Saudi Arabia’s coastline is 9% longer than South Korea’s

Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition) · South Korea: 2,413 km (2026 edition)

Saudi Arabia’s highest peak towers 1,050 m above South Korea’s

Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition) · South Korea: 1,950 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 16% of South Korea

Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024) · South Korea: 16% (2024)

South Korea has 40% more people than Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025) · South Korea: 51.7 million (2025)

South Korea is 31 times as densely populated as Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025) · South Korea: 530 per km² (2025)

The typical person in South Korea is 15 years older than in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023) · South Korea: 44.5 years (2023)

Women in Saudi Arabia have 1.6 more children on average than in South Korea

Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024) · South Korea: 0.75 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in South Korea are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025) · South Korea: 20.3% (2025)

South Korea hosts 7 times as many refugees per resident as Saudi Arabia

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

South Korea has produced 0.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Saudi Arabia none

Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026) · South Korea: 0.6 (2026)

Saudi Arabia and South Korea are practically level

Saudi Arabia: 1 (2026) · South Korea: 1 (2026)

South Korea’s economy is 47% larger than Saudi Arabia’s

Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025) · South Korea: $1.87 trillion (2025)

Saudi Arabia produces 17% more per person than South Korea

Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025) · South Korea: Int$63,125 (2025)

Saudi Arabia: no data · South Korea: 32.9 (2021)

Saudi Arabia: no data · South Korea: 0.1% (2021)

Saudi Arabia and South Korea are practically level

Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025) · South Korea: 2.7% (2025)

Saudi Arabia spends 6.5% of its GDP on the military, South Korea 2.6%

Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025) · South Korea: 2.6% (2025)

South Korea’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Saudi Arabia’s 8.1%

Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024) · South Korea: 13.3% (2024)

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

Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025) · South Korea: 57% (2025)

South Korea spends 72% more on health per person than Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023) · South Korea: $3,137 (2024)

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

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

Saudi Arabia has 30% more doctors per person than South Korea

Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023) · South Korea: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

South Korea has 5.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · South Korea: 12.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in South Korea is 11 times that in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 23.4 per 100k (2023)

39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 7.5% in South Korea

Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024) · South Korea: 7.5% (2024)

19% of adults in South Korea smoke, versus 15% in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024) · South Korea: 18.6% (2024)

People in Saudi Arabia rate their lives 0.78 points higher than in South Korea

Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025) · South Korea: 6.04 (2025)

Saudi Arabia: no data · South Korea: 8.3 litres (2023)

South Korea has 45% more meat per person than Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023) · South Korea: 84 kg (2023)

Saudi Arabia has 229 kcal more food per person per day than South Korea

Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023) · South Korea: 3,430 kcal (2023)

Workers in Saudi Arabia put in 214 more hours a year than in South Korea

Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023) · South Korea: 1,910 hours (2023)

Adults in South Korea went to school 1.1 years longer than in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023) · South Korea: 12.7 years (2023)

Saudi Arabia welcomed 2.7 times as many tourists per resident as South Korea (2019)

Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024) · South Korea: 0.32 (2024)

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

Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026) · South Korea: 17 (2026)

South Korea has won 409 Olympic medals, Saudi Arabia 4

Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition) · South Korea: 409 (2026 edition)

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

Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024) · South Korea: 98% (2024)

Home internet in South Korea is 52% faster than in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026) · South Korea: 298 Mbps (2026)

Saudi Arabia and South Korea are practically level

Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024) · South Korea: 100% (2024)

85% of people in Saudi Arabia live in cities, versus 81% in South Korea

Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025) · South Korea: 81% (2025)

South Korea has 173 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Saudi Arabia 160

Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024) · South Korea: 173 (2024)

South Korea’s railway network is 47% longer than Saudi Arabia’s

Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018) · South Korea: 4,309 km (2021)

Airlines from South Korea fly 14% more passengers per resident than those from Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023) · South Korea: 1.48 (2023)

Forest covers 64% of South Korea, but only 1.3% of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024) · South Korea: 64.4% (2024)

The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 81% more CO₂ than someone in South Korea

Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024) · South Korea: 11.3 t (2024)

10% of South Korea’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024) · South Korea: 10.4% (2025)

The air in Saudi Arabia carries 2.4 times as much fine dust as in South Korea

Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024) · South Korea: 21 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2 times as likely to be murdered in Saudi Arabia as in South Korea

Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019) · South Korea: 0.5 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Saudi Arabia are 2.5 times as deadly as in South Korea

Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

Saudi Arabia is on average 13.7 °C warmer than South Korea

Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 13.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

South Korea gets 21 times as much rain as Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 61 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 1,265 mm (2016–2025 avg)