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Saudi Arabia vs Netherlands
How Saudi Arabia and Netherlands compare on 37 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Netherlands was higher: 82.2 years against 78.7 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Netherlands was higher: $51,820 against $25,070
- Population · In 2023, Saudi Arabia was higher: 33.3 million people against 18.1 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Saudi Arabia was higher: 6.48% of GDP against 2.2% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Saudi Arabia was higher: 18.48 tonnes against 6.6 tonnes
- Life expectancySaudi Arabia: 78.7 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- PopulationSaudi Arabia: 33.3 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- GDP per personSaudi Arabia: $25,070 in 2025Netherlands: $51,820 in 2025
- TemperatureSaudi Arabia: 26.6 °C in 2025Netherlands: 11.3 °C in 2025
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancySaudi Arabia: 78.7 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySaudi Arabia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySaudi Arabia: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSaudi Arabia: 3.54% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide rateSaudi Arabia: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSaudi Arabia: 33.3 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthSaudi Arabia: 2.39% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSaudi Arabia: 2.28 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSaudi Arabia: 84.6% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median ageSaudi Arabia: 29.3 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSaudi Arabia: 2.8% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSaudi Arabia: 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSaudi Arabia: 6.48% of GDP in 2025Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSaudi Arabia: $81.5B in 2025Netherlands: $27B in 2025
- Military spending per personSaudi Arabia: $2,428 in 2025Netherlands: $1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSaudi Arabia: 23.5% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSaudi Arabia: 282,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerSaudi Arabia: 1.34% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSaudi Arabia: 1.92% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSaudi Arabia: 3.04 billion TIV in 2025Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSaudi Arabia: 3 million TIV in 2023Netherlands: 601 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, 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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