Saudi Arabia’s coastline is 2.6 times as long as Algeria’s

Algeria: 998 km (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition)

Saudi Arabia’s highest peak towers 92 m above Algeria’s

Algeria: 2,908 m (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 17% of Algeria

Algeria: 17.3% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024)

Algeria has 28% more people than Saudi Arabia

Algeria: 47.4 million (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025)

Algeria is 16% more densely populated than Saudi Arabia

Algeria: 20 per km² (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Saudi Arabia is 1.1 years older than in Algeria

Algeria: 28.2 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023)

Women in Algeria have 0.4 more children on average than in Saudi Arabia

Algeria: 2.72 children per woman (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024)

6.8% of people in Algeria are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Saudi Arabia

Algeria: 6.8% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025)

Algeria hosts 314 times as many refugees per resident as Saudi Arabia

Algeria: 3.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 0.012 per 1,000 (2025)

Algeria has produced 0.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Saudi Arabia none

Algeria: 0.4 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026)

Algeria and Saudi Arabia are practically level

Algeria: 1 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 1 (2026)

Saudi Arabia’s economy is 4.4 times the size of Algeria’s

Algeria: $287 billion (2025) · Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025)

Saudi Arabia produces 4 times as much per person as Algeria

Algeria: Int$18,586 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025)

Unemployment is 12% in Algeria, versus 3.0% in Saudi Arabia

Algeria: 11.6% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025)

Algeria spends 8.8% of its GDP on the military, Saudi Arabia 6.5%

Algeria: 8.8% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025)

Algeria: no data · Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024)

Saudi Arabia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Algeria’s

Algeria: 33% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025)

Saudi Arabia spends 7.8 times as much on health per person as Algeria

Algeria: $233 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023)

A baby in Algeria is 4.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Saudi Arabia

Algeria: 19.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Saudi Arabia has 2.1 times as many doctors per person as Algeria

Algeria: 1.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Saudi Arabia has 50% more hospital beds per person than Algeria

Algeria: 1.6 per 1,000 (2017) · Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Algeria is 45% higher than in Saudi Arabia

Algeria: 3.2 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)

39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 24% in Algeria

Algeria: 24.3% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024)

22% of adults in Algeria smoke, versus 15% in Saudi Arabia

Algeria: 22.4% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024)

People in Saudi Arabia rate their lives 1.10 points higher than in Algeria

Algeria: 5.71 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025)

Algeria: 0.4 litres (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Saudi Arabia has 2.6 times as much meat per person as Algeria

Algeria: 22.3 kg (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023)

Saudi Arabia has 264 kcal more food per person per day than Algeria

Algeria: 3,396 kcal (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023)

Workers in Algeria put in 108 more hours a year than in Saudi Arabia

Algeria: 2,232 hours (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023)

Adults in Saudi Arabia went to school 4.2 years longer than in Algeria

Algeria: 7.4 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023)

Algeria: no data · Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024)

Saudi Arabia has 1 more World Heritage site than Algeria (8 against 7)

Algeria: 7 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026)

Algeria has won 20 Olympic medals, Saudi Arabia 4

Algeria: 20 (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition)

100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 77% in Algeria

Algeria: 77% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)

Home internet in Saudi Arabia is 19% faster than in Algeria

Algeria: 165 Mbps (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026)

Algeria and Saudi Arabia are practically level

Algeria: 100% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)

85% of people in Saudi Arabia live in cities, versus 76% in Algeria

Algeria: 76% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025)

Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Algeria 115

Algeria: 115 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024)

Algeria’s railway network is 36% longer than Saudi Arabia’s

Algeria: 4,001 km (2021) · Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018)

Airlines from Saudi Arabia fly 8.6 times as many passengers per resident as those from Algeria

Algeria: 0.15 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023)

Forest covers 1.3% of Saudi Arabia, but only 0.7% of Algeria

Algeria: 0.7% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024)

The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 4.8 times as much CO₂ as someone in Algeria

Algeria: 4.2 t (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024)

2.2% of Saudi Arabia’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.1% in Algeria

Algeria: 1.1% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024)

The air in Saudi Arabia carries 3.5 times as much fine dust as in Algeria

Algeria: 14.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 24% more likely to be murdered in Algeria than in Saudi Arabia

Algeria: 1.2 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019)

Roads in Algeria are 4% deadlier than in Saudi Arabia

Algeria: 22.3 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023)

Saudi Arabia is on average 2.2 °C warmer than Algeria

Algeria: 24.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Saudi Arabia gets 6% more rain than Algeria

Algeria: 58 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 61 mm (2016–2025 avg)