Egypt vs Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia scores 76.5 in the NationsTree Index (15th in the world) and Egypt scores 42.9 (116th), a gap of 33.6 points. Their trees are 28 m and 35 m tall; tree height grows with real GDP and is adjusted by the index.

Egypt has 3.2 times the population of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is 2.1 times larger than Egypt by land area. The economy of Saudi Arabia is 14% larger than that of Egypt (GDP at purchasing power parity). Population: Egypt 118.4 million and Saudi Arabia 37.0 million (2025).

GDP per person at purchasing power parity is $73,784 in Saudi Arabia and $20,204 in Egypt (2025, international dollars). People in Saudi Arabia live on average 7.2 years longer (79.0 vs 71.8 years).

Of 33 indicators reported by both countries, Egypt ranks higher in the world on 6 and Saudi Arabia on 27. Saudi Arabia is clearly stronger in institutions & safety, economy and military.

As a nation, Egypt is the older of the two (statehood since 3100 BC, 5,125 years), compared with Saudi Arabia (since 1727). Over the last five years Saudi Arabia improved faster (direction score 100 vs 4 out of 100).