Thailand’s coastline is 22% longer than Saudi Arabia’s

Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition) · Thailand: 3,219 km (2026 edition)

Saudi Arabia’s highest peak towers 435 m above Thailand’s

Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition) · Thailand: 2,565 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 43% of Thailand

Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024) · Thailand: 43.3% (2024)

Thailand has 94% more people than Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025) · Thailand: 71.6 million (2025)

Thailand is 8.2 times as densely populated as Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025) · Thailand: 140 per km² (2025)

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

Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023) · Thailand: 39.7 years (2023)

Women in Saudi Arabia have 1.1 more children on average than in Thailand

Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024) · Thailand: 1.2 children per woman (2024)

16% of people in Thailand are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025) · Thailand: 16% (2025)

Thailand hosts 97 times as many refugees per resident as Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 0.012 per 1,000 (2025) · Thailand: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Saudi Arabia and Thailand are practically level

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

Saudi Arabia and Thailand are practically level

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

Saudi Arabia’s economy is 2.2 times the size of Thailand’s

Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025) · Thailand: $577 billion (2025)

Saudi Arabia produces 2.8 times as much per person as Thailand

Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025) · Thailand: Int$26,250 (2025)

Saudi Arabia: no data · Thailand: 33.3 (2024)

Saudi Arabia: no data · Thailand: 0% (2024)

Unemployment is 3.0% in Saudi Arabia, versus 0.8% in Thailand

Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025) · Thailand: 0.8% (2025)

Saudi Arabia spends 6.5% of its GDP on the military, Thailand 1.0%

Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025) · Thailand: 1% (2025)

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

Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024) · Thailand: 15.2% (2024)

Saudi Arabia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Thailand’s

Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025) · Thailand: 31% (2025)

Saudi Arabia spends 5.6 times as much on health per person as Thailand

Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023) · Thailand: $327 (2023)

A baby in Thailand is 64% more likely to die before turning one than in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Thailand: 7.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Saudi Arabia has 6.3 times as many doctors per person as Thailand

Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Thailand: 0.5 per 1,000 (2021)

Saudi Arabia and Thailand are nearly identical here

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

The suicide rate in Thailand is 4.4 times that in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 16% in Thailand

Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024) · Thailand: 15.5% (2024)

18% of adults in Thailand smoke, versus 15% in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024) · Thailand: 17.8% (2024)

People in Saudi Arabia rate their lives 0.52 points higher than in Thailand

Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025) · Thailand: 6.30 (2025)

Saudi Arabia: no data · Thailand: 7.9 litres (2023)

Saudi Arabia has 2.4 times as much meat per person as Thailand

Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023) · Thailand: 24.5 kg (2023)

Saudi Arabia has 805 kcal more food per person per day than Thailand

Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023) · Thailand: 2,855 kcal (2023)

Workers in Thailand put in 53 more hours a year than in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023) · Thailand: 2,177 hours (2023)

Adults in Saudi Arabia went to school 2.6 years longer than in Thailand

Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023) · Thailand: 9 years (2023)

Saudi Arabia welcomed 51% more tourists per resident than Thailand (2019)

Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024) · Thailand: 0.56 (2019)

Thailand has 1 more World Heritage site than Saudi Arabia (9 against 8)

Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026) · Thailand: 9 (2026)

Thailand has won 41 Olympic medals, Saudi Arabia 4

Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition) · Thailand: 41 (2026 edition)

100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 91% in Thailand

Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024) · Thailand: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Thailand is 84% faster than in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026) · Thailand: 360 Mbps (2026)

Saudi Arabia and Thailand are practically level

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

85% of people in Saudi Arabia live in cities, versus 63% in Thailand

Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025) · Thailand: 63% (2025)

Thailand has 161 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Saudi Arabia 160

Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024) · Thailand: 161 (2024)

Thailand’s railway network is 39% longer than Saudi Arabia’s

Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018) · Thailand: 4,092 km (2017)

Airlines from Saudi Arabia fly 79% more passengers per resident than those from Thailand

Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023) · Thailand: 0.72 (2023)

Forest covers 39% of Thailand, but only 1.3% of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024) · Thailand: 38.7% (2024)

The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 5.5 times as much CO₂ as someone in Thailand

Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024) · Thailand: 3.7 t (2024)

17% of Thailand’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024) · Thailand: 16.6% (2025)

The air in Saudi Arabia carries 2.2 times as much fine dust as in Thailand

Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Thailand: 23.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019) · Thailand: no data

Roads in Thailand are 66% deadlier than in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 35.6 per 100k (2023)

Saudi Arabia and Thailand are practically level

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

Thailand gets 27 times as much rain as Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 61 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 1,657 mm (2016–2025 avg)