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Antigua and Barbuda vs South Africa

91 shared metrics.

Antigua and BarbudaLeads in 33

vs91 shared

South AfricaLeads in 58

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Antigua and Barbuda

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Name origin: antiguo is Spanish for "ancient" or "old.

CIA 2026

Geography

Size snapshot: 2.5 times the size of Washington, D.C.

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South Africa

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of South Africa.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

South Africa splits its capitals three ways: Pretoria runs administration, Cape Town legislates, and Bloemfontein anchors the judiciary.

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Analysis

South Africa leads in 58 of 91 shared metrics, while Antigua and Barbuda leads in 33.

Antigua and Barbuda's FDI Inflows (% GDP) is 20.1x that of South Africa (12.26% of GDP vs 0.58% of GDP).

Antigua and Barbuda's Seafood Consumption per Person is 7.8x that of South Africa (57.12 kg/person/yr vs 6.5 kg/person/yr).

Antigua and Barbuda's GDP Growth Rate is 5.8x that of South Africa (3.7% vs 0.53%).

Antigua and Barbuda's Merchant Fleet Size is 4.6x that of South Africa (614 vs 110).

Antigua and Barbuda's Population Density is 3.1x that of South Africa (212.08 /km² vs 52.11 /km²).

Key Comparisons

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Antigua and Barbuda leads

Antigua and Barbuda

12.26% of GDP

South Africa

0.58% of GDP

Seafood Consumption per PersonAntigua and Barbuda leads

Antigua and Barbuda

57.12 kg/person/yr

South Africa

6.5 kg/person/yr

GDP Growth RateAntigua and Barbuda leads

Antigua and Barbuda

3.7%

South Africa

0.53%

Merchant Fleet SizeAntigua and Barbuda leads

Antigua and Barbuda

614

South Africa

110

Population DensityAntigua and Barbuda leads

Antigua and Barbuda

212.08 /km²

South Africa

52.11 /km²

Doctors (per 1,000)Antigua and Barbuda leads

Antigua and Barbuda

2.9 per 1k

South Africa

0.79 per 1k

All Metrics

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Antigua and Barbuda

12.26% of GDP

South Africa

0.58% of GDP

2010% higher

Seafood Consumption per Person

Antigua and Barbuda

57.12 kg/person/yr

South Africa

6.5 kg/person/yr

776% higher

GDP Growth Rate

Antigua and Barbuda

3.7%

South Africa

0.53%

584% higher

Merchant Fleet Size

Antigua and Barbuda

614

South Africa

110

458% higher

Population Density

Antigua and Barbuda

212.08 /km²

South Africa

52.11 /km²

307% higher

Doctors (per 1,000)

Antigua and Barbuda

2.9 per 1k

South Africa

0.79 per 1k

270% higher

Broadband Access (%)

Antigua and Barbuda

11 per 100 people

South Africa

3.0 per 100 people

267% higher

GNI Per Capita

Antigua and Barbuda

$21,150

South Africa

$6,110

246% higher

Spirits Consumption

Antigua and Barbuda

3.6 L/person/yr

South Africa

1.1 L/person/yr

234% higher

Milk Consumption per Person

Antigua and Barbuda

123.74 kg/person/yr

South Africa

55.75 kg/person/yr

122% higher

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Antigua and Barbuda

$33,386.19

South Africa

$15,456.2

116% higher

Imports (% GDP)

