South Africa’s coastline is 14% longer than Egypt’s

Egypt: 2,450 km (2026 edition) · South Africa: 2,798 km (2026 edition)

South Africa’s highest peak towers 821 m above Egypt’s

Egypt: 2,629 m (2026 edition) · South Africa: 3,450 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 79% of South Africa, versus 4.2% of Egypt

Egypt: 4.2% (2024) · South Africa: 79.4% (2024)

Egypt has 83% more people than South Africa

Egypt: 118 million (2025) · South Africa: 64.7 million (2025)

Egypt is 2.2 times as densely populated as South Africa

Egypt: 119 per km² (2025) · South Africa: 53 per km² (2025)

The typical person in South Africa is 4.2 years older than in Egypt

Egypt: 24 years (2023) · South Africa: 28.2 years (2023)

Women in Egypt have 0.5 more children on average than in South Africa

Egypt: 2.74 children per woman (2024) · South Africa: 2.21 children per woman (2024)

6.9% of people in South Africa are 65 or older, versus 5.3% in Egypt

Egypt: 5.3% (2025) · South Africa: 6.9% (2025)

Egypt hosts 2.2 times as many refugees per resident as South Africa

Egypt: 1.9 per 1,000 (2025) · South Africa: 0.9 per 1,000 (2025)

South Africa has produced 1.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Egypt 0.5

Egypt: 0.5 (2026) · South Africa: 1.5 (2026)

South Africa has 11 official languages, Egypt 1

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

South Africa’s economy is 17% larger than Egypt’s

Egypt: $365 billion (2025) · South Africa: $427 billion (2025)

Egypt produces 27% more per person than South Africa

Egypt: Int$20,204 (2025) · South Africa: Int$15,906 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in South Africa than in Egypt (Gini 25.6 points higher)

Egypt: 28.5 (2021) · South Africa: 54.1 (2022)

17% of people in South Africa live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.4% in Egypt

Egypt: 1.4% (2021) · South Africa: 17.4% (2022)

Unemployment is 32% in South Africa, versus 6.8% in Egypt

Egypt: 6.8% (2025) · South Africa: 32.4% (2025)

South Africa and Egypt are practically level

Egypt: 0.6% (2025) · South Africa: 0.7% (2025)

South Africa’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Egypt’s 13%

Egypt: 12.5% (2015) · South Africa: 25.9% (2024)

South Africa’s price level (US = 100) is 2.7× Egypt’s

Egypt: 15% (2025) · South Africa: 41% (2025)

South Africa spends 3.8 times as much on health per person as Egypt

Egypt: $141 (2023) · South Africa: $537 (2023)

A baby in South Africa is 16% more likely to die before turning one than in Egypt

Egypt: 20.8 per 1,000 (2024) · South Africa: 24.2 per 1,000 (2024)

South Africa has 18% more doctors per person than Egypt

Egypt: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020) · South Africa: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)

Egypt: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021) · South Africa: no data

The suicide rate in South Africa is 20 times that in Egypt

Egypt: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · South Africa: 16.2 per 100k (2023)

43% of adults in Egypt are obese, versus 31% in South Africa

Egypt: 42.8% (2024) · South Africa: 31.3% (2024)

25% of adults in Egypt smoke, versus 24% in South Africa

Egypt: 25% (2024) · South Africa: 23.7% (2024)

People in South Africa rate their lives 1.15 points higher than in Egypt

Egypt: 3.86 (2025) · South Africa: 5.01 (2025)

Adults in South Africa drink 84 times as much alcohol as in Egypt

Egypt: 0.1 litres (2023) · South Africa: 8.6 litres (2023)

South Africa has 2.1 times as much meat per person as Egypt

Egypt: 27.6 kg (2023) · South Africa: 58.3 kg (2023)

Egypt has 400 kcal more food per person per day than South Africa

Egypt: 3,094 kcal (2023) · South Africa: 2,694 kcal (2023)

Workers in Egypt put in 187 more hours a year than in South Africa

Egypt: 2,369 hours (2023) · South Africa: 2,181 hours (2023)

Adults in South Africa went to school 1.5 years longer than in Egypt

Egypt: 10.1 years (2023) · South Africa: 11.6 years (2023)

South Africa welcomed 35% more tourists per resident than Egypt (2019)

Egypt: 0.1 (2022) · South Africa: 0.14 (2024)

South Africa has 5 more World Heritage sites than Egypt (12 against 7)

Egypt: 7 (2026) · South Africa: 12 (2026)

South Africa has won 95 Olympic medals, Egypt 41

Egypt: 41 (2026 edition) · South Africa: 95 (2026 edition)

78% of people in South Africa are online, versus 75% in Egypt

Egypt: 75% (2024) · South Africa: 78% (2024)

Home internet in Egypt is 3% faster than in South Africa

Egypt: 80 Mbps (2026) · South Africa: 78 Mbps (2026)

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

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

64% of people in South Africa live in cities, versus 43% in Egypt

Egypt: 43% (2025) · South Africa: 64% (2025)

South Africa has 179 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Egypt 97

Egypt: 97 (2024) · South Africa: 179 (2024)

South Africa’s railway network is 4.1 times as long as Egypt’s

Egypt: 5,153 km (2016) · South Africa: 20,953 km (2021)

Airlines from South Africa fly 69% more passengers per resident than those from Egypt

Egypt: 0.14 (2023) · South Africa: 0.24 (2023)

Forest covers 19% of South Africa, but only 0.0% of Egypt

Egypt: 0% (2024) · South Africa: 18.8% (2024)

The average person in South Africa emits 3.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Egypt

Egypt: 2.2 t (2024) · South Africa: 6.9 t (2024)

14% of South Africa’s electricity is renewable, versus 13% in Egypt

Egypt: 13% (2025) · South Africa: 13.6% (2025)

The air in Egypt carries 69% more fine dust than in South Africa

Egypt: 41.3 µg/m³ (2024) · South Africa: 24.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 33 times as likely to be murdered in South Africa as in Egypt

Egypt: 1.3 per 100k (2017) · South Africa: 43.7 per 100k (2022)

Roads in South Africa are 2.7 times as deadly as in Egypt

Egypt: 12.4 per 100k (2023) · South Africa: 33.1 per 100k (2023)

Egypt is on average 5.1 °C warmer than South Africa

Egypt: 23.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Africa: 18.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

South Africa gets 42 times as much rain as Egypt

Egypt: 12 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Africa: 511 mm (2016–2025 avg)