Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Ukraine fits inside Saudi Arabia 3.6 times
Saudi Arabia: 2,149,690 km² (2024) · Ukraine: 603,550 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Ukraine’s coastline is 5% longer than Saudi Arabia’s
Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,782 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Saudi Arabia’s highest peak towers 939 m above Ukraine’s
Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,061 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 71% of Ukraine
Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024) · Ukraine: 71.3% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Ukraine has 5% more people than Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025) · Ukraine: 39 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Ukraine is 3.9 times as densely populated as Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025) · Ukraine: 67 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Ukraine are 10.3 cm taller than in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: 170.7 cm (2019) · Ukraine: 181 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Ukraine are 7.8 cm taller than in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: 158.8 cm (2019) · Ukraine: 166.6 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Ukraine is 13 years older than in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023) · Ukraine: 42 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Saudi Arabia have 1.3 more children on average than in Ukraine
Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024) · Ukraine: 0.99 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
19% of people in Ukraine are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025) · Ukraine: 19% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Ukraine hosts 5 times as many refugees per resident as Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: 0.012 per 1,000 (2025) · Ukraine: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Ukraine has produced 1.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Saudi Arabia none
Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026) · Ukraine: 1.3 (2026)
How many official languages?
Saudi Arabia and Ukraine are practically level
Saudi Arabia: 1 (2026) · Ukraine: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Saudi Arabia’s economy is 6 times the size of Ukraine’s
Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025) · Ukraine: $214 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Saudi Arabia produces 3.9 times as much per person as Ukraine
Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025) · Ukraine: Int$18,905 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Saudi Arabia: no data · Ukraine: 25.6 (2020)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Saudi Arabia: no data · Ukraine: 0% (2020)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 9.8% in Ukraine, versus 3.0% in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025) · Ukraine: 9.8% (2021)
How much goes to the military?
Ukraine spends 40% of its GDP on the military, Saudi Arabia 6.5%
Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025) · Ukraine: 39.6% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Ukraine’s central government collects 21% of GDP in tax, Saudi Arabia’s 8.1%
Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024) · Ukraine: 21% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Saudi Arabia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Ukraine’s
Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025) · Ukraine: 31% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Saudi Arabia spends 4.9 times as much on health per person as Ukraine
Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023) · Ukraine: $370 (2021)
How long do people live?
People in Saudi Arabia live 4.3 years longer than in Ukraine
Saudi Arabia: 79 years (2024) · Ukraine: 74.7 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Ukraine is 62% more likely to die before turning one than in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Ukraine: 7.6 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Ukraine has 4% more doctors per person than Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Ukraine: 3.5 per 1,000 (2023)
How many hospital beds are there?
Ukraine has 2.5 times as many hospital beds per person as Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Ukraine: 6.1 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Ukraine is 8.6 times that in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.9 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 28% in Ukraine
Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024) · Ukraine: 27.8% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
24% of adults in Ukraine smoke, versus 15% in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024) · Ukraine: 23.7% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Saudi Arabia rate their lives 2.16 points higher than in Ukraine
Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025) · Ukraine: 4.66 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Saudi Arabia: no data · Ukraine: 3.9 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Saudi Arabia has 17% more meat per person than Ukraine
Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023) · Ukraine: 49.5 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Saudi Arabia has 874 kcal more food per person per day than Ukraine
Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023) · Ukraine: 2,786 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Saudi Arabia put in 80 more hours a year than in Ukraine
Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023) · Ukraine: 2,045 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Saudi Arabia went to school 0.48 years longer than in Ukraine
Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023) · Ukraine: 11.1 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Saudi Arabia welcomed 13 times as many tourists per resident as Ukraine (2019)
Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024) · Ukraine: 0.07 (2024)
How many World Heritage sites?
Saudi Arabia and Ukraine are practically level
Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026) · Ukraine: 8 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Ukraine has won 160 Olympic medals, Saudi Arabia 4
Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 160 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 82% in Ukraine
Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024) · Ukraine: 82% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Saudi Arabia is 10% faster than in Ukraine
Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026) · Ukraine: 178 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
Saudi Arabia and Ukraine are practically level
Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024) · Ukraine: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
85% of people in Saudi Arabia live in cities, versus 70% in Ukraine
Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025) · Ukraine: 70% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ukraine 133
Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024) · Ukraine: 133 (2023)
How much railway is there?
Ukraine’s railway network is 7.4 times as long as Saudi Arabia’s
Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018) · Ukraine: 21,626 km (2020)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Saudi Arabia fly 112 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ukraine
Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023) · Ukraine: 0.01 (2022)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 17% of Ukraine, but only 1.3% of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024) · Ukraine: 17.3% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 5.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ukraine
Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024) · Ukraine: 3.8 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
16% of Ukraine’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024) · Ukraine: 16.4% (2022)
How clean is the air?
The air in Saudi Arabia carries 3.5 times as much fine dust as in Ukraine
Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Ukraine: 14.2 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 4 times as likely to be murdered in Ukraine as in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019) · Ukraine: 3.8 per 100k (2021)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Saudi Arabia are 14% deadlier than in Ukraine
Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.7 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Saudi Arabia is on average 16.5 °C warmer than Ukraine
Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ukraine: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Ukraine gets 10 times as much rain as Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: 61 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ukraine: 619 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Saudi Arabia bigger than Ukraine?
Saudi Arabia is larger. Ukraine fits inside Saudi Arabia 3.6 times.
Which has more people, Saudi Arabia or Ukraine?
Ukraine has 5% more people than Saudi Arabia (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Saudi Arabia or Ukraine?
People in Saudi Arabia live 4.3 years longer than in Ukraine. Life expectancy at birth is 79.0 years in Saudi Arabia and 74.7 in Ukraine.
Are people taller in Saudi Arabia or Ukraine?
Men in Ukraine are 10.3 cm taller than in Saudi Arabia (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
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