How much coast is there?

Yemen’s coastline is 8.5 times as long as Romania’s.

Romania: 225 km (2026 edition) · Yemen: 1,906 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

Yemen’s highest peak towers 1,122 m above Romania’s.

Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition) · Yemen: 3,666 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

Yemen has 2.2 times as many people as Romania.

Romania: 19 million (2025) · Yemen: 41.8 million (2025)

How crowded is it?

Romania is 4% more densely populated than Yemen.

Romania: 83 per km² (2025) · Yemen: 79 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Romania is 24 years older than in Yemen.

Romania: 42.6 years (2023) · Yemen: 18.2 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in Yemen have 3.1 more children on average than in Romania.

Romania: 1.39 children per woman (2024) · Yemen: 4.5 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

20% of people in Romania are 65 or older, versus 2.5% in Yemen.

Romania: 20.1% (2025) · Yemen: 2.5% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Romania has produced 2.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Yemen 0.2.

Romania: 2.1 (2025) · Yemen: 0.2 (2025)

How many official languages?

Romania and Yemen are practically level.

Romania: 1 (2026) · Yemen: 1 (2026)

How big is the economy?

Romania’s economy is 20 times the size of Yemen’s.

Romania: $429 billion (2025) · Yemen: $21.6 billion (2018)

How much is produced per person?

Romania: Int$50,895 (2025) · Yemen: no data

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Yemen than in Romania (Gini 6.9 points higher).

Romania: 29.8 (2023) · Yemen: 36.7 (2014)

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 17% in Yemen, versus 6.0% in Romania.

Romania: 6% (2025) · Yemen: 17.3% (2025)

How much goes to the military?

Yemen spends 4.0% of its GDP on the military, Romania 2.3%.

Romania: 2.3% (2024) · Yemen: 4% (2014)

How expensive is it?

Romania: 44% (2025) · Yemen: no data

How much is spent on health?

Romania spends 22 times as much on health per person as Yemen.

Romania: $1,051 (2023) · Yemen: $48 (2023)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Yemen is 5.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Romania.

Romania: 6 per 1,000 (2024) · Yemen: 33.8 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

Romania has 37 times as many doctors per person as Yemen.

Romania: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Yemen: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023)

How common is obesity?

38% of adults in Romania are obese, versus 12% in Yemen.

Romania: 37.7% (2024) · Yemen: 11.6% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

Romania: 29.7% (2024) · Yemen: no data

How do people rate their lives?

People in Romania rate their lives 3.10 points higher than in Yemen.

Romania: 6.63 (2025) · Yemen: 3.53 (2025)

How much do people drink?

Adults in Romania drink 15,953 times as much alcohol as in Yemen.

Romania: 17.1 litres (2023) · Yemen: 0.0011 litres (2015)

How much meat is on the menu?

Romania has 5.3 times as much meat per person as Yemen.

Romania: 72.5 kg (2023) · Yemen: 13.7 kg (2023)

How much food is there per day?

Romania has 1,838 kcal more food per person per day than Yemen.

Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023) · Yemen: 1,811 kcal (2023)

How long do people work?

Workers in Romania put in 444 more hours a year than in Yemen.

Romania: 1,826 hours (2023) · Yemen: 1,382 hours (2023)

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Romania went to school 6.1 years longer than in Yemen.

Romania: 11.6 years (2023) · Yemen: 5.5 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

Romania welcomed 60 times as many tourists per resident as Yemen (2019).

Romania: 0.7 (2024) · Yemen: 0.01 (2015)

How many people are online?

91% of people in Romania are online, versus 17% in Yemen.

Romania: 91% (2024) · Yemen: 17% (2019)

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Romania have electricity, versus 86% in Yemen.

Romania: 100% (2024) · Yemen: 86.3% (2024)

How many live in cities?

52% of people in Romania live in cities, versus 37% in Yemen.

Romania: 52% (2025) · Yemen: 37% (2025)

How many phones per person?

Romania has 120 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Yemen 51.

Romania: 120 (2024) · Yemen: 51 (2023)

How much railway is there?

Romania: 10,769 km (2021) · Yemen: no data

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Romania fly 10 times as many passengers per resident as those from Yemen.

Romania: 0.15 (2023) · Yemen: 0.01 (2023)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 30% of Romania, but only 1.0% of Yemen.

Romania: 30.1% (2023) · Yemen: 1% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Romania emits 14 times as much CO₂ as someone in Yemen.

Romania: 3.6 t (2024) · Yemen: 0.2 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

47% of Romania’s electricity is renewable, versus 11% in Yemen.

Romania: 47% (2025) · Yemen: 11.2% (2024)

How clean is the air?

The air in Yemen carries 2.4 times as much fine dust as in Romania.

Romania: 14.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Yemen: 35 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

Romania: 1.1 per 100k (2024) · Yemen: no data

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Yemen are 3.1 times as deadly as in Romania.

Romania: 9.6 per 100k (2021) · Yemen: 29.8 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

Yemen is on average 15.2 °C warmer than Romania.

Romania: 11°C (2016–2025 avg) · Yemen: 26.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

How much rain falls?

Romania gets 5.1 times as much rain as Yemen.

Romania: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Yemen: 148 mm (2016–2025 avg)