France vs Saudi Arabia
France vs Saudi Arabia: Days above 35 °C
Days above 35 °C in 2014: 0.3 days in France and 165.7 days in Saudi Arabia, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. In 2014 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 165.4 days, or 590 times that in France.
days a year · CMIP6
What the numbers say
- Saudi Arabia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
- The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts France at 4.1 days and Saudi Arabia at 195.8 days in 2100.
Every year
days a year · CMIP6
| Year | France | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.3 | 165.7 |
| 2013 | 0 | 163.7 |
| 2012 | 0.1 | 164.4 |
| 2011 | 0.1 | 164.2 |
| 2010 | 0.3 | 162.2 |
| 2009 | 0.1 | 160 |
| 2008 | 0.3 | 161.6 |
| 2007 | 0 | 159.7 |
| 2006 | 0.2 | 160.2 |
| 2005 | 0.2 | 161 |
| 2004 | 0.1 | 160.4 |
| 2003 | 0.1 | 159.5 |
| 2002 | 0 | 160.4 |
| 2001 | 0.1 | 162 |
| 2000 | 0 | 159.8 |
| 1999 | 0 | 158.2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 156.3 |
| 1997 | 0 | 156.7 |
| 1996 | 0 | 156.3 |
| 1995 | 0 | 154.1 |
| 1994 | 0 | 154.8 |
| 1993 | 0 | 148.8 |
| 1992 | 0 | 147 |
| 1991 | 0 | 153.4 |
| 1990 | 0 | 156.8 |
| 1989 | 0 | 153.8 |
| 1988 | 0 | 153.1 |
| 1987 | 0 | 152.7 |
| 1986 | 0 | 153.7 |
| 1985 | 0 | 151 |
| 1984 | 0 | 150 |
| 1983 | 0 | 147.7 |
| 1982 | 0 | 149.2 |
| 1981 | 0 | 153.2 |
| 1980 | 0 | 153 |
| 1979 | 0 | 150.7 |
| 1978 | 0 | 149.5 |
| 1977 | 0 | 150.1 |
| 1976 | 0 | 151.5 |
| 1975 | 0 | 146.6 |
| 1974 | 0 | 147.9 |
| 1973 | 0 | 149.5 |
| 1972 | 0 | 148.2 |
| 1971 | 0 | 146.3 |
| 1970 | 0 | 146.9 |
| 1969 | 0 | 147.4 |
| 1968 | 0 | 147.4 |
| 1967 | 0 | 145.3 |
| 1966 | 0 | 146.9 |
| 1965 | 0 | 146.3 |
| 1964 | 0 | 145.4 |
| 1963 | 0 | 145.8 |
| 1962 | 0 | 148.7 |
| 1961 | 0 | 150.1 |
| 1960 | 0 | 150.9 |
| 1959 | 0 | 151 |
| 1958 | 0 | 150.2 |
| 1957 | 0 | 152.3 |
| 1956 | 0 | 148.7 |
| 1955 | 0 | 148.6 |
| 1954 | 0 | 148.7 |
| 1953 | 0 | 150.2 |
| 1952 | 0 | 150.8 |
| 1951 | 0 | 148.6 |
| 1950 | 0 | 148.8 |
CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) · 2015–2100
| Year | France | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 0.10–1.6 | 168.1155.2–180.8 |
| 2016 | 0.30–1.8 | 167.4155–178.2 |
| 2017 | 0.10–2.1 | 166.4152.1–178.2 |
| 2018 | 0.20–2.3 | 167.1153.7–180.7 |
| 2019 | 0.20–2 | 168.2153.9–180.5 |
| 2020 | 0.30–2.5 | 169.6156.7–182 |
| 2021 | 0.20–2.2 | 168.7155.3–180.5 |
| 2022 | 0.30–2.7 | 169.6153.9–183.2 |
| 2023 | 0.30–2.7 | 169.7155.9–184.9 |
| 2024 | 0.30–1.7 | 170.4157.8–184.5 |
| 2025 | 0.30–2.6 | 171.2159.4–181.9 |
| 2026 | 0.50–2.9 | 173.2159.7–185.5 |
| 2027 | 0.30–2.5 | 173.9159.3–185.4 |
| 2028 | 0.50–3 | 172.8158.3–185.8 |
| 2029 | 0.40–2.7 | 171157.4–183.8 |
| 2030 | 0.50–2.4 | 174.4160.6–185.9 |
| 2031 | 0.40–1.9 | 175160.1–186.7 |
| 2032 | 0.40–3.4 | 173.2160.2–185 |
| 2033 | 0.60–3.9 | 176.3161.4–189.7 |
| 2034 | 0.80–6.2 | 178.6164.5–193.4 |
| 2035 | 0.60–3.2 | 176.1161.7–191.7 |
| 2036 | 0.60–4 | 174.7162–187.2 |
| 2037 | 0.70–3.6 | 177.3164.7–189.2 |
| 2038 | 0.80–4 | 177.8163.1–191.7 |
| 2039 | 0.70–3 | 178.3165.1–192.5 |
| 2040 | 0.70–3.5 | 178.6165.4–188.9 |
| 2041 | 1.10–5.1 | 177.4162.3–190 |
| 2042 | 0.70–4 | 180165.1–193.2 |
| 2043 | 0.50–3.7 | 179.6161.2–192.6 |
| 2044 | 0.60.1–4.2 | 180.4167.3–191 |
| 2045 | 0.80.1–4.3 | 182.8167.9–195.9 |
| 2046 | 1.20–4.4 | 182168–195.8 |
| 2047 | 1.40.1–5.1 | 182.6170–195 |
| 2048 | 0.70–4.5 | 184.1169.5–199.4 |
| 2049 | 1.30.1–5.8 | 182.9169.7–195.4 |
| 2050 | 20.2–5.8 | 184.9170.6–196.8 |
| 2051 | 10.1–5.6 | 185.3171.5–197.6 |
| 2052 | 1.30.1–5.4 | 184.2170–196.6 |
| 2053 | 1.40.1–5.7 | 181.7168.3–195.1 |
| 2054 | 1.50.1–5.9 | 183.9167.9–197.3 |
| 2055 | 1.30.1–3.7 | 187.7171.8–200.3 |
| 2056 | 1.50.2–6.2 | 183.5168.6–196.2 |
| 2057 | 1.50.2–4.8 | 186.6172.5–201.3 |
| 2058 | 2.10.1–8.3 | 184.9169.7–198.2 |
| 2059 | 1.80.1–6.9 | 184.3169.9–199.3 |
| 2060 | 2.20.2–6.9 | 188.1174–198.7 |
| 2061 | 2.20.1–8.2 | 187.6174–198.4 |
| 2062 | 20.2–6 | 186.9170.4–201.9 |
| 2063 | 2.30.2–7.6 | 188.8174.6–201.8 |
| 2064 | 20.2–8.6 | 187.2174.3–201.1 |
| 2065 | 1.80.1–10.8 | 186.3171–200.8 |
| 2066 | 20.1–5.8 | 188.6174.6–204.2 |
