Italy’s coastline is 2.9 times as long as Saudi Arabia’s

Italy: 7,600 km (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition)

Italy’s highest peak towers 1,748 m above Saudi Arabia’s

Italy: 4,748 m (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 44% of Italy

Italy: 43.6% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024)

Italy has 59% more people than Saudi Arabia

Italy: 58.9 million (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025)

Italy is 12 times as densely populated as Saudi Arabia

Italy: 199 per km² (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Italy is 18 years older than in Saudi Arabia

Italy: 47.5 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023)

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

Italy: 1.18 children per woman (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Italy are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Saudi Arabia

Italy: 25.1% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025)

Italy hosts 270 times as many refugees per resident as Saudi Arabia

Italy: 3.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 0.012 per 1,000 (2025)

Italy has produced 3.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Saudi Arabia none

Italy: 3.4 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026)

Italy and Saudi Arabia are practically level

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

Italy’s economy is 2 times the size of Saudi Arabia’s

Italy: $2.55 trillion (2025) · Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025)

Saudi Arabia produces 17% more per person than Italy

Italy: Int$62,803 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025)

Italy: 34.3 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Italy: 0.9% (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Unemployment is 6.4% in Italy, versus 3.0% in Saudi Arabia

Italy: 6.4% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025)

Saudi Arabia spends 6.5% of its GDP on the military, Italy 1.9%

Italy: 1.9% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025)

Italy’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Saudi Arabia’s 8.1%

Italy: 25.6% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024)

Italy’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Saudi Arabia’s

Italy: 69% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025)

Italy spends 86% more on health per person than Saudi Arabia

Italy: $3,398 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023)

A baby in Saudi Arabia is 2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Italy

Italy: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Italy has 23% more doctors per person than Saudi Arabia

Italy: 4.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Italy has 27% more hospital beds per person than Saudi Arabia

Italy: 3.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Italy is 2.6 times that in Saudi Arabia

Italy: 5.7 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)

39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 18% in Italy

Italy: 17.9% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024)

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

Italy: 22.4% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024)

People in Saudi Arabia rate their lives 0.24 points higher than in Italy

Italy: 6.57 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025)

Italy: 8.4 litres (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Italy has 23% more meat per person than Saudi Arabia

Italy: 71.2 kg (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023)

Italy has 93 kcal more food per person per day than Saudi Arabia

Italy: 3,753 kcal (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023)

Workers in Saudi Arabia put in 423 more hours a year than in Italy

Italy: 1,701 hours (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023)

Adults in Saudi Arabia went to school 0.78 years longer than in Italy

Italy: 10.8 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023)

Italy welcomed 16% more tourists per resident than Saudi Arabia (2019)

Italy: 0.98 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024)

Italy has 54 more World Heritage sites than Saudi Arabia (62 against 8)

Italy: 62 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026)

Italy has won 829 Olympic medals, Saudi Arabia 4

Italy: 829 (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition)

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

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

Home internet in Italy is 40% faster than in Saudi Arabia

Italy: 274 Mbps (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026)

Italy and Saudi Arabia are practically level

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

85% of people in Saudi Arabia live in cities, versus 70% in Italy

Italy: 70% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025)

Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Italy 133

Italy: 133 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024)

Italy’s railway network is 5.9 times as long as Saudi Arabia’s

Italy: 17,305 km (2021) · Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018)

Airlines from Saudi Arabia fly 3.8 times as many passengers per resident as those from Italy

Italy: 0.34 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023)

Forest covers 32% of Italy, but only 1.3% of Saudi Arabia

Italy: 31.8% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024)

The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Italy

Italy: 5.1 t (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024)

49% of Italy’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia

Italy: 48.8% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024)

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

Italy: 15.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 65% more likely to be murdered in Saudi Arabia than in Italy

Italy: 0.6 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019)

Roads in Saudi Arabia are 2.5 times as deadly as in Italy

Italy: 8.5 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023)

Saudi Arabia is on average 12.9 °C warmer than Italy

Italy: 13.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Italy gets 17 times as much rain as Saudi Arabia

Italy: 1,030 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 61 mm (2016–2025 avg)