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

Uganda’s highest peak towers 1,660 m above South Africa’s

South Africa: 3,450 m (2026 edition) · Uganda: 5,110 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 80% of Uganda, versus 79% of South Africa

South Africa: 79.4% (2024) · Uganda: 80.3% (2024)

South Africa has 26% more people than Uganda

South Africa: 64.7 million (2025) · Uganda: 51.4 million (2025)

Uganda is 4.8 times as densely populated as South Africa

South Africa: 53 per km² (2025) · Uganda: 256 per km² (2025)

The typical person in South Africa is 12 years older than in Uganda

South Africa: 28.2 years (2023) · Uganda: 16.5 years (2023)

Women in Uganda have 2.0 more children on average than in South Africa

South Africa: 2.21 children per woman (2024) · Uganda: 4.17 children per woman (2024)

6.9% of people in South Africa are 65 or older, versus 2.2% in Uganda

South Africa: 6.9% (2025) · Uganda: 2.2% (2025)

Uganda hosts 44 times as many refugees per resident as South Africa

South Africa: 0.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Uganda: 37.7 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

South Africa has 11 official languages, Uganda 2

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

South Africa’s economy is 6.9 times the size of Uganda’s

South Africa: $427 billion (2025) · Uganda: $62 billion (2025)

South Africa produces 4.6 times as much per person as Uganda

South Africa: Int$15,906 (2025) · Uganda: Int$3,488 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in South Africa than in Uganda (Gini 15.9 points higher)

South Africa: 54.1 (2022) · Uganda: 38.2 (2023)

54% of people in Uganda live on less than $3 a day, versus 17% in South Africa

South Africa: 17.4% (2022) · Uganda: 54.4% (2023)

Unemployment is 32% in South Africa, versus 2.7% in Uganda

South Africa: 32.4% (2025) · Uganda: 2.7% (2025)

Uganda spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, South Africa 0.7%

South Africa: 0.7% (2025) · Uganda: 2% (2025)

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

South Africa: 25.9% (2024) · Uganda: 12.6% (2024)

South Africa’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Uganda’s

South Africa: 41% (2025) · Uganda: 35% (2025)

South Africa spends 12 times as much on health per person as Uganda

South Africa: $537 (2023) · Uganda: $45 (2023)

A baby in Uganda is 48% more likely to die before turning one than in South Africa

South Africa: 24.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Uganda: 35.9 per 1,000 (2024)

South Africa has 4.2 times as many doctors per person as Uganda

South Africa: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022) · Uganda: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Uganda is 6% higher than in South Africa

South Africa: 16.2 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 17.2 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in South Africa are obese, versus 8.2% in Uganda

South Africa: 31.3% (2024) · Uganda: 8.2% (2024)

24% of adults in South Africa smoke, versus 7.5% in Uganda

South Africa: 23.7% (2024) · Uganda: 7.5% (2024)

People in South Africa rate their lives 0.52 points higher than in Uganda

South Africa: 5.01 (2025) · Uganda: 4.49 (2025)

Adults in South Africa drink 2.1 times as much alcohol as in Uganda

South Africa: 8.6 litres (2023) · Uganda: 4 litres (2023)

South Africa has 5.4 times as much meat per person as Uganda

South Africa: 58.3 kg (2023) · Uganda: 10.9 kg (2023)

South Africa has 316 kcal more food per person per day than Uganda

South Africa: 2,694 kcal (2023) · Uganda: 2,378 kcal (2023)

Workers in South Africa put in 54 more hours a year than in Uganda

South Africa: 2,181 hours (2023) · Uganda: 2,128 hours (2023)

Adults in South Africa went to school 5.3 years longer than in Uganda

South Africa: 11.6 years (2023) · Uganda: 6.3 years (2023)

South Africa welcomed 3.9 times as many tourists per resident as Uganda (2019)

South Africa: 0.14 (2024) · Uganda: 0.04 (2019)

South Africa has 9 more World Heritage sites than Uganda (12 against 3)

South Africa: 12 (2026) · Uganda: 3 (2026)

South Africa has won 95 Olympic medals, Uganda 13

South Africa: 95 (2026 edition) · Uganda: 13 (2026 edition)

78% of people in South Africa are online, versus 8.9% in Uganda

South Africa: 78% (2024) · Uganda: 9% (2024)

Home internet in South Africa is 47% faster than in Uganda

South Africa: 78 Mbps (2026) · Uganda: 53 Mbps (2026)

90% of people in South Africa have electricity, versus 55% in Uganda

South Africa: 90.2% (2024) · Uganda: 55.3% (2024)

64% of people in South Africa live in cities, versus 32% in Uganda

South Africa: 64% (2025) · Uganda: 32% (2025)

South Africa has 179 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uganda 83

South Africa: 179 (2024) · Uganda: 83 (2024)

South Africa’s railway network is 17 times as long as Uganda’s

South Africa: 20,953 km (2021) · Uganda: 1,244 km (2014)

Airlines from South Africa fly 567 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uganda

South Africa: 0.24 (2023) · Uganda: 0.00042 (2023)

Forest covers 19% of South Africa, but only 12% of Uganda

South Africa: 18.8% (2024) · Uganda: 11.9% (2024)

The average person in South Africa emits 54 times as much CO₂ as someone in Uganda

South Africa: 6.9 t (2024) · Uganda: 0.1 t (2024)

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

South Africa: 13.6% (2025) · Uganda: 97.1% (2024)

The air in Uganda carries 53% more fine dust than in South Africa

South Africa: 24.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Uganda: 37.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 4.9 times as likely to be murdered in South Africa as in Uganda

South Africa: 43.7 per 100k (2022) · Uganda: 9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in South Africa are 37% deadlier than in Uganda

South Africa: 33.1 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 24.1 per 100k (2023)

Uganda is on average 5.3 °C warmer than South Africa

South Africa: 18.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Uganda gets 2.9 times as much rain as South Africa

South Africa: 511 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 1,470 mm (2016–2025 avg)