Greece’s coastline is 4.9 times as long as South Africa’s

Greece: 13,676 km (2026 edition) · South Africa: 2,798 km (2026 edition)

South Africa’s highest peak towers 533 m above Greece’s

Greece: 2,917 m (2026 edition) · South Africa: 3,450 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 79% of South Africa, versus 39% of Greece

Greece: 38.9% (2024) · South Africa: 79.4% (2024)

South Africa has 6.2 times as many people as Greece

Greece: 10.4 million (2025) · South Africa: 64.7 million (2025)

Greece is 51% more densely populated than South Africa

Greece: 81 per km² (2025) · South Africa: 53 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Greece is 18 years older than in South Africa

Greece: 45.7 years (2023) · South Africa: 28.2 years (2023)

Women in South Africa have 1.0 more children on average than in Greece

Greece: 1.24 children per woman (2024) · South Africa: 2.21 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Greece are 65 or older, versus 6.9% in South Africa

Greece: 24.4% (2025) · South Africa: 6.9% (2025)

Greece hosts 15 times as many refugees per resident as South Africa

Greece: 12.9 per 1,000 (2025) · South Africa: 0.9 per 1,000 (2025)

South Africa has produced 1.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Greece 1.0

Greece: 1 (2026) · South Africa: 1.5 (2026)

South Africa has 11 official languages, Greece 1

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

South Africa’s economy is 52% larger than Greece’s

Greece: $281 billion (2025) · South Africa: $427 billion (2025)

Greece produces 2.8 times as much per person as South Africa

Greece: Int$45,264 (2025) · South Africa: Int$15,906 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in South Africa than in Greece (Gini 20.7 points higher)

Greece: 33.4 (2023) · South Africa: 54.1 (2022)

17% of people in South Africa live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.6% in Greece

Greece: 0.6% (2023) · South Africa: 17.4% (2022)

Unemployment is 32% in South Africa, versus 8.5% in Greece

Greece: 8.5% (2025) · South Africa: 32.4% (2025)

Greece spends 3.0% of its GDP on the military, South Africa 0.7%

Greece: 3% (2025) · South Africa: 0.7% (2025)

Greece’s central government collects 27% of GDP in tax, South Africa’s 26%

Greece: 27.4% (2024) · South Africa: 25.9% (2024)

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

Greece: 60% (2025) · South Africa: 41% (2025)

Greece spends 3.7 times as much on health per person as South Africa

Greece: $1,963 (2023) · South Africa: $537 (2023)

A baby in South Africa is 7.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Greece

Greece: 3.2 per 1,000 (2024) · South Africa: 24.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Greece has 8.3 times as many doctors per person as South Africa

Greece: 6.6 per 1,000 (2022) · South Africa: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)

Greece: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022) · South Africa: no data

The suicide rate in South Africa is 4.2 times that in Greece

Greece: 3.9 per 100k (2023) · South Africa: 16.2 per 100k (2023)

34% of adults in Greece are obese, versus 31% in South Africa

Greece: 33.7% (2024) · South Africa: 31.3% (2024)

30% of adults in Greece smoke, versus 24% in South Africa

Greece: 30.2% (2024) · South Africa: 23.7% (2024)

People in Greece rate their lives 0.69 points higher than in South Africa

Greece: 5.70 (2025) · South Africa: 5.01 (2025)

South Africa and Greece are nearly identical here

Greece: 8.6 litres (2023) · South Africa: 8.6 litres (2023)

Greece has 41% more meat per person than South Africa

Greece: 82 kg (2023) · South Africa: 58.3 kg (2023)

Greece has 688 kcal more food per person per day than South Africa

Greece: 3,382 kcal (2023) · South Africa: 2,694 kcal (2023)

Workers in South Africa put in 288 more hours a year than in Greece

Greece: 1,893 hours (2023) · South Africa: 2,181 hours (2023)

South Africa and Greece are practically level

Greece: 11.6 years (2023) · South Africa: 11.6 years (2023)

Greece welcomed 19 times as many tourists per resident as South Africa (2019)

Greece: 2.67 (2022) · South Africa: 0.14 (2024)

Greece has 9 more World Heritage sites than South Africa (21 against 12)

Greece: 21 (2026) · South Africa: 12 (2026)

Greece has won 129 Olympic medals, South Africa 95

Greece: 129 (2026 edition) · South Africa: 95 (2026 edition)

86% of people in Greece are online, versus 78% in South Africa

Greece: 86% (2024) · South Africa: 78% (2024)

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

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

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

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

79% of people in Greece live in cities, versus 64% in South Africa

Greece: 79% (2025) · South Africa: 64% (2025)

South Africa has 179 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Greece 114

Greece: 114 (2024) · South Africa: 179 (2024)

South Africa’s railway network is 9 times as long as Greece’s

Greece: 2,339 km (2021) · South Africa: 20,953 km (2021)

Airlines from Greece fly 7.7 times as many passengers per resident as those from South Africa

Greece: 1.83 (2023) · South Africa: 0.24 (2023)

Forest covers 37% of Greece, but only 19% of South Africa

Greece: 36.9% (2024) · South Africa: 18.8% (2024)

The average person in South Africa emits 29% more CO₂ than someone in Greece

Greece: 5.3 t (2024) · South Africa: 6.9 t (2024)

50% of Greece’s electricity is renewable, versus 14% in South Africa

Greece: 49.7% (2025) · South Africa: 13.6% (2025)

The air in South Africa carries 62% more fine dust than in Greece

Greece: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · South Africa: 24.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 52 times as likely to be murdered in South Africa as in Greece

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

Roads in South Africa are 3.1 times as deadly as in Greece

Greece: 10.8 per 100k (2023) · South Africa: 33.1 per 100k (2023)

South Africa is on average 2.7 °C warmer than Greece

Greece: 15.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Africa: 18.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Greece gets 56% more rain than South Africa

Greece: 800 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Africa: 511 mm (2016–2025 avg)