corruption Perceptions Index

Women in Senior Management

Forest Coverage (%)

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Women's Political Empowerment

Meat Consumption per Person

Domestic Patents

Milk Consumption per Person

Obesity Rate

Urban Population (%)

Insufficient Physical Activity

Human Development Index

Capital Elevation

Population Density

Teen Birth Rate

Inflation Rate

Life Evaluation Score

Political Corruption Index

Agricultural Land (%)

Unemployment Rate

Infant Mortality

Child Mortality

Land Area

Irrigated Land

Youth Unemployment Rate

Road Traffic Death Rate

Liberal Democracy Index

Renewable Energy (%)

Dependency Ratio

Median Age

Death Rate

Population

Government Debt (% GDP)

Freedom of Expression Index

Birth Rate

Youth Population (%)

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Suicide Rate

Smoking Rate

Armed Forces Personnel

Sanitation Access (%)

Fertility Rate

Highest Elevation

Forest Area

Military Spending

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Hypertension Prevalence

Water Withdrawal