South Africa’s coastline is 5.4 times as long as Ivory Coast’s

Ivory Coast: 515 km (2026 edition) · South Africa: 2,798 km (2026 edition)

South Africa’s highest peak towers 1,698 m above Ivory Coast’s

Ivory Coast: 1,752 m (2026 edition) · South Africa: 3,450 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 84% of Ivory Coast, versus 79% of South Africa

Ivory Coast: 83.9% (2024) · South Africa: 79.4% (2024)

South Africa has 2 times as many people as Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 32.7 million (2025) · South Africa: 64.7 million (2025)

Ivory Coast is 93% more densely populated than South Africa

Ivory Coast: 103 per km² (2025) · South Africa: 53 per km² (2025)

The typical person in South Africa is 10 years older than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 18.1 years (2023) · South Africa: 28.2 years (2023)

Women in Ivory Coast have 2.0 more children on average than in South Africa

Ivory Coast: 4.23 children per woman (2024) · South Africa: 2.21 children per woman (2024)

6.9% of people in South Africa are 65 or older, versus 2.7% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 2.7% (2025) · South Africa: 6.9% (2025)

Ivory Coast hosts 2.7 times as many refugees per resident as South Africa

Ivory Coast: 2.3 per 1,000 (2025) · South Africa: 0.9 per 1,000 (2025)

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

Ivory Coast: 0 (2026) · South Africa: 1.5 (2026)

South Africa has 11 official languages, Ivory Coast 1

Ivory Coast: 1 (2026) · South Africa: 11 (2026)

South Africa’s economy is 4.3 times the size of Ivory Coast’s

Ivory Coast: $99.8 billion (2025) · South Africa: $427 billion (2025)

South Africa produces 94% more per person than Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: Int$8,209 (2025) · South Africa: Int$15,906 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in South Africa than in Ivory Coast (Gini 18.8 points higher)

Ivory Coast: 35.3 (2021) · South Africa: 54.1 (2022)

21% of people in Ivory Coast live on less than $3 a day, versus 17% in South Africa

Ivory Coast: 20.8% (2021) · South Africa: 17.4% (2022)

Unemployment is 32% in South Africa, versus 2.3% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 2.3% (2025) · South Africa: 32.4% (2025)

Ivory Coast and South Africa are practically level

Ivory Coast: 0.8% (2025) · South Africa: 0.7% (2025)

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

Ivory Coast: 13% (2023) · South Africa: 25.9% (2024)

South Africa’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Ivory Coast’s

Ivory Coast: 37% (2025) · South Africa: 41% (2025)

South Africa spends 6.1 times as much on health per person as Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: $88 (2023) · South Africa: $537 (2023)

A baby in Ivory Coast is 85% more likely to die before turning one than in South Africa

Ivory Coast: 44.8 per 1,000 (2024) · South Africa: 24.2 per 1,000 (2024)

South Africa has 4.8 times as many doctors per person as Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023) · South Africa: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Ivory Coast is 2% higher than in South Africa

Ivory Coast: 16.5 per 100k (2023) · South Africa: 16.2 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in South Africa are obese, versus 12% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 12% (2024) · South Africa: 31.3% (2024)

24% of adults in South Africa smoke, versus 7.3% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 7.3% (2024) · South Africa: 23.7% (2024)

People in Ivory Coast rate their lives 0.14 points higher than in South Africa

Ivory Coast: 5.15 (2025) · South Africa: 5.01 (2025)

Adults in South Africa drink 2.1 times as much alcohol as in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 4.2 litres (2023) · South Africa: 8.6 litres (2023)

South Africa has 4.8 times as much meat per person as Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 12 kg (2023) · South Africa: 58.3 kg (2023)

Ivory Coast has 244 kcal more food per person per day than South Africa

Ivory Coast: 2,938 kcal (2023) · South Africa: 2,694 kcal (2023)

Workers in South Africa put in 78 more hours a year than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 2,103 hours (2023) · South Africa: 2,181 hours (2023)

Adults in South Africa went to school 6.7 years longer than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 4.9 years (2023) · South Africa: 11.6 years (2023)

Ivory Coast: no data · South Africa: 0.14 (2024)

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

Ivory Coast: 5 (2026) · South Africa: 12 (2026)

South Africa has won 95 Olympic medals, Ivory Coast 5

Ivory Coast: 5 (2026 edition) · South Africa: 95 (2026 edition)

78% of people in South Africa are online, versus 41% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 41% (2024) · South Africa: 78% (2024)

Home internet in Ivory Coast is 9% faster than in South Africa

Ivory Coast: 85 Mbps (2026) · South Africa: 78 Mbps (2026)

90% of people in South Africa have electricity, versus 73% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 72.9% (2024) · South Africa: 90.2% (2024)

64% of people in South Africa live in cities, versus 55% in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 55% (2025) · South Africa: 64% (2025)

Ivory Coast has 184 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, South Africa 179

Ivory Coast: 184 (2024) · South Africa: 179 (2024)

South Africa’s railway network is 33 times as long as Ivory Coast’s

Ivory Coast: 639 km (2021) · South Africa: 20,953 km (2021)

Airlines from South Africa fly 11 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 0.02 (2023) · South Africa: 0.24 (2023)

Forest covers 19% of South Africa, but only 12% of Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 12.1% (2024) · South Africa: 18.8% (2024)

The average person in South Africa emits 15 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 0.5 t (2024) · South Africa: 6.9 t (2024)

29% of Ivory Coast’s electricity is renewable, versus 14% in South Africa

Ivory Coast: 28.9% (2024) · South Africa: 13.6% (2025)

The air in South Africa carries 21% more fine dust than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · South Africa: 24.4 µg/m³ (2024)

Ivory Coast: no data · South Africa: 43.7 per 100k (2022)

Roads in South Africa are 7% deadlier than in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: 30.9 per 100k (2023) · South Africa: 33.1 per 100k (2023)

Ivory Coast is on average 8.4 °C warmer than South Africa

Ivory Coast: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Africa: 18.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ivory Coast gets 2.4 times as much rain as South Africa

Ivory Coast: 1,226 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Africa: 511 mm (2016–2025 avg)