France’s coastline is 84% longer than Saudi Arabia’s

France: 4,853 km (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition)

France’s highest peak towers 1,810 m above Saudi Arabia’s

France: 4,810 m (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 53% of France

France: 52.8% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024)

France has 86% more people than Saudi Arabia

France: 68.7 million (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025)

France is 7.4 times as densely populated as Saudi Arabia

France: 128 per km² (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025)

The typical person in France is 13 years older than in Saudi Arabia

France: 41.8 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023)

Women in Saudi Arabia have 0.7 more children on average than in France

France: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024)

23% of people in France are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Saudi Arabia

France: 22.5% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025)

France hosts 947 times as many refugees per resident as Saudi Arabia

France: 11.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 0.012 per 1,000 (2025)

France has produced 9.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Saudi Arabia none

France: 9.5 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026)

France and Saudi Arabia are practically level

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

France’s economy is 2.6 times the size of Saudi Arabia’s

France: $3.37 trillion (2025) · Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025)

Saudi Arabia produces 15% more per person than France

France: Int$63,975 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025)

France: 31.8 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

France: 0.1% (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Unemployment is 7.5% in France, versus 3.0% in Saudi Arabia

France: 7.5% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025)

Saudi Arabia spends 6.5% of its GDP on the military, France 2.0%

France: 2% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025)

France’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Saudi Arabia’s 8.1%

France: 22.8% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024)

France’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Saudi Arabia’s

France: 77% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025)

France spends 2.9 times as much on health per person as Saudi Arabia

France: $5,327 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023)

A baby in Saudi Arabia is 38% more likely to die before turning one than in France

France: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Saudi Arabia has 4% more doctors per person than France

France: 3.3 per 1,000 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023)

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

France: 5.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in France is 6.3 times that in Saudi Arabia

France: 13.9 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)

39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 13% in France

France: 12.5% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024)

34% of adults in France smoke, versus 15% in Saudi Arabia

France: 33.6% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024)

People in Saudi Arabia rate their lives 0.23 points higher than in France

France: 6.59 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025)

France: 11.2 litres (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

France has 38% more meat per person than Saudi Arabia

France: 80.3 kg (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023)

Saudi Arabia has 170 kcal more food per person per day than France

France: 3,490 kcal (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023)

Workers in Saudi Arabia put in 637 more hours a year than in France

France: 1,487 hours (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023)

Adults in France went to school 0.16 years longer than in Saudi Arabia

France: 11.8 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023)

France welcomed 60% more tourists per resident than Saudi Arabia (2019)

France: 1.35 (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024)

France has 48 more World Heritage sites than Saudi Arabia (56 against 8)

France: 56 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026)

France has won 985 Olympic medals, Saudi Arabia 4

France: 985 (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition)

100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 89% in France

France: 89% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)

Home internet in France is 2.3 times as fast as in Saudi Arabia

France: 460 Mbps (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026)

France and Saudi Arabia are practically level

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

85% of people in Saudi Arabia live in cities, versus 79% in France

France: 79% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025)

Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, France 117

France: 117 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024)

France’s railway network is 9.4 times as long as Saudi Arabia’s

France: 27,716 km (2021) · Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018)

Airlines from Saudi Arabia fly 38% more passengers per resident than those from France

France: 0.94 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of France, but only 1.3% of Saudi Arabia

France: 32.9% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024)

The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 5.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in France

France: 4 t (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024)

26% of France’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia

France: 26.1% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024)

The air in Saudi Arabia carries 5.7 times as much fine dust as in France

France: 8.9 µg/m³ (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 44% more likely to be murdered in France than in Saudi Arabia

France: 1.3 per 100k (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019)

Roads in Saudi Arabia are 2.8 times as deadly as in France

France: 7.6 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023)

Saudi Arabia is on average 12.7 °C warmer than France

France: 14.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

France gets 19 times as much rain as Saudi Arabia

France: 1,158 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 61 mm (2016–2025 avg)