South Africa
Leads 1 of 15 metrics
vs
United States of America
Leads 14 of 15 metrics
351×
United States of America has 351× the
defense budget of South Africa
72×
United States of America has 72× the
GDP (nominal) of South Africa
65×
United States of America has 65× the
gold reserves of South Africa
South Africa
Tale of the tape
United States of America
64.7M
Population
USA
5.3×
342M
1.22M km²
Land Area
USA
8.1×
9.83M km²
$427B
GDP (nominal)
USA
72×
$30.8T
$6,598
GDP per Capita
USA
14×
$90,027
66.3 yrs
Life Expectancy
USA
1.2×
78.9 yrs
0.709
HDI
USA
1.3×
0.921
91.2%
Literacy Rate
USA
1.1×
99.0%
78.4%
Internet Users
USA
1.2×
94.7%
74K
Active Military
USA
18×
1.35M
$3B
Defense Budget
USA
351×
$997B
$128B
Exports
USA
25×
$3.19T
$120B
Imports
USA
34×
$4.10T
97
Olympic Medals
USA
32×
3,135
125 t
Gold Reserves
USA
65×
8,134 t
40.2
Cost of Living Index
ZAF
1.8×
lower
71.0
Bars are scaled to the larger value of each metric. The chip marks the leading country
(for cost of living, the lower index leads).
South Africa
United States of America
Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)
Capital
Washington, D.C.
South African Rand (ZAR)
Currency
United States Dollar (USD)
11 official languages including English, Afrikaans, Zulu
Language
English (de facto)
Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic
Government
Federal presidential constitutional republic