Egypt’s coastline is 2% longer than South Korea’s

Egypt: 2,450 km (2026 edition) · South Korea: 2,413 km (2026 edition)

Egypt’s highest peak towers 679 m above South Korea’s

Egypt: 2,629 m (2026 edition) · South Korea: 1,950 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 16% of South Korea, versus 4.2% of Egypt

Egypt: 4.2% (2024) · South Korea: 16% (2024)

Egypt has 2.3 times as many people as South Korea

Egypt: 118 million (2025) · South Korea: 51.7 million (2025)

South Korea is 4.5 times as densely populated as Egypt

Egypt: 119 per km² (2025) · South Korea: 530 per km² (2025)

The typical person in South Korea is 20 years older than in Egypt

Egypt: 24 years (2023) · South Korea: 44.5 years (2023)

Women in Egypt have 2.0 more children on average than in South Korea

Egypt: 2.74 children per woman (2024) · South Korea: 0.75 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in South Korea are 65 or older, versus 5.3% in Egypt

Egypt: 5.3% (2025) · South Korea: 20.3% (2025)

Egypt hosts 22 times as many refugees per resident as South Korea

Egypt: 1.9 per 1,000 (2025) · South Korea: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

South Korea has produced 0.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Egypt 0.5

Egypt: 0.5 (2026) · South Korea: 0.6 (2026)

Egypt and South Korea are practically level

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

South Korea’s economy is 5.1 times the size of Egypt’s

Egypt: $365 billion (2025) · South Korea: $1.87 trillion (2025)

South Korea produces 3.1 times as much per person as Egypt

Egypt: Int$20,204 (2025) · South Korea: Int$63,125 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in South Korea than in Egypt (Gini 4.4 points higher)

Egypt: 28.5 (2021) · South Korea: 32.9 (2021)

1.4% of people in Egypt live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in South Korea

Egypt: 1.4% (2021) · South Korea: 0.1% (2021)

Unemployment is 6.8% in Egypt, versus 2.7% in South Korea

Egypt: 6.8% (2025) · South Korea: 2.7% (2025)

South Korea spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Egypt 0.6%

Egypt: 0.6% (2025) · South Korea: 2.6% (2025)

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

Egypt: 12.5% (2015) · South Korea: 13.3% (2024)

South Korea’s price level (US = 100) is 3.8× Egypt’s

Egypt: 15% (2025) · South Korea: 57% (2025)

South Korea spends 22 times as much on health per person as Egypt

Egypt: $141 (2023) · South Korea: $3,137 (2024)

A baby in Egypt is 9 times as likely to die before turning one as in South Korea

Egypt: 20.8 per 1,000 (2024) · South Korea: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024)

South Korea has 3.9 times as many doctors per person as Egypt

Egypt: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020) · South Korea: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

South Korea has 12 times as many hospital beds per person as Egypt

Egypt: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021) · South Korea: 12.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in South Korea is 29 times that in Egypt

Egypt: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 23.4 per 100k (2023)

43% of adults in Egypt are obese, versus 7.5% in South Korea

Egypt: 42.8% (2024) · South Korea: 7.5% (2024)

25% of adults in Egypt smoke, versus 19% in South Korea

Egypt: 25% (2024) · South Korea: 18.6% (2024)

People in South Korea rate their lives 2.18 points higher than in Egypt

Egypt: 3.86 (2025) · South Korea: 6.04 (2025)

Adults in South Korea drink 80 times as much alcohol as in Egypt

Egypt: 0.1 litres (2023) · South Korea: 8.3 litres (2023)

South Korea has 3 times as much meat per person as Egypt

Egypt: 27.6 kg (2023) · South Korea: 84 kg (2023)

South Korea has 336 kcal more food per person per day than Egypt

Egypt: 3,094 kcal (2023) · South Korea: 3,430 kcal (2023)

Workers in Egypt put in 458 more hours a year than in South Korea

Egypt: 2,369 hours (2023) · South Korea: 1,910 hours (2023)

Adults in South Korea went to school 2.6 years longer than in Egypt

Egypt: 10.1 years (2023) · South Korea: 12.7 years (2023)

South Korea welcomed 3.1 times as many tourists per resident as Egypt (2019)

Egypt: 0.1 (2022) · South Korea: 0.32 (2024)

South Korea has 10 more World Heritage sites than Egypt (17 against 7)

Egypt: 7 (2026) · South Korea: 17 (2026)

South Korea has won 409 Olympic medals, Egypt 41

Egypt: 41 (2026 edition) · South Korea: 409 (2026 edition)

98% of people in South Korea are online, versus 75% in Egypt

Egypt: 75% (2024) · South Korea: 98% (2024)

Home internet in South Korea is 3.7 times as fast as in Egypt

Egypt: 80 Mbps (2026) · South Korea: 298 Mbps (2026)

Egypt and South Korea are practically level

Egypt: 100% (2024) · South Korea: 100% (2024)

81% of people in South Korea live in cities, versus 43% in Egypt

Egypt: 43% (2025) · South Korea: 81% (2025)

South Korea has 173 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Egypt 97

Egypt: 97 (2024) · South Korea: 173 (2024)

Egypt’s railway network is 20% longer than South Korea’s

Egypt: 5,153 km (2016) · South Korea: 4,309 km (2021)

Airlines from South Korea fly 10 times as many passengers per resident as those from Egypt

Egypt: 0.14 (2023) · South Korea: 1.48 (2023)

Forest covers 64% of South Korea, but only 0.0% of Egypt

Egypt: 0% (2024) · South Korea: 64.4% (2024)

The average person in South Korea emits 5.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Egypt

Egypt: 2.2 t (2024) · South Korea: 11.3 t (2024)

13% of Egypt’s electricity is renewable, versus 10% in South Korea

Egypt: 13% (2025) · South Korea: 10.4% (2025)

The air in Egypt carries 2 times as much fine dust as in South Korea

Egypt: 41.3 µg/m³ (2024) · South Korea: 21 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.7 times as likely to be murdered in Egypt as in South Korea

Egypt: 1.3 per 100k (2017) · South Korea: 0.5 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Egypt are 43% deadlier than in South Korea

Egypt: 12.4 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

Egypt is on average 10.4 °C warmer than South Korea

Egypt: 23.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 13.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

South Korea gets 104 times as much rain as Egypt

Egypt: 12 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 1,265 mm (2016–2025 avg)