Antigua and Barbuda

62.98% of GDP

South Africa

29.85% of GDP

111% higher

Foreign Patents

South Africa

Antigua and Barbuda

8.0

South Africa

9.2K

100% lower

Air Passengers

South Africa

Antigua and Barbuda

35.5K

South Africa

15.45M

100% lower

Population

South Africa

Antigua and Barbuda

102.6K

South Africa

61.09M

100% lower

Forest Area

South Africa

Antigua and Barbuda

79.26 km²

South Africa

169.4K km²

100% lower

Land Area

South Africa

Antigua and Barbuda

440 km²

South Africa

1.21M km²

100% lower

Water Withdrawal

South Africa

Antigua and Barbuda

0.00 B m³

South Africa

21.11 B m³

100% lower

Scientific Publications

South Africa

Antigua and Barbuda

7.0

South Africa

16.7K

100% lower

Irrigated Land

South Africa

Antigua and Barbuda

1.3 km²

South Africa

16.7K km²

100% lower

Comparison of Antigua and Barbuda and South Africa across 91 metrics
				Winner
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	12.26% of GDP	0.58% of GDP	2010% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
Seafood Consumption per Person	57.12 kg/person/yr	6.5 kg/person/yr	776% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
GDP Growth Rate	3.7%	0.53%	584% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
Merchant Fleet Size	614	110	458% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
Population Density	212.08 /km²	52.11 /km²	307% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
Doctors (per 1,000)	2.9 per 1k	0.79 per 1k	270% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
Broadband Access (%)	11 per 100 people	3.0 per 100 people	267% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
GNI Per Capita	$21,150	$6,110	246% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
Spirits Consumption	3.6 L/person/yr	1.1 L/person/yr	234% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
Milk Consumption per Person	123.74 kg/person/yr	55.75 kg/person/yr	122% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$33,386.19	$15,456.2	116% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
Imports (% GDP)	62.98% of GDP	29.85% of GDP	111% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
Foreign Patents	8.0	9.2K	100% lower	South Africa
Air Passengers	35.5K	15.45M	100% lower	South Africa
Population	102.6K	61.09M	100% lower	South Africa
Forest Area	79.26 km²	169.4K km²	100% lower	South Africa
Land Area	440 km²	1.21M km²	100% lower	South Africa
Water Withdrawal	0.00 B m³	21.11 B m³	100% lower	South Africa
Scientific Publications	7.0	16.7K	100% lower	South Africa
Irrigated Land	1.3 km²	16.7K km²	100% lower	South Africa
Total CO2 Emissions	0.36 Mt CO2e	440.17 Mt CO2e	100% lower	South Africa
Electric Generating Capacity	148.0K kW	65.99M kW	100% lower	South Africa
Electricity Generation	0.36 TWh	244.81 TWh	100% lower	South Africa
GDP (Nominal)	$2,207,622,874.07	$401,144,998,373.59	99% lower	South Africa
Airports	3.0	583	99% lower	South Africa
Coastline Length	153 km	2.8K km	95% lower	South Africa
Suicide Rate	1.5 per 100k	22.3 per 100k	93% lower	South Africa
Official Languages Count	1.0	12	92% lower	South Africa
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	1.0 sites	12 sites	92% lower	South Africa
Renewable Energy (%)	0.90%	9.7%	91% lower	South Africa
Tourist Arrivals	384.5K	3.89M	90% lower	South Africa
Health Spending Per Capita	$1,084.88	$569.84	90% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
Women in Parliament (%)	5.6%	44.7%	88% lower	South Africa
Highest Elevation	402 m	3.5K m	88% lower	South Africa
Tourism Revenue	$416,000,000	$2,716,000,000	85% lower	South Africa
Water Stress (%)	8.5%	47.12%	82% lower	South Africa
Elderly Population (%)	11.78%	6.7%	76% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
Homicide Rate	10.72 per 100k	43.72 per 100k	75% lower	South Africa
Agricultural Land (%)	20.45%	79.42%	74% lower	South Africa
Protected Land (%)	16.5%	9.5%	74% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
Child Mortality	9.3 per 1k births	34.7 per 1k births	73% lower	South Africa
Exports (% GDP)	54.72% of GDP	31.79% of GDP	72% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
Infant Mortality	7.3 per 1k births	24.4 per 1k births	70% lower	South Africa
