Austria: 0 km (2026 edition) · South Africa: 2,798 km (2026 edition)

Austria’s highest peak towers 348 m above South Africa’s

Austria: 3,798 m (2026 edition) · South Africa: 3,450 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 79% of South Africa, versus 31% of Austria

Austria: 31.1% (2024) · South Africa: 79.4% (2024)

South Africa has 7 times as many people as Austria

Austria: 9.21 million (2025) · South Africa: 64.7 million (2025)

Austria is 2.1 times as densely populated as South Africa

Austria: 112 per km² (2025) · South Africa: 53 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Austria is 15 years older than in South Africa

Austria: 43.1 years (2023) · South Africa: 28.2 years (2023)

Women in South Africa have 0.9 more children on average than in Austria

Austria: 1.31 children per woman (2024) · South Africa: 2.21 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Austria are 65 or older, versus 6.9% in South Africa

Austria: 21.1% (2025) · South Africa: 6.9% (2025)

Austria hosts 37 times as many refugees per resident as South Africa

Austria: 31.1 per 1,000 (2025) · South Africa: 0.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Austria has produced 20.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, South Africa 1.5

Austria: 20.6 (2026) · South Africa: 1.5 (2026)

South Africa has 11 official languages, Austria 1

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

Austria’s economy is 36% larger than South Africa’s

Austria: $579 billion (2025) · South Africa: $427 billion (2025)

Austria produces 4.8 times as much per person as South Africa

Austria: Int$76,778 (2025) · South Africa: Int$15,906 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in South Africa than in Austria (Gini 22.9 points higher)

Austria: 31.2 (2023) · South Africa: 54.1 (2022)

17% of people in South Africa live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.5% in Austria

Austria: 0.5% (2023) · South Africa: 17.4% (2022)

Unemployment is 32% in South Africa, versus 5.6% in Austria

Austria: 5.6% (2025) · South Africa: 32.4% (2025)

Austria and South Africa are practically level

Austria: 1.1% (2025) · South Africa: 0.7% (2025)

South Africa and Austria are practically level

Austria: 25.8% (2024) · South Africa: 25.9% (2024)

Austria’s price level (US = 100) is 2× South Africa’s

Austria: 82% (2025) · South Africa: 41% (2025)

Austria spends 13 times as much on health per person as South Africa

Austria: $6,739 (2024) · South Africa: $537 (2023)

A baby in South Africa is 8.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Austria

Austria: 2.8 per 1,000 (2024) · South Africa: 24.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Austria has 6.9 times as many doctors per person as South Africa

Austria: 5.5 per 1,000 (2023) · South Africa: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)

Austria: 6.7 per 1,000 (2022) · South Africa: no data

The suicide rate in South Africa is 28% higher than in Austria

Austria: 12.7 per 100k (2023) · South Africa: 16.2 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in South Africa are obese, versus 18% in Austria

Austria: 18.3% (2024) · South Africa: 31.3% (2024)

Austria and South Africa are practically level

Austria: 23.8% (2024) · South Africa: 23.7% (2024)

People in Austria rate their lives 1.84 points higher than in South Africa

Austria: 6.85 (2025) · South Africa: 5.01 (2025)

Adults in Austria drink 34% more alcohol than in South Africa

Austria: 11.6 litres (2023) · South Africa: 8.6 litres (2023)

Austria has 26% more meat per person than South Africa

Austria: 73.7 kg (2023) · South Africa: 58.3 kg (2023)

Austria has 1,062 kcal more food per person per day than South Africa

Austria: 3,756 kcal (2023) · South Africa: 2,694 kcal (2023)

Workers in South Africa put in 743 more hours a year than in Austria

Austria: 1,438 hours (2023) · South Africa: 2,181 hours (2023)

Adults in Austria went to school 0.75 years longer than in South Africa

Austria: 12.4 years (2023) · South Africa: 11.6 years (2023)

Austria welcomed 21 times as many tourists per resident as South Africa (2019)

Austria: 2.9 (2022) · South Africa: 0.14 (2024)

Austria and South Africa are practically level

Austria: 12 (2026) · South Africa: 12 (2026)

Austria has won 367 Olympic medals, South Africa 95

Austria: 367 (2026 edition) · South Africa: 95 (2026 edition)

92% of people in Austria are online, versus 78% in South Africa

Austria: 92% (2025) · South Africa: 78% (2024)

Home internet in Austria is 2.2 times as fast as in South Africa

Austria: 174 Mbps (2026) · South Africa: 78 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Austria have electricity, versus 90% in South Africa

Austria: 100% (2024) · South Africa: 90.2% (2024)

70% of people in Austria live in cities, versus 64% in South Africa

Austria: 70% (2025) · South Africa: 64% (2025)

South Africa has 179 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Austria 124

Austria: 124 (2024) · South Africa: 179 (2024)

South Africa’s railway network is 4.2 times as long as Austria’s

Austria: 4,962 km (2021) · South Africa: 20,953 km (2021)

Airlines from Austria fly 21 times as many passengers per resident as those from South Africa

Austria: 5 (2023) · South Africa: 0.24 (2023)

Forest covers 47% of Austria, but only 19% of South Africa

Austria: 47.3% (2024) · South Africa: 18.8% (2024)

The average person in South Africa emits 11% more CO₂ than someone in Austria

Austria: 6.2 t (2024) · South Africa: 6.9 t (2024)

84% of Austria’s electricity is renewable, versus 14% in South Africa

Austria: 83.6% (2025) · South Africa: 13.6% (2025)

The air in South Africa carries 2.4 times as much fine dust as in Austria

Austria: 10.3 µg/m³ (2024) · South Africa: 24.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 50 times as likely to be murdered in South Africa as in Austria

Austria: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · South Africa: 43.7 per 100k (2022)

Roads in South Africa are 5.1 times as deadly as in Austria

Austria: 6.5 per 100k (2023) · South Africa: 33.1 per 100k (2023)

South Africa is on average 10.6 °C warmer than Austria

Austria: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Africa: 18.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Austria gets 2.5 times as much rain as South Africa

Austria: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Africa: 511 mm (2016–2025 avg)