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

South Africa’s highest peak towers 1,848 m above Czechia’s

Czechia: 1,602 m (2026 edition) · South Africa: 3,450 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 79% of South Africa, versus 46% of Czechia

Czechia: 45.8% (2024) · South Africa: 79.4% (2024)

South Africa has 5.9 times as many people as Czechia

Czechia: 10.9 million (2025) · South Africa: 64.7 million (2025)

Czechia is 2.6 times as densely populated as South Africa

Czechia: 141 per km² (2025) · South Africa: 53 per km² (2025)

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

Czechia: 42.7 years (2023) · South Africa: 28.2 years (2023)

Women in South Africa have 0.8 more children on average than in Czechia

Czechia: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · South Africa: 2.21 children per woman (2024)

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

Czechia: 21.2% (2025) · South Africa: 6.9% (2025)

Czechia hosts 43 times as many refugees per resident as South Africa

Czechia: 36.3 per 1,000 (2025) · South Africa: 0.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Czechia has produced 5.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, South Africa 1.5

Czechia: 5.5 (2026) · South Africa: 1.5 (2026)

South Africa has 11 official languages, Czechia 2

Czechia: 2 (2026) · South Africa: 11 (2026)

South Africa’s economy is 9% larger than Czechia’s

Czechia: $391 billion (2025) · South Africa: $427 billion (2025)

Czechia produces 3.8 times as much per person as South Africa

Czechia: Int$60,487 (2025) · South Africa: Int$15,906 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in South Africa than in Czechia (Gini 28.4 points higher)

Czechia: 25.7 (2023) · South Africa: 54.1 (2022)

17% of people in South Africa live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Czechia

Czechia: 0% (2023) · South Africa: 17.4% (2022)

Unemployment is 32% in South Africa, versus 2.8% in Czechia

Czechia: 2.8% (2025) · South Africa: 32.4% (2025)

Czechia spends 1.8% of its GDP on the military, South Africa 0.7%

Czechia: 1.8% (2025) · South Africa: 0.7% (2025)

South Africa’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Czechia’s 19%

Czechia: 18.6% (2024) · South Africa: 25.9% (2024)

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

Czechia: 59% (2025) · South Africa: 41% (2025)

Czechia spends 5 times as much on health per person as South Africa

Czechia: $2,693 (2024) · South Africa: $537 (2023)

A baby in South Africa is 12 times as likely to die before turning one as in Czechia

Czechia: 2.1 per 1,000 (2024) · South Africa: 24.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Czechia has 5.5 times as many doctors per person as South Africa

Czechia: 4.4 per 1,000 (2022) · South Africa: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)

Czechia: 6.5 per 1,000 (2022) · South Africa: no data

The suicide rate in South Africa is 33% higher than in Czechia

Czechia: 12.2 per 100k (2023) · South Africa: 16.2 per 100k (2023)

Czechia and South Africa are practically level

Czechia: 31.6% (2024) · South Africa: 31.3% (2024)

28% of adults in Czechia smoke, versus 24% in South Africa

Czechia: 28.4% (2024) · South Africa: 23.7% (2024)

People in Czechia rate their lives 1.81 points higher than in South Africa

Czechia: 6.82 (2025) · South Africa: 5.01 (2025)

Adults in Czechia drink 57% more alcohol than in South Africa

Czechia: 13.5 litres (2023) · South Africa: 8.6 litres (2023)

Czechia has 41% more meat per person than South Africa

Czechia: 82.3 kg (2023) · South Africa: 58.3 kg (2023)

Czechia has 690 kcal more food per person per day than South Africa

Czechia: 3,384 kcal (2023) · South Africa: 2,694 kcal (2023)

Workers in South Africa put in 407 more hours a year than in Czechia

Czechia: 1,774 hours (2023) · South Africa: 2,181 hours (2023)

Adults in Czechia went to school 1.4 years longer than in South Africa

Czechia: 13 years (2023) · South Africa: 11.6 years (2023)

Czechia welcomed 9.9 times as many tourists per resident as South Africa (2019)

Czechia: 1.37 (2019) · South Africa: 0.14 (2024)

Czechia has 5 more World Heritage sites than South Africa (17 against 12)

Czechia: 17 (2026) · South Africa: 12 (2026)

Czechia has won 111 Olympic medals, South Africa 95

Czechia: 111 (2026 edition) · South Africa: 95 (2026 edition)

88% of people in Czechia are online, versus 78% in South Africa

Czechia: 88% (2024) · South Africa: 78% (2024)

Home internet in Czechia is 2.4 times as fast as in South Africa

Czechia: 186 Mbps (2026) · South Africa: 78 Mbps (2026)

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

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

73% of people in Czechia live in cities, versus 64% in South Africa

Czechia: 73% (2025) · South Africa: 64% (2025)

South Africa has 179 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Czechia 127

Czechia: 127 (2024) · South Africa: 179 (2024)

South Africa’s railway network is 2.2 times as long as Czechia’s

Czechia: 9,357 km (2021) · South Africa: 20,953 km (2021)

Airlines from South Africa fly 19% more passengers per resident than those from Czechia

Czechia: 0.2 (2023) · South Africa: 0.24 (2023)

Forest covers 38% of Czechia, but only 19% of South Africa

Czechia: 38.4% (2024) · South Africa: 18.8% (2024)

The average person in Czechia emits 3% more CO₂ than someone in South Africa

Czechia: 7 t (2024) · South Africa: 6.9 t (2024)

17% of Czechia’s electricity is renewable, versus 14% in South Africa

Czechia: 16.8% (2025) · South Africa: 13.6% (2025)

The air in South Africa carries 2 times as much fine dust as in Czechia

Czechia: 12.1 µg/m³ (2024) · South Africa: 24.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 57 times as likely to be murdered in South Africa as in Czechia

Czechia: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · South Africa: 43.7 per 100k (2022)

Roads in South Africa are 4.7 times as deadly as in Czechia

Czechia: 7.1 per 100k (2023) · South Africa: 33.1 per 100k (2023)

South Africa is on average 9.0 °C warmer than Czechia

Czechia: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Africa: 18.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Czechia gets 58% more rain than South Africa

Czechia: 805 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Africa: 511 mm (2016–2025 avg)