Norway’s coastline is 9.5 times as long as Saudi Arabia’s

Norway: 25,148 km (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition)

Saudi Arabia’s highest peak towers 531 m above Norway’s

Norway: 2,469 m (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 2.7% of Norway

Norway: 2.7% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024)

Saudi Arabia has 6.6 times as many people as Norway

Norway: 5.61 million (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025)

Saudi Arabia is 12% more densely populated than Norway

Norway: 15 per km² (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Norway is 10 years older than in Saudi Arabia

Norway: 39.5 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023)

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

Norway: 1.45 children per woman (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024)

19% of people in Norway are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Saudi Arabia

Norway: 19.1% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025)

Norway hosts 1,824 times as many refugees per resident as Saudi Arabia

Norway: 22.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 0.012 per 1,000 (2025)

Norway has produced 23.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Saudi Arabia none

Norway: 23.2 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026)

Norway has 3 official languages, Saudi Arabia 1

Norway: 3 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 1 (2026)

Saudi Arabia’s economy is 2.4 times the size of Norway’s

Norway: $531 billion (2025) · Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025)

Norway produces 41% more per person than Saudi Arabia

Norway: Int$104,044 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025)

Norway: 26.5 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Norway: 0.2% (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

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

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

Saudi Arabia spends 6.5% of its GDP on the military, Norway 3.3%

Norway: 3.3% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025)

Norway’s central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Saudi Arabia’s 8.1%

Norway: 24.5% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024)

Norway’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Saudi Arabia’s

Norway: 91% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025)

Norway spends 4.5 times as much on health per person as Saudi Arabia

Norway: $8,296 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023)

A baby in Saudi Arabia is 2.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Norway

Norway: 2 per 1,000 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Norway has 46% more doctors per person than Saudi Arabia

Norway: 5 per 1,000 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Norway has 37% more hospital beds per person than Saudi Arabia

Norway: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Norway is 5.3 times that in Saudi Arabia

Norway: 11.6 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)

39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 21% in Norway

Norway: 20.7% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024)

15% of adults in Saudi Arabia smoke, versus 13% in Norway

Norway: 12.9% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024)

People in Norway rate their lives 0.42 points higher than in Saudi Arabia

Norway: 7.24 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025)

Norway: 7 litres (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Norway has 21% more meat per person than Saudi Arabia

Norway: 70.4 kg (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023)

Saudi Arabia has 184 kcal more food per person per day than Norway

Norway: 3,476 kcal (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023)

Workers in Saudi Arabia put in 712 more hours a year than in Norway

Norway: 1,412 hours (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023)

Adults in Norway went to school 1.5 years longer than in Saudi Arabia

Norway: 13.1 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023)

Norway welcomed 8% more tourists per resident than Saudi Arabia (2019)

Norway: 0.91 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024)

Norway and Saudi Arabia are practically level

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

Norway has won 616 Olympic medals, Saudi Arabia 4

Norway: 616 (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition)

100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 99% in Norway

Norway: 99% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)

Home internet in Norway is 17% faster than in Saudi Arabia

Norway: 228 Mbps (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026)

Norway and Saudi Arabia are practically level

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

85% of people in Saudi Arabia live in cities, versus 84% in Norway

Norway: 84% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025)

Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Norway 109

Norway: 109 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024)

Norway’s railway network is 32% longer than Saudi Arabia’s

Norway: 3,885 km (2021) · Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018)

Norway: no data · Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023)

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

Norway: 33.2% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024)

The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 3.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Norway

Norway: 6.7 t (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024)

99% of Norway’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia

Norway: 99% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024)

The air in Saudi Arabia carries 7.5 times as much fine dust as in Norway

Norway: 6.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 29% more likely to be murdered in Saudi Arabia than in Norway

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

Roads in Saudi Arabia are 7.4 times as deadly as in Norway

Norway: 2.9 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023)

Saudi Arabia is on average 25.2 °C warmer than Norway

Norway: 1.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Norway gets 21 times as much rain as Saudi Arabia

Norway: 1,259 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 61 mm (2016–2025 avg)