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Saudi Arabia vs Spain
How Saudi Arabia and Spain compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Spain was higher: 83.7 years against 78.7 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Spain was higher: $29,760 against $25,070
- Population · In 2023, Spain was higher: 47.9 million people against 33.3 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Saudi Arabia was higher: 6.48% of GDP against 2.13% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Saudi Arabia was higher: 18.48 tonnes against 4.51 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancySaudi Arabia: 78.7 years in 2023Spain: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySaudi Arabia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024Spain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySaudi Arabia: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Spain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSaudi Arabia: 3.54% in 2017Spain: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateSaudi Arabia: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Spain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSaudi Arabia: 33.3 million people in 2023Spain: 47.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthSaudi Arabia: 2.39% a year in 2023Spain: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSaudi Arabia: 2.28 births per woman in 2023Spain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSaudi Arabia: 84.6% in 2025Spain: 80.5% in 2025
- Median ageSaudi Arabia: 29.3 years in 2023Spain: 44.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSaudi Arabia: 2.8% in 2023Spain: 20.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateSaudi Arabia: 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Spain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSaudi Arabia: 6.48% of GDP in 2025Spain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSaudi Arabia: $81.5B in 2025Spain: $37.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personSaudi Arabia: $2,428 in 2025Spain: $839 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSaudi Arabia: 23.5% of government spending in 2025Spain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSaudi Arabia: 282,000 people in 2020Spain: 199,000 people in 2020
- National powerSaudi Arabia: 1.34% of world capability in 2022Spain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSaudi Arabia: 1.92% of the labour force in 2020Spain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSaudi Arabia: 3.04 billion TIV in 2025Spain: 237 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSaudi Arabia: 3 million TIV in 2023Spain: 341 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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