Australia’s coastline is 9.8 times as long as Saudi Arabia’s

Australia: 25,760 km (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition)

Saudi Arabia’s highest peak towers 772 m above Australia’s

Australia: 2,228 m (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 47% of Australia

Australia: 47.3% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024)

Saudi Arabia has 34% more people than Australia

Australia: 27.6 million (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025)

Saudi Arabia is 4.8 times as densely populated as Australia

Australia: 4 per km² (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Australia is 8.5 years older than in Saudi Arabia

Australia: 37.8 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023)

Women in Saudi Arabia have 0.8 more children on average than in Australia

Australia: 1.48 children per woman (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024)

18% of people in Australia are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Saudi Arabia

Australia: 18.1% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025)

Australia hosts 100 times as many refugees per resident as Saudi Arabia

Australia: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 0.012 per 1,000 (2025)

Australia has produced 3.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Saudi Arabia none

Australia: 3.6 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026)

Australia and Saudi Arabia are practically level

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

Australia’s economy is 41% larger than Saudi Arabia’s

Australia: $1.8 trillion (2025) · Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025)

Saudi Arabia produces 3% more per person than Australia

Australia: Int$71,934 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025)

Australia: 33.8 (2020) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Australia: 0.9% (2020) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Unemployment is 4.1% in Australia, versus 3.0% in Saudi Arabia

Australia: 4.1% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025)

Saudi Arabia spends 6.5% of its GDP on the military, Australia 1.9%

Australia: 1.9% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025)

Australia’s central government collects 24% of GDP in tax, Saudi Arabia’s 8.1%

Australia: 23.6% (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024)

Australia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Saudi Arabia’s

Australia: 91% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025)

Australia spends 3.8 times as much on health per person as Saudi Arabia

Australia: $6,980 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023)

A baby in Saudi Arabia is 52% more likely to die before turning one than in Australia

Australia: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Australia has 20% more doctors per person than Saudi Arabia

Australia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Australia has 59% more hospital beds per person than Saudi Arabia

Australia: 3.8 per 1,000 (2016) · Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Australia is 5.7 times that in Saudi Arabia

Australia: 12.6 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)

39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 32% in Australia

Australia: 32.4% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024)

15% of adults in Saudi Arabia smoke, versus 12% in Australia

Australia: 11.6% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024)

People in Australia rate their lives 0.10 points higher than in Saudi Arabia

Australia: 6.92 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025)

Australia: 10.5 litres (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Australia has 2 times as much meat per person as Saudi Arabia

Australia: 116.8 kg (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023)

Saudi Arabia has 98 kcal more food per person per day than Australia

Australia: 3,562 kcal (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023)

Workers in Saudi Arabia put in 513 more hours a year than in Australia

Australia: 1,611 hours (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023)

Adults in Australia went to school 1.3 years longer than in Saudi Arabia

Australia: 12.9 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023)

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

Australia has 13 more World Heritage sites than Saudi Arabia (21 against 8)

Australia: 21 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026)

Australia has won 619 Olympic medals, Saudi Arabia 4

Australia: 619 (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition)

100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 96% in Australia

Australia: 96% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)

Home internet in Australia is 33% faster than in Saudi Arabia

Australia: 261 Mbps (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026)

Australia and Saudi Arabia are practically level

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

88% of people in Australia live in cities, versus 85% in Saudi Arabia

Australia: 88% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025)

Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Australia 113

Australia: 113 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024)

Australia’s railway network is 11 times as long as Saudi Arabia’s

Australia: 32,606 km (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018)

Airlines from Australia fly 92% more passengers per resident than those from Saudi Arabia

Australia: 2.5 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023)

Forest covers 17% of Australia, but only 1.3% of Saudi Arabia

Australia: 17.4% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024)

The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 41% more CO₂ than someone in Australia

Australia: 14.5 t (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024)

39% of Australia’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia

Australia: 38.6% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024)

The air in Saudi Arabia carries 9.3 times as much fine dust as in Australia

Australia: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 9% more likely to be murdered in Saudi Arabia than in Australia

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

Roads in Saudi Arabia are 2.9 times as deadly as in Australia

Australia: 7.5 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023)

Saudi Arabia is on average 4.3 °C warmer than Australia

Australia: 22.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Australia gets 7.3 times as much rain as Saudi Arabia

Australia: 447 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 61 mm (2016–2025 avg)