South Africa’s coastline is 45% longer than Myanmar’s

Myanmar: 1,930 km (2026 edition) · South Africa: 2,798 km (2026 edition)

Myanmar’s highest peak towers 2,420 m above South Africa’s

Myanmar: 5,870 m (2026 edition) · South Africa: 3,450 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 79% of South Africa, versus 20% of Myanmar

Myanmar: 19.9% (2024) · South Africa: 79.4% (2024)

South Africa has 18% more people than Myanmar

Myanmar: 54.9 million (2025) · South Africa: 64.7 million (2025)

Myanmar is 57% more densely populated than South Africa

Myanmar: 84 per km² (2025) · South Africa: 53 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Myanmar is 1.3 years older than in South Africa

Myanmar: 29.5 years (2023) · South Africa: 28.2 years (2023)

Women in South Africa have 0.1 more children on average than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 2.1 children per woman (2024) · South Africa: 2.21 children per woman (2024)

7.5% of people in Myanmar are 65 or older, versus 6.9% in South Africa

Myanmar: 7.5% (2025) · South Africa: 6.9% (2025)

Myanmar: 0 per 1,000 (2025) · South Africa: 0.9 per 1,000 (2025)

South Africa has produced 1.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Myanmar 0.2

Myanmar: 0.2 (2026) · South Africa: 1.5 (2026)

South Africa has 11 official languages, Myanmar 1

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

South Africa’s economy is 5.2 times the size of Myanmar’s

Myanmar: $81.7 billion (2025) · South Africa: $427 billion (2025)

South Africa produces 2.6 times as much per person as Myanmar

Myanmar: Int$6,012 (2025) · South Africa: Int$15,906 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in South Africa than in Myanmar (Gini 23.4 points higher)

Myanmar: 30.7 (2017) · South Africa: 54.1 (2022)

17% of people in South Africa live on less than $3 a day, versus 10% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 10.3% (2017) · South Africa: 17.4% (2022)

Unemployment is 32% in South Africa, versus 3.0% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 3% (2025) · South Africa: 32.4% (2025)

Myanmar spends 6.6% of its GDP on the military, South Africa 0.7%

Myanmar: 6.6% (2024) · South Africa: 0.7% (2025)

South Africa’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Myanmar’s 6.0%

Myanmar: 6% (2019) · South Africa: 25.9% (2024)

South Africa’s price level (US = 100) is 1.7× Myanmar’s

Myanmar: 25% (2025) · South Africa: 41% (2025)

South Africa spends 9.5 times as much on health per person as Myanmar

Myanmar: $56 (2023) · South Africa: $537 (2023)

A baby in Myanmar is 36% more likely to die before turning one than in South Africa

Myanmar: 32.8 per 1,000 (2024) · South Africa: 24.2 per 1,000 (2024)

South Africa has 5% more doctors per person than Myanmar

Myanmar: 0.8 per 1,000 (2019) · South Africa: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)

Myanmar: 1.1 per 1,000 (2020) · South Africa: no data

The suicide rate in South Africa is 4 times that in Myanmar

Myanmar: 4.1 per 100k (2023) · South Africa: 16.2 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in South Africa are obese, versus 8.3% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 8.3% (2024) · South Africa: 31.3% (2024)

43% of adults in Myanmar smoke, versus 24% in South Africa

Myanmar: 43.4% (2024) · South Africa: 23.7% (2024)

People in South Africa rate their lives 0.72 points higher than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 4.29 (2025) · South Africa: 5.01 (2025)

Adults in South Africa drink 4.6 times as much alcohol as in Myanmar

Myanmar: 1.9 litres (2023) · South Africa: 8.6 litres (2023)

South Africa has 2.8 times as much meat per person as Myanmar

Myanmar: 20.9 kg (2023) · South Africa: 58.3 kg (2023)

Myanmar has 115 kcal more food per person per day than South Africa

Myanmar: 2,809 kcal (2023) · South Africa: 2,694 kcal (2023)

Workers in Myanmar put in 16 more hours a year than in South Africa

Myanmar: 2,197 hours (2023) · South Africa: 2,181 hours (2023)

Adults in South Africa went to school 5.2 years longer than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 6.4 years (2023) · South Africa: 11.6 years (2023)

South Africa welcomed 9.4 times as many tourists per resident as Myanmar (2019)

Myanmar: 0.01 (2024) · South Africa: 0.14 (2024)

South Africa has 10 more World Heritage sites than Myanmar (12 against 2)

Myanmar: 2 (2026) · South Africa: 12 (2026)

South Africa has won 95 Olympic medals, Myanmar none

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

78% of people in South Africa are online, versus 45% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 45% (2020) · South Africa: 78% (2024)

Home internet in South Africa is 76% faster than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 45 Mbps (2026) · South Africa: 78 Mbps (2026)

90% of people in South Africa have electricity, versus 80% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 80.4% (2024) · South Africa: 90.2% (2024)

64% of people in South Africa live in cities, versus 31% in Myanmar

Myanmar: 31% (2025) · South Africa: 64% (2025)

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

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

Myanmar: no data · South Africa: 20,953 km (2021)

Airlines from South Africa fly 3.7 times as many passengers per resident as those from Myanmar

Myanmar: 0.06 (2023) · South Africa: 0.24 (2023)

Forest covers 42% of Myanmar, but only 19% of South Africa

Myanmar: 42% (2024) · South Africa: 18.8% (2024)

The average person in South Africa emits 12 times as much CO₂ as someone in Myanmar

Myanmar: 0.6 t (2024) · South Africa: 6.9 t (2024)

48% of Myanmar’s electricity is renewable, versus 14% in South Africa

Myanmar: 47.9% (2024) · South Africa: 13.6% (2025)

The air in Myanmar carries 28% more fine dust than in South Africa

Myanmar: 31.2 µg/m³ (2024) · South Africa: 24.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 17 times as likely to be murdered in South Africa as in Myanmar

Myanmar: 2.6 per 100k (2023) · South Africa: 43.7 per 100k (2022)

Roads in South Africa are 51% deadlier than in Myanmar

Myanmar: 21.9 per 100k (2023) · South Africa: 33.1 per 100k (2023)

Myanmar is on average 5.7 °C warmer than South Africa

Myanmar: 24.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Africa: 18.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Myanmar gets 4.4 times as much rain as South Africa

Myanmar: 2,233 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Africa: 511 mm (2016–2025 avg)