| 2067 | 3.60.4–12 | 190.8177.1–204.4 |
| 2068 | 2.30.1–8.2 | 188.1176.8–201.4 |
| 2069 | 2.90.5–8.4 | 189.2174–202.2 |
| 2070 | 2.90.2–13.7 | 190.4177.1–204.1 |
| 2071 | 3.10.1–9.8 | 193.2174.7–207.4 |
| 2072 | 3.10.6–9.6 | 190.3174.7–203.7 |
| 2073 | 2.40.2–8.9 | 192.8177.3–207.7 |
| 2074 | 1.90.1–7.2 | 189.9174.1–206.8 |
| 2075 | 2.60.3–8 | 190.3174.8–206.1 |
| 2076 | 3.10.3–10.4 | 190.9175–206.9 |
| 2077 | 2.40.3–10.4 | 193.3176.6–206.1 |
| 2078 | 2.10.3–10.7 | 192.2178.3–207.4 |
| 2079 | 1.80.1–7.5 | 192177.9–203.8 |
| 2080 | 2.80.4–10.2 | 192.9177.3–209.4 |
| 2081 | 3.30.2–10 | 193.1174.9–208 |
| 2082 | 3.40.4–11.1 | 192.8177.3–208.2 |
| 2083 | 2.90.4–9.4 | 194.3178.4–208.7 |
| 2084 | 2.30.4–9.7 | 193.4181.1–208.4 |
| 2085 | 3.50.5–9.6 | 193.9178.3–211 |
| 2086 | 3.50.3–11.8 | 193.2177.7–211.5 |
| 2087 | 3.50.5–12.9 | 194.6180.8–208.8 |
| 2088 | 4.50.7–18.7 | 195178.3–211.9 |
| 2089 | 3.50.7–9.5 | 195.7180.6–209.9 |
| 2090 | 3.50.5–11.9 | 194.9178.8–210.6 |
| 2091 | 4.70.3–11.3 | 195.9182.4–210.1 |
| 2092 | 2.60.3–9.2 | 195.7181.2–210.7 |
| 2093 | 2.30.4–7.5 | 194.4178.8–210.4 |
| 2094 | 4.30.6–11.5 | 195.7181.7–209.9 |
| 2095 | 3.60.2–13.1 | 196.2182.1–210.7 |
| 2096 | 3.50.4–11.8 | 196.8178.8–213.1 |
| 2097 | 30.4–12.7 | 195.2178–211.1 |
| 2098 | 3.20.4–9.9 | 196.3177.7–212.9 |
| 2099 | 3.90.5–12.1 | 195.3181.5–210.6 |
| 2100 | 4.10.5–11.2 | 195.8182.5–210.3 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Days in a year whose highest temperature passes 35 °C, averaged over the country.
- Source: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal, CMIP6 multi-model median.
- The dashed line is the CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its models’ 10th–90th percentile.
- Climate model values are the median of the CMIP6 models, run on past emissions to 2014 and on SSP2-4.5, a middle-of-the-road path, after: they are not measurements.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
France vs Saudi Arabia
Health
- Life expectancyFrance: 83.3 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 78.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityFrance: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Saudi Arabia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityFrance: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Saudi Arabia: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionFrance: 4.25% in 2017Saudi Arabia: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateFrance: 12.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Saudi Arabia: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationFrance: 66.4 million people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 33.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthFrance: 0.17% a year in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.39% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateFrance: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationFrance: 78.8% in 2025Saudi Arabia: 84.6% in 2025
- Median ageFrance: 41.8 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 29.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overFrance: 21.8% in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateFrance: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingFrance: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Saudi Arabia: 6.48% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsFrance: $64.5B in 2025Saudi Arabia: $81.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personFrance: $1,021 in 2025Saudi Arabia: $2,428 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingFrance: 3.5% of government spending in 2025Saudi Arabia: 23.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelFrance: 304,000 people in 2020Saudi Arabia: 282,000 people in 2020
- National powerFrance: 1.09% of world capability in 2022Saudi Arabia: 1.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersFrance: 1% of the labour force in 2020Saudi Arabia: 1.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsFrance: 236 million TIV in 2025Saudi Arabia: 3.04 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsFrance: 3.37 billion TIV in 2025Saudi Arabia: 3 million TIV in 2023