Brazil’s coastline is 3.1 times as long as South Korea’s

Brazil: 7,491 km (2026 edition) · South Korea: 2,413 km (2026 edition)

Brazil’s highest peak towers 1,044 m above South Korea’s

Brazil: 2,994 m (2026 edition) · South Korea: 1,950 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 28% of Brazil, versus 16% of South Korea

Brazil: 28.4% (2024) · South Korea: 16% (2024)

Brazil has 4.1 times as many people as South Korea

Brazil: 213 million (2025) · South Korea: 51.7 million (2025)

South Korea is 21 times as densely populated as Brazil

Brazil: 25 per km² (2025) · South Korea: 530 per km² (2025)

The typical person in South Korea is 11 years older than in Brazil

Brazil: 33.9 years (2023) · South Korea: 44.5 years (2023)

Women in Brazil have 0.9 more children on average than in South Korea

Brazil: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · South Korea: 0.75 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in South Korea are 65 or older, versus 11% in Brazil

Brazil: 11.5% (2025) · South Korea: 20.3% (2025)

Brazil hosts 15 times as many refugees per resident as South Korea

Brazil: 1.3 per 1,000 (2025) · South Korea: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

South Korea has produced 0.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Brazil 0.0

Brazil: 0.047 (2026) · South Korea: 0.6 (2026)

Brazil and South Korea are practically level

Brazil: 1 (2026) · South Korea: 1 (2026)

Brazil’s economy is 22% larger than South Korea’s

Brazil: $2.28 trillion (2025) · South Korea: $1.87 trillion (2025)

South Korea produces 2.7 times as much per person as Brazil

Brazil: Int$23,433 (2025) · South Korea: Int$63,125 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Brazil than in South Korea (Gini 17.4 points higher)

Brazil: 50.3 (2024) · South Korea: 32.9 (2021)

3.0% of people in Brazil live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in South Korea

Brazil: 3% (2024) · South Korea: 0.1% (2021)

Unemployment is 6.0% in Brazil, versus 2.7% in South Korea

Brazil: 6% (2025) · South Korea: 2.7% (2025)

South Korea spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Brazil 1.1%

Brazil: 1.1% (2025) · South Korea: 2.6% (2025)

Brazil’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, South Korea’s 13%

Brazil: 15.4% (2024) · South Korea: 13.3% (2024)

South Korea’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Brazil’s

Brazil: 46% (2025) · South Korea: 57% (2025)

South Korea spends 3.1 times as much on health per person as Brazil

Brazil: $1,010 (2023) · South Korea: $3,137 (2024)

A baby in Brazil is 5.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in South Korea

Brazil: 12.3 per 1,000 (2024) · South Korea: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024)

South Korea has 11% more doctors per person than Brazil

Brazil: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · South Korea: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

South Korea has 5.1 times as many hospital beds per person as Brazil

Brazil: 2.5 per 1,000 (2021) · South Korea: 12.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in South Korea is 2.7 times that in Brazil

Brazil: 8.8 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 23.4 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Brazil are obese, versus 7.5% in South Korea

Brazil: 30.9% (2024) · South Korea: 7.5% (2024)

19% of adults in South Korea smoke, versus 12% in Brazil

Brazil: 11.9% (2024) · South Korea: 18.6% (2024)

People in Brazil rate their lives 0.59 points higher than in South Korea

Brazil: 6.63 (2025) · South Korea: 6.04 (2025)

Adults in Brazil drink 25% more alcohol than in South Korea

Brazil: 10.4 litres (2023) · South Korea: 8.3 litres (2023)

Brazil has 24% more meat per person than South Korea

Brazil: 104.6 kg (2023) · South Korea: 84 kg (2023)

South Korea and Brazil are practically level

Brazil: 3,423 kcal (2023) · South Korea: 3,430 kcal (2023)

Workers in Brazil put in 83 more hours a year than in South Korea

Brazil: 1,994 hours (2023) · South Korea: 1,910 hours (2023)

Adults in South Korea went to school 4.3 years longer than in Brazil

Brazil: 8.4 years (2023) · South Korea: 12.7 years (2023)

South Korea welcomed 9.9 times as many tourists per resident as Brazil (2019)

Brazil: 0.03 (2024) · South Korea: 0.32 (2024)

Brazil has 9 more World Heritage sites than South Korea (26 against 17)

Brazil: 26 (2026) · South Korea: 17 (2026)

South Korea has won 409 Olympic medals, Brazil 171

Brazil: 171 (2026 edition) · South Korea: 409 (2026 edition)

98% of people in South Korea are online, versus 84% in Brazil

Brazil: 84% (2024) · South Korea: 98% (2024)

Home internet in South Korea is 2% faster than in Brazil

Brazil: 293 Mbps (2026) · South Korea: 298 Mbps (2026)

South Korea and Brazil are practically level

Brazil: 99.8% (2024) · South Korea: 100% (2024)

88% of people in Brazil live in cities, versus 81% in South Korea

Brazil: 88% (2025) · South Korea: 81% (2025)

South Korea has 173 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Brazil 102

Brazil: 102 (2024) · South Korea: 173 (2024)

Brazil’s railway network is 6.9 times as long as South Korea’s

Brazil: 29,850 km (2014) · South Korea: 4,309 km (2021)

Airlines from South Korea fly 3.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Brazil

Brazil: 0.45 (2023) · South Korea: 1.48 (2023)

Forest covers 64% of South Korea, but only 59% of Brazil

Brazil: 58.5% (2024) · South Korea: 64.4% (2024)

The average person in South Korea emits 5 times as much CO₂ as someone in Brazil

Brazil: 2.3 t (2024) · South Korea: 11.3 t (2024)

87% of Brazil’s electricity is renewable, versus 10% in South Korea

Brazil: 86.6% (2025) · South Korea: 10.4% (2025)

The air in South Korea carries 37% more fine dust than in Brazil

Brazil: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · South Korea: 21 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 40 times as likely to be murdered in Brazil as in South Korea

Brazil: 19.3 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 0.5 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Brazil are 3 times as deadly as in South Korea

Brazil: 25.9 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

Brazil is on average 12.2 °C warmer than South Korea

Brazil: 25.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 13.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Brazil gets 31% more rain than South Korea

Brazil: 1,661 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 1,265 mm (2016–2025 avg)