Spain’s coastline is 88% longer than Saudi Arabia’s

Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition) · Spain: 4,964 km (2026 edition)

Spain’s highest peak towers 718 m above Saudi Arabia’s

Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition) · Spain: 3,718 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 49% of Spain

Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024) · Spain: 49.3% (2024)

Spain has 33% more people than Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025) · Spain: 49.4 million (2025)

Spain is 5.7 times as densely populated as Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025) · Spain: 99 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Spain is 16 years older than in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023) · Spain: 44.9 years (2023)

Women in Saudi Arabia have 1.2 more children on average than in Spain

Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024) · Spain: 1.1 children per woman (2024)

22% of people in Spain are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025) · Spain: 21.6% (2025)

Spain hosts 855 times as many refugees per resident as Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 0.012 per 1,000 (2025) · Spain: 10.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Spain has produced 1.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Saudi Arabia none

Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026) · Spain: 1.4 (2026)

Saudi Arabia and Spain are practically level

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

Spain’s economy is 49% larger than Saudi Arabia’s

Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025) · Spain: $1.91 trillion (2025)

Saudi Arabia produces 23% more per person than Spain

Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025) · Spain: Int$59,868 (2025)

Saudi Arabia: no data · Spain: 33.4 (2023)

Saudi Arabia: no data · Spain: 0.8% (2023)

Unemployment is 10% in Spain, versus 3.0% in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025) · Spain: 10.4% (2025)

Saudi Arabia spends 6.5% of its GDP on the military, Spain 2.1%

Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025) · Spain: 2.1% (2025)

Spain’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Saudi Arabia’s 8.1%

Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024) · Spain: 14.9% (2024)

Spain’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Saudi Arabia’s

Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025) · Spain: 65% (2025)

Spain spends 70% more on health per person than Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023) · Spain: $3,107 (2023)

A baby in Saudi Arabia is 81% more likely to die before turning one than in Spain

Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Spain: 2.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Spain has 26% more doctors per person than Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Spain: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022)

Spain has 21% more hospital beds per person than Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Spain: 2.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Spain is 3.2 times that in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023) · Spain: 7.1 per 100k (2023)

39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 19% in Spain

Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024) · Spain: 18.9% (2024)

28% of adults in Spain smoke, versus 15% in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024) · Spain: 27.6% (2024)

People in Saudi Arabia rate their lives 0.28 points higher than in Spain

Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025) · Spain: 6.54 (2025)

Saudi Arabia: no data · Spain: 12.1 litres (2023)

Spain has 74% more meat per person than Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023) · Spain: 100.8 kg (2023)

Saudi Arabia has 283 kcal more food per person per day than Spain

Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023) · Spain: 3,377 kcal (2023)

Workers in Saudi Arabia put in 487 more hours a year than in Spain

Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023) · Spain: 1,638 hours (2023)

Adults in Saudi Arabia went to school 0.85 years longer than in Spain

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

Spain welcomed 2.3 times as many tourists per resident as Saudi Arabia (2019)

Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024) · Spain: 1.92 (2024)

Spain has 42 more World Heritage sites than Saudi Arabia (50 against 8)

Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026) · Spain: 50 (2026)

Spain has won 195 Olympic medals, Saudi Arabia 4

Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition) · Spain: 195 (2026 edition)

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

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

Home internet in Spain is 65% faster than in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026) · Spain: 324 Mbps (2026)

Saudi Arabia and Spain are practically level

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

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

Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025) · Spain: 81% (2025)

Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Spain 130

Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024) · Spain: 130 (2024)

Spain’s railway network is 5.4 times as long as Saudi Arabia’s

Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018) · Spain: 15,963 km (2021)

Airlines from Spain fly 47% more passengers per resident than those from Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023) · Spain: 1.91 (2023)

Forest covers 38% of Spain, but only 1.3% of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024) · Spain: 38.2% (2024)

The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 4.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Spain

Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024) · Spain: 4.6 t (2024)

56% of Spain’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024) · Spain: 55.9% (2025)

The air in Saudi Arabia carries 5 times as much fine dust as in Spain

Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Spain: 10 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 35% more likely to be murdered in Saudi Arabia than in Spain

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

Roads in Saudi Arabia are 3.5 times as deadly as in Spain

Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023) · Spain: 6.2 per 100k (2023)

Saudi Arabia is on average 12.0 °C warmer than Spain

Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Spain: 14.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Spain gets 11 times as much rain as Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 61 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Spain: 665 mm (2016–2025 avg)