Head-to-Head

Yemen vs Saudi Arabia

Side-by-side military and economic comparison. Blue is Yemen, red is Saudi Arabia. Every figure links back to its full world ranking.
🇾🇪 Yemen
1 COUNTRIES SUMMED
VS
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
1 COUNTRIES SUMMED
34M 34M
👥 Population
$20B $1.1T
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$1.7B $80B
💰 Defense Budget
40k 250k
🪖 Active Personnel
📈 Saudi Arabia's economy is 55× larger
💰 Saudi Arabia's defense budget is 47× larger
🪖 Saudi Arabia's active force is 6.3× larger
✈️ Saudi Arabia's air fleet is 15× larger
👥 Near-parity in population (1.00×)
MANPOWERLANDAIRNAVALECONOMYBUDGET
YemenSaudi Arabia
Fleet Modernity — Quality, Not Just Count
LIKELY AGING
✈️ Air Fleet
ADVANCED
LIKELY AGING
🛡️ Armor Fleet
ADVANCED
LIKELY AGING
⚓ Naval Fleet
LIKELY MODERN
UNDOCUMENTED
🛰️ Drones / UAV
MODERATE
Tiers weight fleet generation and era, not raw counts — a smaller modern fleet often outmatches a larger obsolete one on paper.
Leads More Categories
★ Saudi Arabia
Yemen wins 0 of 6 · Saudi Arabia wins 5 of 6 · 1 tied
Manpower
★ Saudi Arabia
Financials
★ Saudi Arabia
Airpower
★ Saudi Arabia
Land Power
★ Saudi Arabia
Naval Power
★ Saudi Arabia
Strategic
— Tie
Manpower
34,000,000
👥 Total Population
34,000,000
40,000
🪖 Active Personnel
250,000 ★
0
🎖️ Reserve Personnel
0
0
👮 Paramilitary Forces
0
Financials
$1.7B
💰 Defense Budget
$80B ★
$20B
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$1,100B ★
Airpower
60
✈️ Total Aircraft
900 ★
5
🛩️ Fighter Aircraft
330 ★
55
🛫 Bombers & Other Aircraft
570 ★
0
🚁 Helicopters (Total)
0
Land Power
450
🛡️ Tank Strength
1,100 ★
0
🚚 Armored Vehicles
0
0
💥 Towed Artillery
0
Naval Power
5
⚓ Fleet Strength
55 ★
0
🌊 Submarines
0
0
🛳️ Aircraft Carriers
0
Strategic
0
☢️ Nuclear Warheads
0
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🇾🇪 Yemen
Category winners count metric-by-metric leads only; "n/a" values count as zero, so data gaps can skew a category. Cross-check before citing.