Road Traffic Death Rate	7.5 per 100k	24.5 per 100k	69% lower	South Africa
Informal Employment Share	12.76% of employed people	34.81% of employed people	63% lower	South Africa
Urban Population (%)	24.39%	63.69%	62% lower	South Africa
Food Waste per Person	139.73 kg/person/yr	93.36 kg/person/yr	50% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
Education Spending (% GDP)	3.1% of GDP	6.0% of GDP	48% lower	South Africa
Inflation Rate	6.2%	4.4%	41% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
Teen Birth Rate	32.93 per 1k	51.56 per 1k	36% lower	South Africa
Health Spending (% GDP)	5.7% of GDP	8.8% of GDP	35% lower	South Africa
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	3.0 time zones	33% lower	South Africa
Youth Population (%)	17.8%	25.88%	31% lower	South Africa
Forest Coverage (%)	18.01%	13.97%	29% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
Sanitation Access (%)	99.61%	77.38%	29% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
Median Age	35.5 years	28.2 years	26% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
Insufficient Physical Activity	34.24% of adults	44.8% of adults	24% lower	South Africa
Beer Consumption	2.4 L/person/yr	3.1 L/person/yr	23% lower	South Africa
Meat Consumption per Person	72.05 kg/person/yr	60.03 kg/person/yr	20% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	12 days/yr	15 days/yr	20% lower	South Africa
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	201 per 100 people	167 per 100 people	20% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
Life Expectancy	77.6 years	66.1 years	17% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	19.7 µg/m³	23.75 µg/m³	17% lower	South Africa
Human Development Index	0.85	0.74	15% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
Birth Rate	14.7 per 1k	17.21 per 1k	15% lower	South Africa
Electricity Carbon Intensity	594.6 gCO2/kWh	699.29 gCO2/kWh	15% lower	South Africa
Electricity Access (%)	100%	87.7%	14% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
Fertility Rate	1.9 children/woman	2.2 children/woman	14% lower	South Africa
Obesity Rate	34.06%	30.03%	13% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
Dependency Ratio	42.01% of working-age pop.	48.31% of working-age pop.	13% lower	South Africa
Death Rate	5.8 per 1k	6.6 per 1k	12% lower	South Africa
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	55.74 per 100k	50.46 per 100k	10% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
Government Debt (% GDP)	86.2% of GDP	79.45% of GDP	9% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
Alcohol Consumption	6.7 L/adult/yr	7.1 L/adult/yr	7% lower	South Africa
Hypertension Prevalence	41.8% of adults	44.4% of adults	6% lower	South Africa
Average Weekly Work Hours	40.57 hrs/week	42.39 hrs/week	4% lower	South Africa
Internet Users (%)	78%	76%	3% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
CO2 Per Capita	7.1 t/person/yr	6.9 t/person/yr	3% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
Solar Electricity Share	8.1%	8.0%	1% higher	Antigua and Barbuda
Coal Electricity Share	0%	81.36%	ranked lower	South Africa
Wind Electricity Share	0%	4.7%	ranked lower	South Africa
Armed Forces Personnel	0	89.0K	ranked lower	South Africa
High-Tech Exports (%)	0%	5.7%	ranked lower	South Africa
Capital Elevation	0 m	1.4K m	ranked lower	South Africa
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0.15 per 1M people	ranked lower	South Africa
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Antigua and Barbuda
Land Border Length	0 km	5.2K km	ranked lower	South Africa
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-11.6% of GDP	-0.5% of GDP	ranked lower	South Africa
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 100k people	0.01 per 100k people	ranked lower	South Africa
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	3.5 per 1M people	ranked lower	South Africa
Border Neighbors	0	6.0	ranked lower	South Africa

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Analysis

South Africa leads in 58 of 91 shared metrics, while Antigua and Barbuda leads in 33.

Antigua and Barbuda's FDI Inflows (% GDP) is 20.1x that of South Africa (12.26% of GDP vs 0.58% of GDP).

