Israel vs United Arab Emirates: National power

National power in 2022: 0.38% of world capability in Israel and 0.47% of world capability in United Arab Emirates, by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 0.09 percentage points, or 1.25 times that in Israel.

Watch it change on the map

% of world capability · Correlates of War

IsraelUnited Arab Emirates

What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Israel.
In 2022, Israel ranked 43 and United Arab Emirates ranked 38 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of world capability · Correlates of War

Year	Israel	United Arab Emirates
2022	0.38	0.47
2021	0.41	0.45
2020	0.38	0.46
2019	0.41	0.34
2018	0.43	0.34
2017	0.43	0.35
2016	0.43	0.38
2015	0.45	0.36
2014	0.46	0.31
2013	0.41	0.31
2012	0.42	0.31
2011	0.41	0.34
2010	0.4	0.4
2009	0.4	0.3
2008	0.42	0.36
2007	0.4	0.32
2006	0.41	0.32
2005	0.41	0.31
2004	0.39	0.22
2003	0.41	0.22
2002	0.42	0.21
2001	0.42	0.25
2000	0.41	0.24
1999	0.39	0.23
1998	0.41	0.23
1997	0.45	0.2
1996	0.44	0.19
1995	0.4	0.18
1994	0.35	0.18
1993	0.37	0.17
1992	0.35	0.17
1991	0.3	0.23
1990	0.3	0.17
1989	0.31	0.13
1988	0.28	0.12
1987	0.27	0.13
1986	0.28	0.13
1985	0.27	0.14
1984	0.31	0.14
1983	0.33	0.13
1982	0.38	0.14
1981	0.33	0.12
1980	0.32	0.11
1979	0.31	0.08
1978	0.27	0.06
1977	0.32	0.05
1976	0.32	0.03
1975	0.32	0.02
1974	0.33	0.02
1973	0.33	0.02
1972	0.24	0.01
1971	0.25	0.01
1970	0.2	–
1969	0.18	–
1968	0.17	–
1967	0.16	–
1966	0.14	–
1965	0.14	–
1964	0.13	–
1963	0.12	–
1962	0.12	–
1961	0.12	–
1960	0.12	–
1959	0.12	–
1958	0.12	–
1957	0.12	–
1956	0.12	–
1955	0.11	–
1954	0.11	–
1953	0.11	–
1952	0.11	–
1951	0.12	–
1950	0.13	–
1949	0.13	–
1948	0.14	–

Each country on its own

Good to know

The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Israel vs United Arab Emirates

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Conflict

Deaths in conflictsIsrael: 0 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022