Saudi ArabiaandYemen

1744 · 1918

Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.

Saudi Arabia

1744 — The Diriyah pact founds the First Saudi State

Dossier →Chronicle →

Yemen

1918 — Imam Yahya declares Yemen independent as the Ottomans withdraw

Dossier →Chronicle →

Shared indicators
39
Domains
9
Crossed events
2
Data through
2026-08-22

The figures, side by side

Each figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two dossiers. Every value shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. A “—” is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Metric names link to the world ranking; values open the figure on its own dossier.

Economy

SAUYEM
  • GDP
    $1.28 T2025$22 B2018
    Observed 2025 / 2018 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP per capita
    $34,5372025$6342018
    Observed 2025 / 2018 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP growth
    4.5%20250.8%2018
    Observed 2025 / 2018 · figures compared, never graded
  • Inflation
    2.1%20258.1%2014
    Observed 2025 / 2014 · figures compared, never graded
  • Trade openness
    57.9%202556.1%2018
    Observed 2025 / 2018 · figures compared, never graded

Society

SAUYEM
  • Population
    37 m202542 m2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Life expectancy
    79.0 yrs202469.4 yrs2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Urban population
    84.6%202537.0%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Fertility rate
    2.320244.52024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Governance

SAUYEM

Health

SAUYEM
  • Health spending
    5.7%20239.7%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Physicians
    3.4120230.102023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Under-5 mortality
    6.0202438.12024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Measles immunisation
    96.0%202441.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Education

SAUYEM
  • Adult literacy
    97.9%2024—
    Observed 2024 / — · figures compared, never graded
  • Education spending
    4.5%20235.2%2008
    Observed 2023 / 2008 · figures compared, never graded
  • Primary enrolment
    104.0%202477.0%2016
    Observed 2024 / 2016 · figures compared, never graded
  • Secondary enrolment
    110.7%202443.7%2016
    Observed 2024 / 2016 · figures compared, never graded
  • Tertiary enrolment
    83.9%20248.8%2011
    Observed 2024 / 2011 · figures compared, never graded

Technology

SAUYEM
  • R&D spending
    0.6%2024—
    Observed 2024 / — · figures compared, never graded
  • Researchers (per million)
    1,2352024—
    Observed 2024 / — · figures compared, never graded
  • Internet users
    100.0%202417.5%2019
    Observed 2024 / 2019 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mobile subscriptions
    1602024512023
    Observed 2024 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • High-tech exports
    0.5%20244.8%2015
    Observed 2024 / 2015 · figures compared, never graded

Geography

SAUYEM
  • Land area
    2,149,690 km²2023527,970 km²2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest area
    0.5%20231.0%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Agricultural land
    80.8%202344.4%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • CO₂ per capita (t)
    18.520240.32024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Renewable energy
    0.1%20213.7%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded

Resources

SAUYEM
  • Resource rents
    25.6%20214.9%2018
    Observed 2021 / 2018 · figures compared, never graded
  • Oil rents
    23.7%20214.8%2018
    Observed 2021 / 2018 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mineral rents
    0.2%20210.0%2018
    Observed 2021 / 2018 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest rents
    0.0%20210.1%2018
    Observed 2021 / 2018 · figures compared, never graded
  • Electricity access
    100.0%202486.3%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Bauxite
    5.7 Mt2025—
    Observed 2025 / — · figures compared, never graded
  • Phosphate rock
    10 Mt2025—
    Observed 2025 / — · figures compared, never graded

Military

SAUYEM
  • Military burden
    7.3%20244.0%2014
    Observed 2024 / 2014 · figures compared, never graded
  • Defense spending
    $80 B2024$1.7 B2014
    Observed 2024 / 2014 · figures compared, never graded
  • Armed forces
    282,000202040,0002020
    Observed 2020 / 2020 · figures compared, never graded

Entangled histories

2 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

  1. 26 September 1962

    Revolution founds the Yemen Arab Republic

    Army officers under Abdullah al-Sallal overthrew the imam and proclaimed the Yemen Arab Republic, igniting a civil war that drew in Egyptian and Saudi forces until 1970.

    Politics & Power · from the Yemen chronicle · The Two Yemens: Revolution and Independence · REFS 2 — Yemen: History (ancient kingdoms, Islam, the imamate, unification and war), A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Yemen

  2. March 2015

    Saudi-led coalition intervenes

    A coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE began military intervention to restore the recognised government, opening a prolonged war marked by air strikes, ground combat and blockade.

    War & Rupture · from the Yemen chronicle · Uprising, War and Humanitarian Crisis · REFS 1 — Yemeni Civil War (Houthi conflict and Saudi-led intervention)