Saudi Arabia’s coastline is 2.1 times as long as Finland’s

Finland: 1,250 km (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition)

Saudi Arabia’s highest peak towers 1,672 m above Finland’s

Finland: 1,328 m (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 7.4% of Finland

Finland: 7.4% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024)

Saudi Arabia has 6.5 times as many people as Finland

Finland: 5.65 million (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025)

Finland is 8% more densely populated than Saudi Arabia

Finland: 19 per km² (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Finland is 14 years older than in Saudi Arabia

Finland: 42.8 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023)

Women in Saudi Arabia have 1.1 more children on average than in Finland

Finland: 1.25 children per woman (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Finland are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Saudi Arabia

Finland: 24.2% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025)

Finland hosts 1,499 times as many refugees per resident as Saudi Arabia

Finland: 18.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 0.012 per 1,000 (2025)

Finland has produced 8.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Saudi Arabia none

Finland: 8.9 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026)

Finland has 2 official languages, Saudi Arabia 1

Finland: 2 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 1 (2026)

Saudi Arabia’s economy is 4 times the size of Finland’s

Finland: $317 billion (2025) · Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025)

Saudi Arabia produces 12% more per person than Finland

Finland: Int$65,885 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025)

Finland: 27.4 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Finland: 0.2% (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Unemployment is 9.5% in Finland, versus 3.0% in Saudi Arabia

Finland: 9.5% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025)

Saudi Arabia spends 6.5% of its GDP on the military, Finland 2.6%

Finland: 2.6% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025)

Finland’s central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Saudi Arabia’s 8.1%

Finland: 25.3% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024)

Finland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.8× Saudi Arabia’s

Finland: 85% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025)

Finland spends 3 times as much on health per person as Saudi Arabia

Finland: $5,515 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023)

A baby in Saudi Arabia is 2.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Finland

Finland: 1.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Finland has 6% more doctors per person than Saudi Arabia

Finland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2021) · Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Finland has 8% more hospital beds per person than Saudi Arabia

Finland: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Finland is 6 times that in Saudi Arabia

Finland: 13.1 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)

39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 26% in Finland

Finland: 26.2% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024)

21% of adults in Finland smoke, versus 15% in Saudi Arabia

Finland: 21.4% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024)

People in Finland rate their lives 0.95 points higher than in Saudi Arabia

Finland: 7.76 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025)

Finland: 9.4 litres (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Finland has 19% more meat per person than Saudi Arabia

Finland: 69.4 kg (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023)

Saudi Arabia has 314 kcal more food per person per day than Finland

Finland: 3,346 kcal (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023)

Workers in Saudi Arabia put in 628 more hours a year than in Finland

Finland: 1,497 hours (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023)

Adults in Finland went to school 1.4 years longer than in Saudi Arabia

Finland: 13 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023)

Saudi Arabia welcomed 6% more tourists per resident than Finland (2019)

Finland: 0.8 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024)

Finland and Saudi Arabia are practically level

Finland: 8 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026)

Finland has won 486 Olympic medals, Saudi Arabia 4

Finland: 486 (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition)

100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 94% in Finland

Finland: 94% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)

Home internet in Finland is 26% faster than in Saudi Arabia

Finland: 247 Mbps (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026)

Finland and Saudi Arabia are practically level

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

85% of people in Saudi Arabia live in cities, versus 75% in Finland

Finland: 75% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025)

Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Finland 126

Finland: 126 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024)

Finland’s railway network is 2 times as long as Saudi Arabia’s

Finland: 5,918 km (2021) · Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018)

Airlines from Finland fly 47% more passengers per resident than those from Saudi Arabia

Finland: 1.91 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023)

Forest covers 74% of Finland, but only 1.3% of Saudi Arabia

Finland: 74.2% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024)

The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 3.8 times as much CO₂ as someone in Finland

Finland: 5.3 t (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024)

56% of Finland’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia

Finland: 56.5% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024)

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

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

You are 5% more likely to be murdered in Finland than in Saudi Arabia

Finland: 1 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019)

Roads in Saudi Arabia are 4 times as deadly as in Finland

Finland: 5.3 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023)

Saudi Arabia is on average 23.3 °C warmer than Finland

Finland: 3.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Finland gets 12 times as much rain as Saudi Arabia

Finland: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 61 mm (2016–2025 avg)