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

South Africa’s highest peak towers 1,588 m above Eswatini’s

Eswatini: 1,862 m (2026 edition) · South Africa: 3,450 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 79% of South Africa, versus 70% of Eswatini

Eswatini: 69.6% (2024) · South Africa: 79.4% (2024)

South Africa has 52 times as many people as Eswatini

Eswatini: 1.26 million (2025) · South Africa: 64.7 million (2025)

Eswatini is 37% more densely populated than South Africa

Eswatini: 73 per km² (2025) · South Africa: 53 per km² (2025)

The typical person in South Africa is 6.2 years older than in Eswatini

Eswatini: 22 years (2023) · South Africa: 28.2 years (2023)

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

Eswatini: 2.72 children per woman (2024) · South Africa: 2.21 children per woman (2024)

6.9% of people in South Africa are 65 or older, versus 4.3% in Eswatini

Eswatini: 4.3% (2025) · South Africa: 6.9% (2025)

Eswatini hosts 32% more refugees per resident than South Africa

Eswatini: 1.1 per 1,000 (2025) · South Africa: 0.9 per 1,000 (2025)

South Africa has produced 1.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Eswatini none

Eswatini: 0 (2026) · South Africa: 1.5 (2026)

South Africa has 11 official languages, Eswatini 2

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

South Africa’s economy is 83 times the size of Eswatini’s

Eswatini: $5.16 billion (2025) · South Africa: $427 billion (2025)

South Africa produces 27% more per person than Eswatini

Eswatini: Int$12,529 (2025) · South Africa: Int$15,906 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Eswatini than in South Africa (Gini 0.5 points higher)

Eswatini: 54.6 (2016) · South Africa: 54.1 (2022)

Eswatini: no data · South Africa: 17.4% (2022)

Unemployment is 34% in Eswatini, versus 32% in South Africa

Eswatini: 34.2% (2025) · South Africa: 32.4% (2025)

Eswatini spends 1.6% of its GDP on the military, South Africa 0.7%

Eswatini: 1.6% (2025) · South Africa: 0.7% (2025)

South Africa’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Eswatini’s 24%

Eswatini: 24.3% (2021) · South Africa: 25.9% (2024)

South Africa’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Eswatini’s

Eswatini: 33% (2025) · South Africa: 41% (2025)

South Africa spends 81% more on health per person than Eswatini

Eswatini: $296 (2023) · South Africa: $537 (2023)

A baby in Eswatini is 74% more likely to die before turning one than in South Africa

Eswatini: 42.2 per 1,000 (2024) · South Africa: 24.2 per 1,000 (2024)

South Africa has 43% more doctors per person than Eswatini

Eswatini: 0.6 per 1,000 (2023) · South Africa: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Eswatini is 42% higher than in South Africa

Eswatini: 23 per 100k (2023) · South Africa: 16.2 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in South Africa are obese, versus 27% in Eswatini

Eswatini: 27.1% (2024) · South Africa: 31.3% (2024)

24% of adults in South Africa smoke, versus 12% in Eswatini

Eswatini: 11.5% (2024) · South Africa: 23.7% (2024)

People in South Africa rate their lives 1.10 points higher than in Eswatini

Eswatini: 3.91 (2025) · South Africa: 5.01 (2025)

Adults in South Africa drink 42% more alcohol than in Eswatini

Eswatini: 6.1 litres (2023) · South Africa: 8.6 litres (2023)

South Africa has 2.6 times as much meat per person as Eswatini

Eswatini: 22.4 kg (2023) · South Africa: 58.3 kg (2023)

South Africa has 120 kcal more food per person per day than Eswatini

Eswatini: 2,574 kcal (2023) · South Africa: 2,694 kcal (2023)

Eswatini: no data · South Africa: 2,181 hours (2023)

Adults in South Africa went to school 2.9 years longer than in Eswatini

Eswatini: 8.7 years (2023) · South Africa: 11.6 years (2023)

Eswatini welcomed 2.3 times as many tourists per resident as South Africa (2019)

Eswatini: 0.32 (2022) · South Africa: 0.14 (2024)

South Africa has 12 more World Heritage sites than Eswatini (12 against 0)

Eswatini: 0 (2026) · South Africa: 12 (2026)

South Africa has won 95 Olympic medals, Eswatini none

Eswatini: 0 (2026 edition) · South Africa: 95 (2026 edition)

78% of people in South Africa are online, versus 63% in Eswatini

Eswatini: 63% (2024) · South Africa: 78% (2024)

Home internet in South Africa is 15% faster than in Eswatini

Eswatini: 68 Mbps (2026) · South Africa: 78 Mbps (2026)

90% of people in South Africa have electricity, versus 89% in Eswatini

Eswatini: 89.3% (2024) · South Africa: 90.2% (2024)

64% of people in South Africa live in cities, versus 27% in Eswatini

Eswatini: 27% (2025) · South Africa: 64% (2025)

South Africa has 179 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Eswatini 140

Eswatini: 140 (2024) · South Africa: 179 (2024)

South Africa’s railway network is 70 times as long as Eswatini’s

Eswatini: 300 km (2011) · South Africa: 20,953 km (2021)

Airlines from South Africa fly 8.7 times as many passengers per resident as those from Eswatini

Eswatini: 0.03 (2023) · South Africa: 0.24 (2023)

Forest covers 25% of Eswatini, but only 19% of South Africa

Eswatini: 25.3% (2024) · South Africa: 18.8% (2024)

The average person in South Africa emits 8.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Eswatini

Eswatini: 0.8 t (2024) · South Africa: 6.9 t (2024)

97% of Eswatini’s electricity is renewable, versus 14% in South Africa

Eswatini: 96.7% (2024) · South Africa: 13.6% (2025)

The air in South Africa carries 22% more fine dust than in Eswatini

Eswatini: 20 µg/m³ (2024) · South Africa: 24.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3.5 times as likely to be murdered in South Africa as in Eswatini

Eswatini: 12.5 per 100k (2021) · South Africa: 43.7 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Eswatini are 2% deadlier than in South Africa

Eswatini: 33.6 per 100k (2023) · South Africa: 33.1 per 100k (2023)

Eswatini is on average 1.6 °C warmer than South Africa

Eswatini: 20.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Africa: 18.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Eswatini gets 70% more rain than South Africa

Eswatini: 872 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Africa: 511 mm (2016–2025 avg)