Greece’s coastline is 5.2 times as long as Saudi Arabia’s

Greece: 13,676 km (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition)

Saudi Arabia’s highest peak towers 83 m above Greece’s

Greece: 2,917 m (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 39% of Greece

Greece: 38.9% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024)

Saudi Arabia has 3.6 times as many people as Greece

Greece: 10.4 million (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025)

Greece is 4.7 times as densely populated as Saudi Arabia

Greece: 81 per km² (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Greece is 17 years older than in Saudi Arabia

Greece: 45.7 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023)

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

Greece: 1.24 children per woman (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024)

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

Greece: 24.4% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025)

Greece hosts 1,066 times as many refugees per resident as Saudi Arabia

Greece: 12.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 0.012 per 1,000 (2025)

Greece has produced 1.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Saudi Arabia none

Greece: 1 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026)

Greece and Saudi Arabia are practically level

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

Saudi Arabia’s economy is 4.6 times the size of Greece’s

Greece: $281 billion (2025) · Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025)

Saudi Arabia produces 63% more per person than Greece

Greece: Int$45,264 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025)

Greece: 33.4 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Greece: 0.6% (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Unemployment is 8.5% in Greece, versus 3.0% in Saudi Arabia

Greece: 8.5% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025)

Saudi Arabia spends 6.5% of its GDP on the military, Greece 3.0%

Greece: 3% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025)

Greece’s central government collects 27% of GDP in tax, Saudi Arabia’s 8.1%

Greece: 27.4% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024)

Greece’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Saudi Arabia’s

Greece: 60% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025)

Greece spends 8% more on health per person than Saudi Arabia

Greece: $1,963 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023)

A baby in Saudi Arabia is 47% more likely to die before turning one than in Greece

Greece: 3.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Greece has 93% more doctors per person than Saudi Arabia

Greece: 6.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Greece has 77% more hospital beds per person than Saudi Arabia

Greece: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Greece is 77% higher than in Saudi Arabia

Greece: 3.9 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)

39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 34% in Greece

Greece: 33.7% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024)

30% of adults in Greece smoke, versus 15% in Saudi Arabia

Greece: 30.2% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024)

People in Saudi Arabia rate their lives 1.12 points higher than in Greece

Greece: 5.70 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025)

Greece: 8.6 litres (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Greece has 41% more meat per person than Saudi Arabia

Greece: 82 kg (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023)

Saudi Arabia has 278 kcal more food per person per day than Greece

Greece: 3,382 kcal (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023)

Workers in Saudi Arabia put in 231 more hours a year than in Greece

Greece: 1,893 hours (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023)

Saudi Arabia and Greece are practically level

Greece: 11.6 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023)

Greece welcomed 3.2 times as many tourists per resident as Saudi Arabia (2019)

Greece: 2.67 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024)

Greece has 13 more World Heritage sites than Saudi Arabia (21 against 8)

Greece: 21 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026)

Greece has won 129 Olympic medals, Saudi Arabia 4

Greece: 129 (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition)

100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 86% in Greece

Greece: 86% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)

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

Greece: 186 Mbps (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026)

Greece and Saudi Arabia are practically level

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

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

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

Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Greece 114

Greece: 114 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024)

Saudi Arabia’s railway network is 26% longer than Greece’s

Greece: 2,339 km (2021) · Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018)

Airlines from Greece fly 41% more passengers per resident than those from Saudi Arabia

Greece: 1.83 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023)

Forest covers 37% of Greece, but only 1.3% of Saudi Arabia

Greece: 36.9% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024)

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

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

50% of Greece’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia

Greece: 49.7% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024)

The air in Saudi Arabia carries 3.3 times as much fine dust as in Greece

Greece: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 11% more likely to be murdered in Saudi Arabia than in Greece

Greece: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019)

Roads in Saudi Arabia are 2 times as deadly as in Greece

Greece: 10.8 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023)

Saudi Arabia is on average 11.1 °C warmer than Greece

Greece: 15.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Greece gets 13 times as much rain as Saudi Arabia

Greece: 800 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 61 mm (2016–2025 avg)