Antigua and Barbuda's Seafood Consumption per Person is 7.8x that of South Africa (57.12 kg/person/yr vs 6.5 kg/person/yr).

Antigua and Barbuda's GDP Growth Rate is 5.8x that of South Africa (3.7% vs 0.53%).

Antigua and Barbuda's Merchant Fleet Size is 4.6x that of South Africa (614 vs 110).

Antigua and Barbuda's Population Density is 3.1x that of South Africa (212.08 /km² vs 52.11 /km²).

Key Comparisons

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Antigua and Barbuda leads

Antigua and Barbuda

12.26% of GDP

South Africa

0.58% of GDP

Seafood Consumption per PersonAntigua and Barbuda leads

Antigua and Barbuda

57.12 kg/person/yr

South Africa

6.5 kg/person/yr

GDP Growth RateAntigua and Barbuda leads

Antigua and Barbuda

3.7%

South Africa

0.53%

Merchant Fleet SizeAntigua and Barbuda leads

Antigua and Barbuda

614

South Africa

110

Population DensityAntigua and Barbuda leads

Antigua and Barbuda

212.08 /km²

South Africa

52.11 /km²

Doctors (per 1,000)Antigua and Barbuda leads

Antigua and Barbuda

2.9 per 1k

South Africa

0.79 per 1k

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

12.26% of GDP

0.58% of GDP

Seafood Consumption per Person

57.12 kg/person/yr

6.5 kg/person/yr

GDP Growth Rate

3.7%

0.53%

Merchant Fleet Size

614

110

Population Density

212.08 /km²

52.11 /km²

Doctors (per 1,000)

2.9 per 1k

0.79 per 1k

Broadband Access (%)

11 per 100 people

3.0 per 100 people

GNI Per Capita

$21,150

$6,110

Spirits Consumption

3.6 L/person/yr

1.1 L/person/yr

Milk Consumption per Person

123.74 kg/person/yr

55.75 kg/person/yr

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

$33,386.19

$15,456.2

Imports (% GDP)

62.98% of GDP

29.85% of GDP

Foreign Patents

8.0

9.2K

Air Passengers

35.5K

15.45M

Population

102.6K

61.09M

Forest Area

79.26 km²

169.4K km²

Land Area

440 km²

1.21M km²

Water Withdrawal

0.00 B m³

21.11 B m³

Scientific Publications

7.0

16.7K

Irrigated Land

1.3 km²

16.7K km²

Antigua and Barbuda vs South Africa

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Seafood Consumption per Person

GDP Growth Rate

Merchant Fleet Size

Population Density

Doctors (per 1,000)

Broadband Access (%)

GNI Per Capita

Spirits Consumption

Milk Consumption per Person

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Imports (% GDP)

Foreign Patents

Air Passengers

Population

Forest Area

Land Area

Water Withdrawal

Scientific Publications

Irrigated Land

Total CO2 Emissions

Electric Generating Capacity

Electricity Generation

GDP (Nominal)

Airports

Coastline Length

Suicide Rate

Official Languages Count

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Renewable Energy (%)

Tourist Arrivals

Health Spending Per Capita

Women in Parliament (%)

Highest Elevation

Tourism Revenue

Water Stress (%)

Elderly Population (%)

Homicide Rate

Agricultural Land (%)

Protected Land (%)

Child Mortality

Exports (% GDP)

Infant Mortality

Road Traffic Death Rate

Informal Employment Share

Urban Population (%)

Food Waste per Person

Education Spending (% GDP)

Inflation Rate

Teen Birth Rate

Health Spending (% GDP)

Time Zones Count

Youth Population (%)

Forest Coverage (%)

Sanitation Access (%)

Median Age

Insufficient Physical Activity

Beer Consumption

Meat Consumption per Person

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Life Expectancy

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Human Development Index

Birth Rate

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Electricity Access (%)

Fertility Rate

Obesity Rate

Dependency Ratio

Death Rate

ATMs per 100,000 Adults