Saudi Arabia’s coastline is 102 times as long as Jordan’s

Jordan: 26 km (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition)

Saudi Arabia’s highest peak towers 1,146 m above Jordan’s

Jordan: 1,854 m (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 12% of Jordan

Jordan: 11.6% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024)

Saudi Arabia has 3.2 times as many people as Jordan

Jordan: 11.5 million (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025)

Jordan is 7.5 times as densely populated as Saudi Arabia

Jordan: 130 per km² (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Saudi Arabia is 5 years older than in Jordan

Jordan: 24.3 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023)

Women in Jordan have 0.3 more children on average than in Saudi Arabia

Jordan: 2.6 children per woman (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024)

4.8% of people in Jordan are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Saudi Arabia

Jordan: 4.8% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025)

Jordan hosts 3,125 times as many refugees per resident as Saudi Arabia

Jordan: 37.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 0.012 per 1,000 (2025)

Jordan has produced 0.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Saudi Arabia none

Jordan: 0.9 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026)

Jordan and Saudi Arabia are practically level

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

Saudi Arabia’s economy is 21 times the size of Jordan’s

Jordan: $61.6 billion (2025) · Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025)

Saudi Arabia produces 5.8 times as much per person as Jordan

Jordan: Int$12,632 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025)

Unemployment is 17% in Jordan, versus 3.0% in Saudi Arabia

Jordan: 16.5% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025)

Saudi Arabia spends 6.5% of its GDP on the military, Jordan 4.6%

Jordan: 4.6% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025)

Jordan’s central government collects 16% of GDP in tax, Saudi Arabia’s 8.1%

Jordan: 15.5% (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024)

Saudi Arabia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Jordan’s

Jordan: 42% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025)

Saudi Arabia spends 5.3 times as much on health per person as Jordan

Jordan: $342 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023)

A baby in Jordan is 2.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Saudi Arabia

Jordan: 12 per 1,000 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Saudi Arabia has 19% more doctors per person than Jordan

Jordan: 2.9 per 1,000 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Saudi Arabia has 71% more hospital beds per person than Jordan

Jordan: 1.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Saudi Arabia is 2 times that in Jordan

Jordan: 1.1 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)

39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 33% in Jordan

Jordan: 33.2% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024)

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

Jordan: 34.1% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024)

People in Saudi Arabia rate their lives 2.34 points higher than in Jordan

Jordan: 4.48 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025)

Jordan: 0.3 litres (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Saudi Arabia has 66% more meat per person than Jordan

Jordan: 35.1 kg (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023)

Saudi Arabia has 1,104 kcal more food per person per day than Jordan

Jordan: 2,556 kcal (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023)

Workers in Jordan put in 359 more hours a year than in Saudi Arabia

Jordan: 2,483 hours (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023)

Adults in Saudi Arabia went to school 1.4 years longer than in Jordan

Jordan: 10.2 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023)

Saudi Arabia welcomed 86% more tourists per resident than Jordan (2019)

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

Jordan and Saudi Arabia are practically level

Jordan: 8 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026)

Jordan and Saudi Arabia are practically level

Jordan: 4 (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition)

100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 96% in Jordan

Jordan: 96% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)

Home internet in Jordan is 29% faster than in Saudi Arabia

Jordan: 253 Mbps (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026)

Jordan and Saudi Arabia are practically level

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

93% of people in Jordan live in cities, versus 85% in Saudi Arabia

Jordan: 93% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025)

Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Jordan 70

Jordan: 70 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024)

Saudi Arabia’s railway network is 5.8 times as long as Jordan’s

Jordan: 509 km (2020) · Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018)

Airlines from Saudi Arabia fly 4 times as many passengers per resident as those from Jordan

Jordan: 0.32 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023)

Saudi Arabia and Jordan are practically level

Jordan: 0.8% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024)

The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 10 times as much CO₂ as someone in Jordan

Jordan: 2 t (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024)

24% of Jordan’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia

Jordan: 24.1% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024)

The air in Saudi Arabia carries 55% more fine dust than in Jordan

Jordan: 32.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 6% more likely to be murdered in Jordan than in Saudi Arabia

Jordan: 1 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019)

Roads in Saudi Arabia are 4% deadlier than in Jordan

Jordan: 20.6 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023)

Saudi Arabia is on average 6.5 °C warmer than Jordan

Jordan: 20.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Jordan gets 31% more rain than Saudi Arabia

Jordan: 80 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 61 mm (2016–2025 avg)