Saudi Arabia’s coastline is 16 times as long as Bahrain’s

Bahrain: 161 km (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition)

Saudi Arabia’s highest peak towers 2,865 m above Bahrain’s

Bahrain: 135 m (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 10% of Bahrain

Bahrain: 10.3% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024)

Saudi Arabia has 23 times as many people as Bahrain

Bahrain: 1.6 million (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025)

Bahrain is 116 times as densely populated as Saudi Arabia

Bahrain: 2,000 per km² (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Bahrain is 3.6 years older than in Saudi Arabia

Bahrain: 32.9 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023)

Women in Saudi Arabia have 0.5 more children on average than in Bahrain

Bahrain: 1.81 children per woman (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024)

4.0% of people in Bahrain are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Saudi Arabia

Bahrain: 4% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025)

Bahrain hosts 12 times as many refugees per resident as Saudi Arabia

Bahrain: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 0.012 per 1,000 (2025)

Bahrain and Saudi Arabia are practically level

Bahrain: 0 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026)

Bahrain and Saudi Arabia are practically level

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

Saudi Arabia’s economy is 26 times the size of Bahrain’s

Bahrain: $49 billion (2025) · Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025)

Saudi Arabia produces 4% more per person than Bahrain

Bahrain: Int$70,997 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025)

Unemployment is 3.0% in Saudi Arabia, versus 1.1% in Bahrain

Bahrain: 1.1% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025)

Saudi Arabia spends 6.5% of its GDP on the military, Bahrain 3.1%

Bahrain: 3.1% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025)

Saudi Arabia’s central government collects 8.1% of GDP in tax, Bahrain’s 2.8%

Bahrain: 2.8% (2020) · Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024)

Saudi Arabia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Bahrain’s

Bahrain: 43% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025)

Saudi Arabia spends 55% more on health per person than Bahrain

Bahrain: $1,176 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023)

A baby in Bahrain is 55% more likely to die before turning one than in Saudi Arabia

Bahrain: 7.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Saudi Arabia has 4.6 times as many doctors per person as Bahrain

Bahrain: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Saudi Arabia has 31% more hospital beds per person than Bahrain

Bahrain: 1.8 per 1,000 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Bahrain is 14% higher than in Saudi Arabia

Bahrain: 2.5 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)

39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 36% in Bahrain

Bahrain: 35.5% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024)

15% of adults in Bahrain smoke, versus 15% in Saudi Arabia

Bahrain: 15.4% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024)

People in Saudi Arabia rate their lives 0.56 points higher than in Bahrain

Bahrain: 6.25 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025)

Bahrain: 2 litres (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Bahrain has 31% more meat per person than Saudi Arabia

Bahrain: 76.3 kg (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023)

Saudi Arabia has 237 kcal more food per person per day than Bahrain

Bahrain: 3,423 kcal (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023)

Workers in Saudi Arabia put in 72 more hours a year than in Bahrain

Bahrain: 2,052 hours (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023)

Adults in Saudi Arabia went to school 0.48 years longer than in Bahrain

Bahrain: 11.1 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023)

Bahrain welcomed 4.9 times as many tourists per resident as Saudi Arabia (2019)

Bahrain: 4.17 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024)

Saudi Arabia has 5 more World Heritage sites than Bahrain (8 against 3)

Bahrain: 3 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026)

Bahrain has won 8 Olympic medals, Saudi Arabia 4

Bahrain: 8 (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition)

Bahrain and Saudi Arabia are practically level

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

Home internet in Bahrain is 7% faster than in Saudi Arabia

Bahrain: 209 Mbps (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026)

Bahrain and Saudi Arabia are practically level

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

100% of people in Bahrain live in cities, versus 85% in Saudi Arabia

Bahrain: 100% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025)

Saudi Arabia and Bahrain are practically level

Bahrain: 160 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024)

Bahrain: no data · Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018)

Airlines from Bahrain fly 2.8 times as many passengers per resident as those from Saudi Arabia

Bahrain: 3.58 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023)

Forest covers 4.9% of Bahrain, but only 1.3% of Saudi Arabia

Bahrain: 4.9% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024)

The average person in Bahrain emits 19% more CO₂ than someone in Saudi Arabia

Bahrain: 24.3 t (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024)

2.2% of Saudi Arabia’s electricity is renewable, versus 0.3% in Bahrain

Bahrain: 0.3% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024)

The air in Saudi Arabia carries 5% more fine dust than in Bahrain

Bahrain: 48.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 4.8 times as likely to be murdered in Saudi Arabia as in Bahrain

Bahrain: 0.2 per 100k (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019)

Roads in Saudi Arabia are 3.4 times as deadly as in Bahrain

Bahrain: 6.3 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023)

Saudi Arabia is on average 0.2 °C warmer than Bahrain

Bahrain: 26.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Saudi Arabia and Bahrain are nearly identical here

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