Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Czech Republic instead of South Africa, you would:

Health

be 99.5% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In South Africa, 19.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Czech Republic, that number is 0.1% of people as of 2018.

live 14.4 years longer

In South Africa, the average life expectancy is 65 years (64 years for men, 67 years for women) as of 2022. In Czech Republic, that number is 80 years (77 years for men, 83 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 3.3 times more money

South Africa has a GDP per capita of $14,300 as of 2023, while in Czech Republic, the GDP per capita is $47,700 as of 2023.

be 90.7% less likely to be unemployed

In South Africa, 28.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Czech Republic, that number is 2.6% as of 2023.

be 38.6% less likely to live below the poverty line

In South Africa, 16.6% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Czech Republic, however, that number is 10.2% as of 2021.

pay a 51.1% lower top tax rate

South Africa has a top tax rate of 45.0% as of 2017. In Czech Republic, the top tax rate is 22.0% as of 2017.

Life

be 97.6% less likely to die during childbirth

In South Africa, approximately 127.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Czech Republic, 3.0 women do as of 2020.

be 90.7% less likely to die during infancy

In South Africa, approximately 25.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Czech Republic, on the other hand, 2.4 children do as of 2022.

have 44.6% fewer children

In South Africa, there are approximately 17.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Czech Republic, there are 9.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Basic Needs

be 15.6% more likely to have access to electricity

In South Africa, approximately 86% of the population has electricity access as of 2022. In Czech Republic, 100% of the population do as of 2022.

be 20.6% more likely to have internet access

In South Africa, approximately 72.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Czech Republic, about 86.8% do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 22.7% less on education

South Africa spends 6.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Czech Republic spends 5.1% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, South African Revenue Service, Financial Administration of the Czech Republic.

Czech Republic: At a glance

Czech Republic is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 77,247 sq km. At the close of World War I, the Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to form Czechoslovakia. During the interwar years, having rejected a federal system, the new country's predominantly Czech leaders were frequently preoccupied with meeting the increasingly strident demands of other ethnic minorities within the republic, most notably the Slovaks, the Sudeten Germans, and the Ruthenians (Ukrainians). On the eve of World War II, Nazi Germany occupied the territory that today comprises the Czech Republic and Slovakia became an independent state allied with Germany. After the war, a reunited but truncated Czechoslovakia (less Ruthenia) fell within the Soviet sphere of influence. In 1968, an invasion by Warsaw Pact troops ended the efforts of the country's leaders to liberalize communist rule and create "socialism with a human face," ushering in a period of repression known as "normalization." The peaceful "Velvet Revolution" swept the Communist Party from power at the end of 1989 and inaugurated a return to democratic rule and a market economy. On 1 January 1993, the country underwent a nonviolent "velvet divorce" into its two national components, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Czech Republic joined NATO in 1999 and the European Union in 2004.
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