Saudi Arabia’s coastline is 8% longer than Egypt’s

Egypt: 2,450 km (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition)

Saudi Arabia’s highest peak towers 371 m above Egypt’s

Egypt: 2,629 m (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 4.2% of Egypt

Egypt: 4.2% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024)

Egypt has 3.2 times as many people as Saudi Arabia

Egypt: 118 million (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025)

Egypt is 6.9 times as densely populated as Saudi Arabia

Egypt: 119 per km² (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Saudi Arabia is 5.2 years older than in Egypt

Egypt: 24 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023)

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

Egypt: 2.74 children per woman (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024)

5.3% of people in Egypt are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Saudi Arabia

Egypt: 5.3% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025)

Egypt hosts 153 times as many refugees per resident as Saudi Arabia

Egypt: 1.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 0.012 per 1,000 (2025)

Egypt has produced 0.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Saudi Arabia none

Egypt: 0.5 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026)

Egypt and Saudi Arabia are practically level

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

Saudi Arabia’s economy is 3.5 times the size of Egypt’s

Egypt: $365 billion (2025) · Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025)

Saudi Arabia produces 3.7 times as much per person as Egypt

Egypt: Int$20,204 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025)

Egypt: 28.5 (2021) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Egypt: 1.4% (2021) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Unemployment is 6.8% in Egypt, versus 3.0% in Saudi Arabia

Egypt: 6.8% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025)

Saudi Arabia spends 6.5% of its GDP on the military, Egypt 0.6%

Egypt: 0.6% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025)

Egypt’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Saudi Arabia’s 8.1%

Egypt: 12.5% (2015) · Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024)

Saudi Arabia’s price level (US = 100) is 3.1× Egypt’s

Egypt: 15% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025)

Saudi Arabia spends 13 times as much on health per person as Egypt

Egypt: $141 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023)

A baby in Egypt is 4.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Saudi Arabia

Egypt: 20.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Saudi Arabia has 5.1 times as many doctors per person as Egypt

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

Saudi Arabia has 2.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Egypt

Egypt: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021) · Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Saudi Arabia is 2.8 times that in Egypt

Egypt: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)

43% of adults in Egypt are obese, versus 39% in Saudi Arabia

Egypt: 42.8% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024)

25% of adults in Egypt smoke, versus 15% in Saudi Arabia

Egypt: 25% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024)

People in Saudi Arabia rate their lives 2.96 points higher than in Egypt

Egypt: 3.86 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025)

Egypt: 0.1 litres (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Saudi Arabia has 2.1 times as much meat per person as Egypt

Egypt: 27.6 kg (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023)

Saudi Arabia has 566 kcal more food per person per day than Egypt

Egypt: 3,094 kcal (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023)

Workers in Egypt put in 244 more hours a year than in Saudi Arabia

Egypt: 2,369 hours (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023)

Adults in Saudi Arabia went to school 1.5 years longer than in Egypt

Egypt: 10.1 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023)

Saudi Arabia welcomed 8.2 times as many tourists per resident as Egypt (2019)

Egypt: 0.1 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024)

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

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

Egypt has won 41 Olympic medals, Saudi Arabia 4

Egypt: 41 (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition)

100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 75% in Egypt

Egypt: 75% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)

Home internet in Saudi Arabia is 2.4 times as fast as in Egypt

Egypt: 80 Mbps (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026)

Egypt and Saudi Arabia are practically level

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

85% of people in Saudi Arabia live in cities, versus 43% in Egypt

Egypt: 43% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025)

Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Egypt 97

Egypt: 97 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024)

Egypt’s railway network is 75% longer than Saudi Arabia’s

Egypt: 5,153 km (2016) · Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018)

Airlines from Saudi Arabia fly 9.2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Egypt

Egypt: 0.14 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023)

Forest covers 1.3% of Saudi Arabia, but only 0.0% of Egypt

Egypt: 0% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024)

The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 9.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Egypt

Egypt: 2.2 t (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024)

13% of Egypt’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia

Egypt: 13% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024)

The air in Saudi Arabia carries 22% more fine dust than in Egypt

Egypt: 41.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 40% more likely to be murdered in Egypt than in Saudi Arabia

Egypt: 1.3 per 100k (2017) · Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019)

Roads in Saudi Arabia are 73% deadlier than in Egypt

Egypt: 12.4 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023)

Saudi Arabia is on average 3.3 °C warmer than Egypt

Egypt: 23.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Saudi Arabia gets 5 times as much rain as Egypt

Egypt: 12 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 61 mm (2016–2025 avg)