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

Uzbekistan’s highest peak towers 1,193 m above South Africa’s

South Africa: 3,450 m (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 4,643 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 79% of South Africa, versus 59% of Uzbekistan

South Africa: 79.4% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 58.9% (2024)

South Africa has 75% more people than Uzbekistan

South Africa: 64.7 million (2025) · Uzbekistan: 37.1 million (2025)

Uzbekistan is 58% more densely populated than South Africa

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

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

South Africa: 28.2 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 26.9 years (2023)

Women in Uzbekistan have 1.3 more children on average than in South Africa

South Africa: 2.21 children per woman (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.49 children per woman (2024)

6.9% of people in South Africa are 65 or older, versus 6.1% in Uzbekistan

South Africa: 6.9% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.1% (2025)

South Africa hosts 6,315 times as many refugees per resident as Uzbekistan

South Africa: 0.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

South Africa has 11 official languages, Uzbekistan 2

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

South Africa’s economy is 2.9 times the size of Uzbekistan’s

South Africa: $427 billion (2025) · Uzbekistan: $147 billion (2025)

South Africa produces 17% more per person than Uzbekistan

South Africa: Int$15,906 (2025) · Uzbekistan: Int$13,601 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in South Africa than in Uzbekistan (Gini 21.4 points higher)

South Africa: 54.1 (2022) · Uzbekistan: 32.7 (2025)

17% of people in South Africa live on less than $3 a day, versus 2.3% in Uzbekistan

South Africa: 17.4% (2022) · Uzbekistan: 2.3% (2025)

Unemployment is 32% in South Africa, versus 4.6% in Uzbekistan

South Africa: 32.4% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 4.6% (2025)

Uzbekistan spends 2.5% of its GDP on the military, South Africa 0.7%

South Africa: 0.7% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 2.5% (2018)

South Africa’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Uzbekistan’s 11%

South Africa: 25.9% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 11% (2023)

South Africa’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Uzbekistan’s

South Africa: 41% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 29% (2025)

South Africa spends 2.8 times as much on health per person as Uzbekistan

South Africa: $537 (2023) · Uzbekistan: $192 (2023)

A baby in South Africa is 89% more likely to die before turning one than in Uzbekistan

South Africa: 24.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 12.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Uzbekistan has 3.5 times as many doctors per person as South Africa

South Africa: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022) · Uzbekistan: 2.8 per 1,000 (2021)

South Africa: no data · Uzbekistan: 4.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in South Africa is 2.1 times that in Uzbekistan

South Africa: 16.2 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 7.8 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in South Africa are obese, versus 31% in Uzbekistan

South Africa: 31.3% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30.6% (2024)

24% of adults in South Africa smoke, versus 16% in Uzbekistan

South Africa: 23.7% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 16.3% (2024)

People in Uzbekistan rate their lives 1.27 points higher than in South Africa

South Africa: 5.01 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.28 (2025)

Adults in South Africa drink 4.1 times as much alcohol as in Uzbekistan

South Africa: 8.6 litres (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.1 litres (2023)

South Africa has 23% more meat per person than Uzbekistan

South Africa: 58.3 kg (2023) · Uzbekistan: 47.4 kg (2023)

Uzbekistan has 603 kcal more food per person per day than South Africa

South Africa: 2,694 kcal (2023) · Uzbekistan: 3,297 kcal (2023)

Workers in South Africa put in 83 more hours a year than in Uzbekistan

South Africa: 2,181 hours (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2,099 hours (2023)

Adults in Uzbekistan went to school 0.3 years longer than in South Africa

South Africa: 11.6 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 11.9 years (2023)

Uzbekistan welcomed 57% more tourists per resident than South Africa (2019)

South Africa: 0.14 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 0.22 (2024)

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

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

South Africa has won 95 Olympic medals, Uzbekistan 50

South Africa: 95 (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 50 (2026 edition)

90% of people in Uzbekistan are online, versus 78% in South Africa

South Africa: 78% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 90% (2024)

Home internet in Uzbekistan is 2.7 times as fast as in South Africa

South Africa: 78 Mbps (2026) · Uzbekistan: 215 Mbps (2026)

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

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

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

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

South Africa has 179 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uzbekistan 110

South Africa: 179 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 110 (2024)

South Africa’s railway network is 4.4 times as long as Uzbekistan’s

South Africa: 20,953 km (2021) · Uzbekistan: 4,732 km (2021)

Airlines from South Africa fly 82% more passengers per resident than those from Uzbekistan

South Africa: 0.24 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 0.13 (2023)

Forest covers 19% of South Africa, but only 8.8% of Uzbekistan

South Africa: 18.8% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 8.8% (2024)

The average person in South Africa emits 79% more CO₂ than someone in Uzbekistan

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

19% of Uzbekistan’s electricity is renewable, versus 14% in South Africa

South Africa: 13.6% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 19.4% (2025)

The air in Uzbekistan carries 23% more fine dust than in South Africa

South Africa: 24.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 31 times as likely to be murdered in South Africa as in Uzbekistan

South Africa: 43.7 per 100k (2022) · Uzbekistan: 1.4 per 100k (2021)

Roads in South Africa are 2.5 times as deadly as in Uzbekistan

South Africa: 33.1 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 13 per 100k (2023)

South Africa is on average 4.1 °C warmer than Uzbekistan

South Africa: 18.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 14.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

South Africa gets 2.3 times as much rain as Uzbekistan

South Africa: 511 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 221 mm (2016–2025 avg)