Saudi Arabia’s coastline is 11% longer than Germany’s

Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition)

Saudi Arabia’s highest peak towers 37 m above Germany’s

Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition)

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

Germany: 47.4% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024)

Germany has 2.3 times as many people as Saudi Arabia

Germany: 83.5 million (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025)

Germany is 14 times as densely populated as Saudi Arabia

Germany: 239 per km² (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Germany is 16 years older than in Saudi Arabia

Germany: 45.1 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023)

Women in Saudi Arabia have 0.9 more children on average than in Germany

Germany: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024)

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

Germany: 23.7% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025)

Germany hosts 2,625 times as many refugees per resident as Saudi Arabia

Germany: 31.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 0.012 per 1,000 (2025)

Germany has produced 10.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Saudi Arabia none

Germany: 10.3 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026)

Germany and Saudi Arabia are practically level

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

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

Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025) · Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025)

Germany produces 2% more per person than Saudi Arabia

Germany: Int$75,407 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025)

Germany: 33.7 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Germany: 0.7% (2022) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Unemployment is 3.7% in Germany, versus 3.0% in Saudi Arabia

Germany: 3.7% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025)

Saudi Arabia spends 6.5% of its GDP on the military, Germany 2.3%

Germany: 2.3% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025)

Germany’s central government collects 11% of GDP in tax, Saudi Arabia’s 8.1%

Germany: 10.9% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024)

Germany’s price level (US = 100) is 1.7× Saudi Arabia’s

Germany: 80% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025)

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

Germany: $6,849 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023)

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

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

Germany has 33% more doctors per person than Saudi Arabia

Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Germany has 3.1 times as many hospital beds per person as Saudi Arabia

Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Germany is 4.5 times that in Saudi Arabia

Germany: 10 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)

39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 24% in Germany

Germany: 24.5% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024)

22% of adults in Germany smoke, versus 15% in Saudi Arabia

Germany: 22% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024)

People in Germany rate their lives 0.06 points higher than in Saudi Arabia

Germany: 6.88 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025)

Germany: 10.9 litres (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Germany has 22% more meat per person than Saudi Arabia

Germany: 70.7 kg (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023)

Saudi Arabia has 125 kcal more food per person per day than Germany

Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023)

Workers in Saudi Arabia put in 789 more hours a year than in Germany

Germany: 1,335 hours (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023)

Adults in Germany went to school 2.7 years longer than in Saudi Arabia

Germany: 14.3 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023)

Saudi Arabia welcomed 88% more tourists per resident than Germany (2019)

Germany: 0.45 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024)

Germany has 47 more World Heritage sites than Saudi Arabia (55 against 8)

Germany: 55 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026)

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, Saudi Arabia 4

Germany: 980 (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition)

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

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

Home internet in Saudi Arabia is 5% faster than in Germany

Germany: 187 Mbps (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026)

Germany and Saudi Arabia are practically level

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

85% of people in Saudi Arabia live in cities, versus 82% in Germany

Germany: 82% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025)

Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Germany 129

Germany: 129 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024)

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

Germany: 33,401 km (2021) · Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018)

Airlines from Saudi Arabia fly 35% more passengers per resident than those from Germany

Germany: 0.96 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023)

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

Germany: 32.8% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024)

The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Germany

Germany: 6.8 t (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024)

59% of Germany’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia

Germany: 59.1% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024)

The air in Saudi Arabia carries 5.5 times as much fine dust as in Germany

Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3% more likely to be murdered in Saudi Arabia than in Germany

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

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

Germany: 5.4 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023)

Saudi Arabia is on average 16.6 °C warmer than Germany

Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Germany gets 14 times as much rain as Saudi Arabia

Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 61 mm (2016–2025 avg)