South Africa’s coastline is 78% longer than Namibia’s

Namibia: 1,572 km (2026 edition) · South Africa: 2,798 km (2026 edition)

South Africa’s highest peak towers 877 m above Namibia’s

Namibia: 2,573 m (2026 edition) · South Africa: 3,450 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 79% of South Africa, versus 47% of Namibia

Namibia: 47.1% (2024) · South Africa: 79.4% (2024)

South Africa has 21 times as many people as Namibia

Namibia: 3.09 million (2025) · South Africa: 64.7 million (2025)

South Africa is 14 times as densely populated as Namibia

Namibia: 4 per km² (2025) · South Africa: 53 per km² (2025)

The typical person in South Africa is 7.3 years older than in Namibia

Namibia: 21 years (2023) · South Africa: 28.2 years (2023)

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

Namibia: 3.21 children per woman (2024) · South Africa: 2.21 children per woman (2024)

6.9% of people in South Africa are 65 or older, versus 3.8% in Namibia

Namibia: 3.8% (2025) · South Africa: 6.9% (2025)

Namibia hosts 2.1 times as many refugees per resident as South Africa

Namibia: 1.8 per 1,000 (2025) · South Africa: 0.9 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

South Africa has 11 official languages, Namibia 9

Namibia: 9 (2026) · South Africa: 11 (2026)

South Africa’s economy is 28 times the size of Namibia’s

Namibia: $15.1 billion (2025) · South Africa: $427 billion (2025)

South Africa produces 33% more per person than Namibia

Namibia: Int$11,986 (2025) · South Africa: Int$15,906 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Namibia than in South Africa (Gini 5 points higher)

Namibia: 59.1 (2015) · South Africa: 54.1 (2022)

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

Unemployment is 32% in South Africa, versus 19% in Namibia

Namibia: 19.3% (2025) · South Africa: 32.4% (2025)

Namibia spends 2.8% of its GDP on the military, South Africa 0.7%

Namibia: 2.8% (2025) · South Africa: 0.7% (2025)

Namibia’s central government collects 34% of GDP in tax, South Africa’s 26%

Namibia: 33.9% (2024) · South Africa: 25.9% (2024)

South Africa’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Namibia’s

Namibia: 41% (2025) · South Africa: 41% (2025)

South Africa spends 35% more on health per person than Namibia

Namibia: $397 (2023) · South Africa: $537 (2023)

A baby in Namibia is 50% more likely to die before turning one than in South Africa

Namibia: 36.4 per 1,000 (2024) · South Africa: 24.2 per 1,000 (2024)

South Africa has 44% more doctors per person than Namibia

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

Namibia and South Africa are nearly identical here

Namibia: 16.2 per 100k (2023) · South Africa: 16.2 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in South Africa are obese, versus 17% in Namibia

Namibia: 16.7% (2024) · South Africa: 31.3% (2024)

Namibia: no data · South Africa: 23.7% (2024)

People in South Africa rate their lives 0.23 points higher than in Namibia

Namibia: 4.78 (2025) · South Africa: 5.01 (2025)

Adults in South Africa drink 2% more alcohol than in Namibia

Namibia: 8.5 litres (2023) · South Africa: 8.6 litres (2023)

South Africa has 2.4 times as much meat per person as Namibia

Namibia: 24.2 kg (2023) · South Africa: 58.3 kg (2023)

South Africa has 113 kcal more food per person per day than Namibia

Namibia: 2,581 kcal (2023) · South Africa: 2,694 kcal (2023)

Namibia and South Africa are practically level

Namibia: 2,184 hours (2023) · South Africa: 2,181 hours (2023)

Adults in South Africa went to school 4.3 years longer than in Namibia

Namibia: 7.3 years (2023) · South Africa: 11.6 years (2023)

Namibia welcomed 2.1 times as many tourists per resident as South Africa (2019)

Namibia: 0.29 (2023) · South Africa: 0.14 (2024)

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

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

South Africa has won 95 Olympic medals, Namibia 5

Namibia: 5 (2026 edition) · South Africa: 95 (2026 edition)

78% of people in South Africa are online, versus 65% in Namibia

Namibia: 65% (2024) · South Africa: 78% (2024)

Home internet in South Africa is 3.1 times as fast as in Namibia

Namibia: 25 Mbps (2026) · South Africa: 78 Mbps (2026)

90% of people in South Africa have electricity, versus 59% in Namibia

Namibia: 59.3% (2024) · South Africa: 90.2% (2024)

64% of people in South Africa live in cities, versus 51% in Namibia

Namibia: 51% (2025) · South Africa: 64% (2025)

South Africa has 179 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Namibia 85

Namibia: 85 (2024) · South Africa: 179 (2024)

South Africa’s railway network is 8 times as long as Namibia’s

Namibia: 2,628 km (2014) · South Africa: 20,953 km (2021)

Airlines from South Africa fly 12 times as many passengers per resident as those from Namibia

Namibia: 0.02 (2023) · South Africa: 0.24 (2023)

Forest covers 19% of South Africa, but only 9.8% of Namibia

Namibia: 9.8% (2024) · South Africa: 18.8% (2024)

The average person in South Africa emits 6 times as much CO₂ as someone in Namibia

Namibia: 1.1 t (2024) · South Africa: 6.9 t (2024)

98% of Namibia’s electricity is renewable, versus 14% in South Africa

Namibia: 97.6% (2024) · South Africa: 13.6% (2025)

The air in South Africa carries 57% more fine dust than in Namibia

Namibia: 15.5 µg/m³ (2024) · South Africa: 24.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3.9 times as likely to be murdered in South Africa as in Namibia

Namibia: 11.2 per 100k (2021) · South Africa: 43.7 per 100k (2022)

Roads in South Africa are 28% deadlier than in Namibia

Namibia: 25.8 per 100k (2023) · South Africa: 33.1 per 100k (2023)

Namibia is on average 3.7 °C warmer than South Africa

Namibia: 22.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Africa: 18.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

South Africa gets 67% more rain than Namibia

Namibia: 306 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Africa: 511 mm (2016–2025 avg)