Saudi Arabia’s coastline is 4.7 times as long as Qatar’s

Qatar: 563 km (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition)

Saudi Arabia’s highest peak towers 2,897 m above Qatar’s

Qatar: 103 m (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 6.4% of Qatar

Qatar: 6.4% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024)

Saudi Arabia has 12 times as many people as Qatar

Qatar: 2.97 million (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025)

Qatar is 15 times as densely populated as Saudi Arabia

Qatar: 259 per km² (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Qatar is 3.9 years older than in Saudi Arabia

Qatar: 33.2 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023)

Women in Saudi Arabia have 0.6 more children on average than in Qatar

Qatar: 1.72 children per woman (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024)

3.1% of people in Saudi Arabia are 65 or older, versus 1.7% in Qatar

Qatar: 1.7% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025)

Qatar hosts 5.4 times as many refugees per resident as Saudi Arabia

Qatar: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 0.012 per 1,000 (2025)

Qatar and Saudi Arabia are practically level

Qatar: 0 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026)

Qatar and Saudi Arabia are practically level

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

Saudi Arabia’s economy is 5.9 times the size of Qatar’s

Qatar: $216 billion (2025) · Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025)

Qatar produces 75% more per person than Saudi Arabia

Qatar: Int$128,883 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025)

Qatar: 35.1 (2017) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Qatar: 0% (2017) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Unemployment is 3.0% in Saudi Arabia, versus 0.1% in Qatar

Qatar: 0.1% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025)

Qatar and Saudi Arabia are practically level

Qatar: 6.5% (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025)

Qatar: no data · Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024)

Qatar’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Saudi Arabia’s

Qatar: 56% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025)

Saudi Arabia spends 1% more on health per person than Qatar

Qatar: $1,804 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023)

A baby in Qatar is 2% more likely to die before turning one than in Saudi Arabia

Qatar: 4.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Saudi Arabia has 13% more doctors per person than Qatar

Qatar: 3 per 1,000 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Saudi Arabia has 93% more hospital beds per person than Qatar

Qatar: 1.3 per 1,000 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Qatar is 36% higher than in Saudi Arabia

Qatar: 3 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)

42% of adults in Qatar are obese, versus 39% in Saudi Arabia

Qatar: 42.4% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024)

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

Qatar: 12.5% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024)

People in Saudi Arabia rate their lives 0.44 points higher than in Qatar

Qatar: 6.37 (2018) · Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025)

Qatar: 1.3 litres (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Qatar has 23% more meat per person than Saudi Arabia

Qatar: 71.4 kg (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023)

Saudi Arabia has 409 kcal more food per person per day than Qatar

Qatar: 3,251 kcal (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023)

Workers in Qatar put in 311 more hours a year than in Saudi Arabia

Qatar: 2,435 hours (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023)

Adults in Saudi Arabia went to school 0.84 years longer than in Qatar

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

Qatar welcomed 14% more tourists per resident than Saudi Arabia (2019)

Qatar: 0.96 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024)

Saudi Arabia has 7 more World Heritage sites than Qatar (8 against 1)

Qatar: 1 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026)

Qatar has won 9 Olympic medals, Saudi Arabia 4

Qatar: 9 (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition)

100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 98% in Qatar

Qatar: 98% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)

Home internet in Qatar is 2.1 times as fast as in Saudi Arabia

Qatar: 403 Mbps (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026)

Qatar and Saudi Arabia are practically level

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

99% of people in Qatar live in cities, versus 85% in Saudi Arabia

Qatar: 99% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025)

Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Qatar 154

Qatar: 154 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024)

Qatar: no data · Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018)

Airlines from Qatar fly 9.8 times as many passengers per resident as those from Saudi Arabia

Qatar: 12.69 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023)

Forest covers 1.3% of Saudi Arabia, but only 0.1% of Qatar

Qatar: 0.1% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024)

The average person in Qatar emits 2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Saudi Arabia

Qatar: 41.3 t (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024)

4.1% of Qatar’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia

Qatar: 4.1% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024)

The air in Qatar carries 50% more fine dust than in Saudi Arabia

Qatar: 75.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 14 times as likely to be murdered in Saudi Arabia as in Qatar

Qatar: 0.1 per 100k (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019)

Roads in Saudi Arabia are 2.4 times as deadly as in Qatar

Qatar: 8.9 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023)

Qatar is on average 1.4 °C warmer than Saudi Arabia

Qatar: 28.2°C (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Qatar gets 5% more rain than Saudi Arabia

Qatar: 64 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 61 mm (2016–2025 avg)