South Africa’s coastline is 75% longer than Angola’s

Angola: 1,600 km (2026 edition) · South Africa: 2,798 km (2026 edition)

South Africa’s highest peak towers 830 m above Angola’s

Angola: 2,620 m (2026 edition) · South Africa: 3,450 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 79% of South Africa, versus 36% of Angola

Angola: 36.3% (2024) · South Africa: 79.4% (2024)

South Africa has 66% more people than Angola

Angola: 39 million (2025) · South Africa: 64.7 million (2025)

South Africa is 70% more densely populated than Angola

Angola: 31 per km² (2025) · South Africa: 53 per km² (2025)

The typical person in South Africa is 12 years older than in Angola

Angola: 16.5 years (2023) · South Africa: 28.2 years (2023)

Women in Angola have 2.8 more children on average than in South Africa

Angola: 5.05 children per woman (2024) · South Africa: 2.21 children per woman (2024)

6.9% of people in South Africa are 65 or older, versus 2.9% in Angola

Angola: 2.9% (2025) · South Africa: 6.9% (2025)

South Africa hosts 31% more refugees per resident than Angola

Angola: 0.7 per 1,000 (2025) · South Africa: 0.9 per 1,000 (2025)

South Africa has produced 1.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Angola none

Angola: 0 (2026) · South Africa: 1.5 (2026)

South Africa has 11 official languages, Angola 1

Angola: 1 (2026) · South Africa: 11 (2026)

South Africa’s economy is 3.5 times the size of Angola’s

Angola: $122 billion (2025) · South Africa: $427 billion (2025)

South Africa produces 55% more per person than Angola

Angola: Int$10,251 (2025) · South Africa: Int$15,906 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in South Africa than in Angola (Gini 2.8 points higher)

Angola: 51.3 (2018) · South Africa: 54.1 (2022)

39% of people in Angola live on less than $3 a day, versus 17% in South Africa

Angola: 39.3% (2018) · South Africa: 17.4% (2022)

Unemployment is 32% in South Africa, versus 14% in Angola

Angola: 14.1% (2025) · South Africa: 32.4% (2025)

Angola spends 1.4% of its GDP on the military, South Africa 0.7%

Angola: 1.4% (2025) · South Africa: 0.7% (2025)

South Africa’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Angola’s 7.6%

Angola: 7.6% (2024) · South Africa: 25.9% (2024)

South Africa’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Angola’s

Angola: 31% (2025) · South Africa: 41% (2025)

South Africa spends 7.1 times as much on health per person as Angola

Angola: $76 (2023) · South Africa: $537 (2023)

A baby in Angola is 33% more likely to die before turning one than in South Africa

Angola: 32.1 per 1,000 (2024) · South Africa: 24.2 per 1,000 (2024)

South Africa has 3.3 times as many doctors per person as Angola

Angola: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022) · South Africa: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)

Angola: 0.8 per 1,000 (2019) · South Africa: no data

The suicide rate in Angola is 9% higher than in South Africa

Angola: 17.6 per 100k (2023) · South Africa: 16.2 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in South Africa are obese, versus 12% in Angola

Angola: 11.8% (2024) · South Africa: 31.3% (2024)

Angola: no data · South Africa: 23.7% (2024)

People in South Africa rate their lives 1.21 points higher than in Angola

Angola: 3.80 (2017) · South Africa: 5.01 (2025)

Adults in South Africa drink 2.3 times as much alcohol as in Angola

Angola: 3.8 litres (2023) · South Africa: 8.6 litres (2023)

South Africa has 3.1 times as much meat per person as Angola

Angola: 18.6 kg (2023) · South Africa: 58.3 kg (2023)

South Africa has 295 kcal more food per person per day than Angola

Angola: 2,399 kcal (2023) · South Africa: 2,694 kcal (2023)

Workers in South Africa put in 67 more hours a year than in Angola

Angola: 2,115 hours (2023) · South Africa: 2,181 hours (2023)

Adults in South Africa went to school 5.7 years longer than in Angola

Angola: 6 years (2023) · South Africa: 11.6 years (2023)

South Africa welcomed 38 times as many tourists per resident as Angola (2019)

Angola: 0.0036 (2022) · South Africa: 0.14 (2024)

South Africa has 11 more World Heritage sites than Angola (12 against 1)

Angola: 1 (2026) · South Africa: 12 (2026)

South Africa has won 95 Olympic medals, Angola none

Angola: 0 (2026 edition) · South Africa: 95 (2026 edition)

78% of people in South Africa are online, versus 41% in Angola

Angola: 41% (2024) · South Africa: 78% (2024)

Home internet in South Africa is 2.1 times as fast as in Angola

Angola: 38 Mbps (2026) · South Africa: 78 Mbps (2026)

90% of people in South Africa have electricity, versus 56% in Angola

Angola: 55.5% (2024) · South Africa: 90.2% (2024)

71% of people in Angola live in cities, versus 64% in South Africa

Angola: 71% (2025) · South Africa: 64% (2025)

South Africa has 179 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Angola 70

Angola: 70 (2024) · South Africa: 179 (2024)

South Africa’s railway network is 7.6 times as long as Angola’s

Angola: 2,761 km (2022) · South Africa: 20,953 km (2021)

Airlines from South Africa fly 7.1 times as many passengers per resident as those from Angola

Angola: 0.03 (2023) · South Africa: 0.24 (2023)

Forest covers 51% of Angola, but only 19% of South Africa

Angola: 51.2% (2024) · South Africa: 18.8% (2024)

The average person in South Africa emits 12 times as much CO₂ as someone in Angola

Angola: 0.6 t (2024) · South Africa: 6.9 t (2024)

74% of Angola’s electricity is renewable, versus 14% in South Africa

Angola: 73.7% (2024) · South Africa: 13.6% (2025)

The air in Angola carries 7% more fine dust than in South Africa

Angola: 26.1 µg/m³ (2024) · South Africa: 24.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 11 times as likely to be murdered in South Africa as in Angola

Angola: 4.1 per 100k (2016) · South Africa: 43.7 per 100k (2022)

Roads in South Africa are 66% deadlier than in Angola

Angola: 20 per 100k (2023) · South Africa: 33.1 per 100k (2023)

Angola is on average 4.3 °C warmer than South Africa

Angola: 22.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Africa: 18.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Angola gets 2.2 times as much rain as South Africa

Angola: 1,105 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Africa: 511 mm (2016–2025 avg)