Saudi Arabia vs United Arab Emirates: National power

National power in 2022: 1.34% of world capability in Saudi Arabia and 0.47% of world capability in United Arab Emirates, by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 0.87 percentage points, or 2.84 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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% of world capability · Correlates of War

Saudi ArabiaUnited Arab Emirates

What the numbers say

Saudi Arabia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1971.
In 2022, Saudi Arabia ranked 13 and United Arab Emirates ranked 38 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of world capability · Correlates of War

Year	Saudi Arabia	United Arab Emirates
2022	1.34	0.47
2021	1.23	0.45
2020	1.25	0.46
2019	1.53	0.34
2018	1.67	0.34
2017	1.61	0.35
2016	1.47	0.38
2015	1.72	0.36
2014	1.65	0.31
2013	1.41	0.31
2012	1.39	0.31
2011	1.28	0.34
2010	1.28	0.4
2009	1.24	0.3
2008	1.19	0.36
2007	1.19	0.32
2006	1.15	0.32
2005	1.12	0.31
2004	1.04	0.22
2003	1.02	0.22
2002	1.06	0.21
2001	1.17	0.25
2000	1.12	0.24
1999	1.08	0.23
1998	1.07	0.23
1997	0.99	0.2
1996	1	0.19
1995	0.96	0.18
1994	0.93	0.18
1993	1.02	0.17
1992	0.92	0.17
1991	1.29	0.23
1990	0.95	0.17
1989	0.75	0.13
1988	0.67	0.12
1987	0.71	0.13
1986	0.74	0.13
1985	0.74	0.14
1984	0.79	0.14
1983	0.76	0.13
1982	0.88	0.14
1981	0.9	0.12
1980	0.78	0.11
1979	0.7	0.08
1978	0.6	0.06
1977	0.55	0.05
1976	0.51	0.03
1975	0.38	0.02
1974	0.3	0.02
1973	0.28	0.02
1972	0.25	0.01
1971	0.24	0.01
1970	0.23	–
1969	0.21	–
1968	0.21	–
1967	0.24	–
1966	0.17	–
1965	0.17	–
1964	0.16	–
1963	0.15	–
1962	0.16	–
1961	0.15	–
1960	0.14	–
1959	0.13	–
1958	0.15	–
1957	0.14	–
1956	0.16	–
1955	0.17	–
1954	0.18	–
1953	0.14	–
1952	0.13	–
1951	0.12	–
1950	0.14	–
1949	0.13	–
1948	0.11	–
1947	0.18	–
1946	0.18	–
1945	0.09	–
1944	0.07	–
1943	0.06	–
1942	0.06	–
1941	0.06	–
1940	0.06	–
1939	0.06	–
1938	0.05	–
1937	0.05	–
1936	0.05	–
1935	0.05	–
1934	0.05	–
1933	0.04	–
1932	0.05	–
1931	0.04	–
1930	0.04	–
1929	0.04	–
1928	0.04	–
1927	0.04	–

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.

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Deaths in conflictsSaudi Arabia: 31 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022