Saudi Arabia’s coastline is 47% longer than Portugal’s

Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition)

Saudi Arabia’s highest peak towers 649 m above Portugal’s

Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 41% of Portugal

Portugal: 41.3% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024)

Saudi Arabia has 3.4 times as many people as Portugal

Portugal: 10.8 million (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025)

Portugal is 6.9 times as densely populated as Saudi Arabia

Portugal: 118 per km² (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025)

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

Portugal: 46.2 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023)

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

Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024)

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

Portugal: 24.9% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025)

Portugal hosts 537 times as many refugees per resident as Saudi Arabia

Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 0.012 per 1,000 (2025)

Portugal has produced 1.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Saudi Arabia none

Portugal: 1.9 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026)

Portugal and Saudi Arabia are practically level

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

Saudi Arabia’s economy is 3.7 times the size of Portugal’s

Portugal: $347 billion (2025) · Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025)

Saudi Arabia produces 39% more per person than Portugal

Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025)

Portugal: 33.9 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Portugal: 0.4% (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Unemployment is 6.2% in Portugal, versus 3.0% in Saudi Arabia

Portugal: 6.2% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025)

Saudi Arabia spends 6.5% of its GDP on the military, Portugal 1.7%

Portugal: 1.7% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025)

Portugal’s central government collects 22% of GDP in tax, Saudi Arabia’s 8.1%

Portugal: 22.3% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024)

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

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

Portugal spends 63% more on health per person than Saudi Arabia

Portugal: $2,971 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023)

A baby in Saudi Arabia is 74% more likely to die before turning one than in Portugal

Portugal: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Portugal has 72% more doctors per person than Saudi Arabia

Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Portugal has 44% more hospital beds per person than Saudi Arabia

Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Portugal is 3.9 times that in Saudi Arabia

Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)

39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 23% in Portugal

Portugal: 23% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024)

29% of adults in Portugal smoke, versus 15% in Saudi Arabia

Portugal: 28.6% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024)

People in Saudi Arabia rate their lives 0.79 points higher than in Portugal

Portugal: 6.03 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025)

Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Portugal has 71% more meat per person than Saudi Arabia

Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023)

Saudi Arabia has 107 kcal more food per person per day than Portugal

Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023)

Workers in Saudi Arabia put in 390 more hours a year than in Portugal

Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023)

Adults in Saudi Arabia went to school 1.9 years longer than in Portugal

Portugal: 9.7 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023)

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

Portugal: 2.71 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024)

Portugal has 9 more World Heritage sites than Saudi Arabia (17 against 8)

Portugal: 17 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026)

Portugal has won 32 Olympic medals, Saudi Arabia 4

Portugal: 32 (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition)

100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 88% in Portugal

Portugal: 88% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)

Home internet in Portugal is 68% faster than in Saudi Arabia

Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026)

Portugal and Saudi Arabia are practically level

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

85% of people in Saudi Arabia live in cities, versus 61% in Portugal

Portugal: 61% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025)

Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Portugal 124

Portugal: 124 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024)

Saudi Arabia’s railway network is 16% longer than Portugal’s

Portugal: 2,527 km (2021) · Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018)

Airlines from Portugal fly 30% more passengers per resident than those from Saudi Arabia

Portugal: 1.69 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023)

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

Portugal: 36.6% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024)

The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 6 times as much CO₂ as someone in Portugal

Portugal: 3.4 t (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024)

81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia

Portugal: 81% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024)

The air in Saudi Arabia carries 4.8 times as much fine dust as in Portugal

Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 30% more likely to be murdered in Saudi Arabia than in Portugal

Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019)

Roads in Saudi Arabia are 95% deadlier than in Portugal

Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023)

Saudi Arabia is on average 10.9 °C warmer than Portugal

Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Portugal gets 13 times as much rain as Saudi Arabia

Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 61 mm (2016–2025 avg)