Saudi Arabia’s coastline is 82% longer than Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition)

Saudi Arabia’s highest peak towers 1,959 m above Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 65% of Ireland

Ireland: 65.1% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024)

Saudi Arabia has 6.7 times as many people as Ireland

Ireland: 5.48 million (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025)

Ireland is 4.6 times as densely populated as Saudi Arabia

Ireland: 80 per km² (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ireland is 9.2 years older than in Saudi Arabia

Ireland: 38.4 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023)

Women in Saudi Arabia have 0.8 more children on average than in Ireland

Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024)

16% of people in Ireland are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Saudi Arabia

Ireland: 16.2% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025)

Ireland hosts 2,075 times as many refugees per resident as Saudi Arabia

Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 0.012 per 1,000 (2025)

Ireland has produced 9.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Saudi Arabia none

Ireland: 9.1 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026)

Ireland has 2 official languages, Saudi Arabia 1

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

Saudi Arabia’s economy is 77% larger than Ireland’s

Ireland: $722 billion (2025) · Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025)

Ireland produces 2.1 times as much per person as Saudi Arabia

Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025)

Ireland: 29 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

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

Unemployment is 4.6% in Ireland, versus 3.0% in Saudi Arabia

Ireland: 4.6% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025)

Saudi Arabia spends 6.5% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Ireland: 0.2% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025)

Ireland’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Saudi Arabia’s 8.1%

Ireland: 17.9% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024)

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

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

Ireland spends 4.1 times as much on health per person as Saudi Arabia

Ireland: $7,395 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023)

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

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

Ireland has 14% more doctors per person than Saudi Arabia

Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Ireland has 23% more hospital beds per person than Saudi Arabia

Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Ireland is 3.3 times that in Saudi Arabia

Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)

39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 31% in Ireland

Ireland: 30.6% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024)

18% of adults in Ireland smoke, versus 15% in Saudi Arabia

Ireland: 18.2% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024)

People in Ireland rate their lives 0.11 points higher than in Saudi Arabia

Ireland: 6.93 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025)

Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Ireland has 69% more meat per person than Saudi Arabia

Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023)

Ireland has 261 kcal more food per person per day than Saudi Arabia

Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023)

Workers in Saudi Arabia put in 470 more hours a year than in Ireland

Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023)

Adults in Ireland went to school 0.12 years longer than in Saudi Arabia

Ireland: 11.7 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023)

Ireland welcomed 2.6 times as many tourists per resident as Saudi Arabia (2019)

Ireland: 2.2 (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024)

Saudi Arabia has 6 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (8 against 2)

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026)

Ireland has won 42 Olympic medals, Saudi Arabia 4

Ireland: 42 (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition)

100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 97% in Ireland

Ireland: 97% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)

Home internet in Ireland is 53% faster than in Saudi Arabia

Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026)

Ireland and Saudi Arabia are practically level

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

85% of people in Saudi Arabia live in cities, versus 65% in Ireland

Ireland: 65% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025)

Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

Ireland: 113 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024)

Saudi Arabia’s railway network is 78% longer than Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,650 km (2021) · Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018)

Airlines from Ireland fly 27 times as many passengers per resident as those from Saudi Arabia

Ireland: 35.11 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023)

Forest covers 12% of Ireland, but only 1.3% of Saudi Arabia

Ireland: 12% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024)

The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 3.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ireland

Ireland: 6.3 t (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024)

48% of Ireland’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia

Ireland: 48.1% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024)

The air in Saudi Arabia carries 6.8 times as much fine dust as in Ireland

Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 43% more likely to be murdered in Saudi Arabia than in Ireland

Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019)

Roads in Saudi Arabia are 4.1 times as deadly as in Ireland

Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023)

Saudi Arabia is on average 16.5 °C warmer than Ireland

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

Ireland gets 19 times as much rain as Saudi Arabia

Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 61 mm (2016–2025 avg)