Venezuela and South Africa are nearly identical here

South Africa: 2,798 km (2026 edition) · Venezuela: 2,800 km (2026 edition)

Venezuela’s highest peak towers 1,528 m above South Africa’s

South Africa: 3,450 m (2026 edition) · Venezuela: 4,978 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 79% of South Africa, versus 24% of Venezuela

South Africa: 79.4% (2024) · Venezuela: 24.4% (2024)

South Africa has 2.3 times as many people as Venezuela

South Africa: 64.7 million (2025) · Venezuela: 28.5 million (2025)

South Africa is 65% more densely populated than Venezuela

South Africa: 53 per km² (2025) · Venezuela: 32 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Venezuela is 0.81 years older than in South Africa

South Africa: 28.2 years (2023) · Venezuela: 29 years (2023)

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

South Africa: 2.21 children per woman (2024) · Venezuela: 2.08 children per woman (2024)

10% of people in Venezuela are 65 or older, versus 6.9% in South Africa

South Africa: 6.9% (2025) · Venezuela: 10% (2025)

South Africa hosts 70% more refugees per resident than Venezuela

South Africa: 0.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Venezuela: 0.5 per 1,000 (2025)

South Africa has produced 1.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Venezuela 0.7

South Africa: 1.5 (2026) · Venezuela: 0.7 (2026)

South Africa has 11 official languages, Venezuela 1

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

South Africa’s economy is 4.3 times the size of Venezuela’s

South Africa: $427 billion (2025) · Venezuela: $99.7 billion (2025)

South Africa: Int$15,906 (2025) · Venezuela: no data

South Africa: 54.1 (2022) · Venezuela: no data

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

Unemployment is 32% in South Africa, versus 5.3% in Venezuela

South Africa: 32.4% (2025) · Venezuela: 5.3% (2025)

Venezuela spends 2.2% of its GDP on the military, South Africa 0.7%

South Africa: 0.7% (2025) · Venezuela: 2.2% (2017)

South Africa: 25.9% (2024) · Venezuela: no data

South Africa: 41% (2025) · Venezuela: no data

South Africa spends 2.9 times as much on health per person as Venezuela

South Africa: $537 (2023) · Venezuela: $186 (2023)

A baby in South Africa is 14% more likely to die before turning one than in Venezuela

South Africa: 24.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Venezuela: 21.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Venezuela has 2.1 times as many doctors per person as South Africa

South Africa: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022) · Venezuela: 1.7 per 1,000 (2017)

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

The suicide rate in South Africa is 2 times that in Venezuela

South Africa: 16.2 per 100k (2023) · Venezuela: 8 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in South Africa are obese, versus 23% in Venezuela

South Africa: 31.3% (2024) · Venezuela: 23% (2024)

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

People in Venezuela rate their lives 0.75 points higher than in South Africa

South Africa: 5.01 (2025) · Venezuela: 5.76 (2025)

Adults in South Africa drink 3.3 times as much alcohol as in Venezuela

South Africa: 8.6 litres (2023) · Venezuela: 2.6 litres (2023)

South Africa has 53% more meat per person than Venezuela

South Africa: 58.3 kg (2023) · Venezuela: 38 kg (2023)

Venezuela has 106 kcal more food per person per day than South Africa

South Africa: 2,694 kcal (2023) · Venezuela: 2,800 kcal (2023)

Workers in South Africa put in 352 more hours a year than in Venezuela

South Africa: 2,181 hours (2023) · Venezuela: 1,829 hours (2014)

Adults in South Africa went to school 1.9 years longer than in Venezuela

South Africa: 11.6 years (2023) · Venezuela: 9.7 years (2023)

South Africa welcomed 10 times as many tourists per resident as Venezuela (2019)

South Africa: 0.14 (2024) · Venezuela: 0.01 (2017)

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

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

South Africa has won 95 Olympic medals, Venezuela 19

South Africa: 95 (2026 edition) · Venezuela: 19 (2026 edition)

78% of people in South Africa are online, versus 77% in Venezuela

South Africa: 78% (2024) · Venezuela: 77% (2024)

Home internet in Venezuela is 2.2 times as fast as in South Africa

South Africa: 78 Mbps (2026) · Venezuela: 176 Mbps (2026)

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

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

89% of people in Venezuela live in cities, versus 64% in South Africa

South Africa: 64% (2025) · Venezuela: 89% (2025)

South Africa has 179 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Venezuela 71

South Africa: 179 (2024) · Venezuela: 71 (2024)

South Africa’s railway network is 47 times as long as Venezuela’s

South Africa: 20,953 km (2021) · Venezuela: 447 km (2014)

Airlines from South Africa fly 3.8 times as many passengers per resident as those from Venezuela

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

Forest covers 53% of Venezuela, but only 19% of South Africa

South Africa: 18.8% (2024) · Venezuela: 53.4% (2024)

The average person in South Africa emits 68% more CO₂ than someone in Venezuela

South Africa: 6.9 t (2024) · Venezuela: 4.1 t (2024)

91% of Venezuela’s electricity is renewable, versus 14% in South Africa

South Africa: 13.6% (2025) · Venezuela: 91.1% (2024)

The air in South Africa carries 54% more fine dust than in Venezuela

South Africa: 24.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Venezuela: 15.8 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3.5 times as likely to be murdered in South Africa as in Venezuela

South Africa: 43.7 per 100k (2022) · Venezuela: 12.6 per 100k (2022)

Roads in South Africa are 2.2 times as deadly as in Venezuela

South Africa: 33.1 per 100k (2023) · Venezuela: 14.8 per 100k (2023)

Venezuela is on average 7.4 °C warmer than South Africa

South Africa: 18.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Venezuela: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Venezuela gets 4.1 times as much rain as South Africa

South Africa: 511 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Venezuela: 2,117 mm (2016–2025 avg)