South Africa and Ukraine are nearly identical here

South Africa: 2,798 km (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,782 km (2026 edition)

South Africa’s highest peak towers 1,389 m above Ukraine’s

South Africa: 3,450 m (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,061 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 79% of South Africa, versus 71% of Ukraine

South Africa: 79.4% (2024) · Ukraine: 71.3% (2024)

South Africa has 66% more people than Ukraine

South Africa: 64.7 million (2025) · Ukraine: 39 million (2025)

Ukraine is 26% more densely populated than South Africa

South Africa: 53 per km² (2025) · Ukraine: 67 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ukraine is 14 years older than in South Africa

South Africa: 28.2 years (2023) · Ukraine: 42 years (2023)

Women in South Africa have 1.2 more children on average than in Ukraine

South Africa: 2.21 children per woman (2024) · Ukraine: 0.99 children per woman (2024)

19% of people in Ukraine are 65 or older, versus 6.9% in South Africa

South Africa: 6.9% (2025) · Ukraine: 19% (2025)

South Africa hosts 14 times as many refugees per resident as Ukraine

South Africa: 0.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Ukraine: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

South Africa has produced 1.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ukraine 1.3

South Africa: 1.5 (2026) · Ukraine: 1.3 (2026)

South Africa has 11 official languages, Ukraine 1

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

South Africa’s economy is 2 times the size of Ukraine’s

South Africa: $427 billion (2025) · Ukraine: $214 billion (2025)

Ukraine produces 19% more per person than South Africa

South Africa: Int$15,906 (2025) · Ukraine: Int$18,905 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in South Africa than in Ukraine (Gini 28.5 points higher)

South Africa: 54.1 (2022) · Ukraine: 25.6 (2020)

17% of people in South Africa live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Ukraine

South Africa: 17.4% (2022) · Ukraine: 0% (2020)

Unemployment is 32% in South Africa, versus 9.8% in Ukraine

South Africa: 32.4% (2025) · Ukraine: 9.8% (2021)

Ukraine spends 40% of its GDP on the military, South Africa 0.7%

South Africa: 0.7% (2025) · Ukraine: 39.6% (2025)

South Africa’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Ukraine’s 21%

South Africa: 25.9% (2024) · Ukraine: 21% (2024)

South Africa’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Ukraine’s

South Africa: 41% (2025) · Ukraine: 31% (2025)

South Africa spends 45% more on health per person than Ukraine

South Africa: $537 (2023) · Ukraine: $370 (2021)

A baby in South Africa is 3.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Ukraine

South Africa: 24.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Ukraine: 7.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Ukraine has 4.4 times as many doctors per person as South Africa

South Africa: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022) · Ukraine: 3.5 per 1,000 (2023)

South Africa: no data · Ukraine: 6.1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Ukraine is 17% higher than in South Africa

South Africa: 16.2 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.9 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in South Africa are obese, versus 28% in Ukraine

South Africa: 31.3% (2024) · Ukraine: 27.8% (2024)

South Africa and Ukraine are practically level

South Africa: 23.7% (2024) · Ukraine: 23.7% (2024)

People in South Africa rate their lives 0.35 points higher than in Ukraine

South Africa: 5.01 (2025) · Ukraine: 4.66 (2025)

Adults in South Africa drink 2.2 times as much alcohol as in Ukraine

South Africa: 8.6 litres (2023) · Ukraine: 3.9 litres (2023)

South Africa has 18% more meat per person than Ukraine

South Africa: 58.3 kg (2023) · Ukraine: 49.5 kg (2023)

Ukraine has 92 kcal more food per person per day than South Africa

South Africa: 2,694 kcal (2023) · Ukraine: 2,786 kcal (2023)

Workers in South Africa put in 136 more hours a year than in Ukraine

South Africa: 2,181 hours (2023) · Ukraine: 2,045 hours (2023)

Adults in South Africa went to school 0.49 years longer than in Ukraine

South Africa: 11.6 years (2023) · Ukraine: 11.1 years (2023)

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

South Africa: 0.14 (2024) · Ukraine: 0.07 (2024)

South Africa has 4 more World Heritage sites than Ukraine (12 against 8)

South Africa: 12 (2026) · Ukraine: 8 (2026)

Ukraine has won 160 Olympic medals, South Africa 95

South Africa: 95 (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 160 (2026 edition)

82% of people in Ukraine are online, versus 78% in South Africa

South Africa: 78% (2024) · Ukraine: 82% (2024)

Home internet in Ukraine is 2.3 times as fast as in South Africa

South Africa: 78 Mbps (2026) · Ukraine: 178 Mbps (2026)

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

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

70% of people in Ukraine live in cities, versus 64% in South Africa

South Africa: 64% (2025) · Ukraine: 70% (2025)

South Africa has 179 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ukraine 133

South Africa: 179 (2024) · Ukraine: 133 (2023)

Ukraine’s railway network is 3% longer than South Africa’s

South Africa: 20,953 km (2021) · Ukraine: 21,626 km (2020)

Airlines from South Africa fly 21 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ukraine

South Africa: 0.24 (2023) · Ukraine: 0.01 (2022)

Forest covers 19% of South Africa, but only 17% of Ukraine

South Africa: 18.8% (2024) · Ukraine: 17.3% (2024)

The average person in South Africa emits 83% more CO₂ than someone in Ukraine

South Africa: 6.9 t (2024) · Ukraine: 3.8 t (2024)

16% of Ukraine’s electricity is renewable, versus 14% in South Africa

South Africa: 13.6% (2025) · Ukraine: 16.4% (2022)

The air in South Africa carries 72% more fine dust than in Ukraine

South Africa: 24.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Ukraine: 14.2 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 12 times as likely to be murdered in South Africa as in Ukraine

South Africa: 43.7 per 100k (2022) · Ukraine: 3.8 per 100k (2021)

Roads in South Africa are 77% deadlier than in Ukraine

South Africa: 33.1 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.7 per 100k (2023)

South Africa is on average 8.1 °C warmer than Ukraine

South Africa: 18.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ukraine: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ukraine gets 21% more rain than South Africa

South Africa: 511 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ukraine: 619 mm (2016–2025 avg)