South Africa vs Netherlands
South Africa vs Netherlands: Days above 35 °C
Days above 35 °C in 2014: 13.2 days in South Africa and 0 days in Netherlands, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. In 2014 the value was higher in South Africa, by 13.2 days.
days a year · CMIP6
What the numbers say
- South Africa has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
- The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts South Africa at 40 days and Netherlands at 0.1 days in 2100.
Every year
days a year · CMIP6
| Year | South Africa | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 13.2 | 0 |
| 2013 | 15.2 | 0 |
| 2012 | 14.3 | 0 |
| 2011 | 11.7 | 0 |
| 2010 | 12.5 | 0 |
| 2009 | 13.2 | 0 |
| 2008 | 12.3 | 0 |
| 2007 | 12 | 0 |
| 2006 | 11.9 | 0 |
| 2005 | 13.3 | 0 |
| 2004 | 13.9 | 0 |
| 2003 | 12.6 | 0 |
| 2002 | 12.6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11.1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11.8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 1998 | 12.1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 11.3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9.4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8.3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8.5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7.8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7.1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 11.1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 10.1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 11.5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 9.4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 11.5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 10.2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8.7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8.7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8.6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10.5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9.7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10.3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9.4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9.5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 9.3 | 0 |
| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1975 | 9.3 | 0 |
| 1974 | 8.8 | 0 |
| 1973 | 9.5 | 0 |
| 1972 | 8.4 | 0 |
| 1971 | 8.7 | 0 |
| 1970 | 8.2 | 0 |
| 1969 | 8.9 | 0 |
| 1968 | 8.4 | 0 |
| 1967 | 6.9 | 0 |
| 1966 | 7.8 | 0 |
| 1965 | 7.9 | 0 |
| 1964 | 6.4 | 0 |
| 1963 | 7 | 0 |
| 1962 | 8.9 | 0 |
| 1961 | 10.5 | 0 |
| 1960 | 9.7 | 0 |
| 1959 | 8.9 | 0 |
| 1958 | 9.3 | 0 |
| 1957 | 10.3 | 0 |
| 1956 | 7.9 | 0 |
| 1955 | 10.3 | 0 |
| 1954 | 9.1 | 0 |
| 1953 | 7.8 | 0 |
| 1952 | 9 | 0 |
| 1951 | 8.4 | 0 |
| 1950 | 8.7 | 0 |
CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) · 2015–2100
| Year | South Africa | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 14.76.8–24 | 00–0 |
| 2016 | 13.46.3–22.2 | 00–0 |
| 2017 | 15.27.7–24.6 | 00–0 |
| 2018 | 179.7–28 | 00–0 |
| 2019 | 14.67.1–24.5 | 00–0.1 |
| 2020 | 15.77.4–23.5 | 00–0.2 |
| 2021 | 17.99.4–27 | 00–0 |
| 2022 | 189.8–29 | 00–0.3 |
| 2023 | 18.69.9–27.1 | 00–0.4 |
| 2024 | 17.89.8–28 | 00–0.1 |
| 2025 | 16.57.5–29.6 | 00–0.3 |
| 2026 | 20.19.3–29.4 | 00–0.2 |
| 2027 | 19.910.5–32.8 | 00–0 |
| 2028 | 19.110.6–33.2 | 00–0.1 |
| 2029 | 21.412.9–33.6 | 00–0.3 |
| 2030 | 21.19.6–33.9 | 00–0.1 |
| 2031 | 20.79.9–35.4 | 00–0.1 |
| 2032 | 2110.9–34.8 | 00–0.2 |
| 2033 | 22.612.2–34.2 | 00–0.1 |
| 2034 | 24.615–35.1 | 00–0.5 |
| 2035 | 20.911.7–31.3 | 00–0.3 |
| 2036 | 21.111.9–32.2 | 00–0.3 |
| 2037 | 23.412.6–35.2 | 00–0.3 |
| 2038 | 26.216–36.7 | 00–0.2 |
| 2039 | 22.611.4–35.9 | 00–0.1 |
| 2040 | 21.510.9–35.4 | 00–0.2 |
| 2041 | 23.213.2–35.8 | 00–0.5 |
| 2042 | 25.214.3–39.6 | 00–0.3 |
| 2043 | 25.613.4–39.9 | 00–0.3 |
| 2044 | 26.113.1–41.6 | 00–0.5 |
| 2045 | 26.813.1–40.3 | 00–0.6 |
| 2046 | 25.914.5–40.8 | 00–0.4 |
| 2047 | 26.713.7–41.4 | 00–0.7 |
| 2048 | 29.215.6–45.4 | 00–0.7 |
| 2049 | 29.117.3–44.7 | 00–0.5 |
| 2050 | 29.815.7–48.6 | 00–0.4 |
| 2051 | 27.913.6–45.2 | 00–0.4 |
| 2052 | 31.918.3–46.8 | 00–0.3 |
| 2053 | 28.318.6–43.2 | 00–0.4 |
| 2054 | 30.717.3–50.1 | 00–0.8 |
| 2055 | 2917.8–48 | 00–0.4 |
| 2056 | 29.916–45.3 | 00–0.9 |
| 2057 | 3117.4–50.1 | 00–0.4 |
| 2058 | 31.115.7–46 | 00–0.7 |
| 2059 | 3216.1–49.9 | 00–0.5 |
| 2060 | 33.419.8–49.7 | 00–0.7 |
| 2061 | 32.718.1–51.1 | 00–0.8 |
| 2062 | 31.317.7–52.6 | 0.10–1 |
| 2063 | 32.317.4–50.7 | 00–1.3 |
| 2064 | 31.817.7–47.6 | 00–0.6 |
| 2065 | 31.716.2–50.7 | 00–1 |
| 2066 | 34.318.4–55.3 | 00–0.5 |
| 2067 | 32.617.2–52.4 | 0.10–1.5 |
| 2068 | 33.819.2–54.3 | 00–0.3 |
| 2069 | 34.621.3–52.4 | 0.10–0.8 |
| 2070 | 32.819.3–51.1 | 0.10–1.6 |
| 2071 | 35.320.8–55.8 | 00–1.4 |
| 2072 | 37.820.3–54.6 | 0.10–0.9 |
| 2073 | 4425.6–62.1 | 0.10–1.4 |
| 2074 | 38.320.7–55.8 | 00–1.3 |
| 2075 | 34.218.7–53.1 | 00–1 |
| 2076 | 38.822.9–57.5 | 00–1.4 |
| 2077 | 39.124.2–60.3 | 00–1 |
| 2078 | 35.521.6–53.4 | 0.10–2.2 |
| 2079 | 40.522.9–59.7 | 00–1.1 |
| 2080 | 40.523.4–59 | 00–1.1 |
| 2081 | 38.523.8–59.9 | 0.10–1.4 |
| 2082 | 38.622.5–58.2 | 0.10–2 |
| 2083 | 38.518.7–62.9 | 00–0.9 |
| 2084 | 39.720.6–58.4 | 00–0.7 |
| 2085 | 4021.5–65.8 | 0.10–1.3 |
| 2086 | 40.823–63.7 | 0.20–2 |
| 2087 | 38.324.6–58.6 | 0.10–1.8 |
| 2088 | 42.222.6–66.3 | 0.10–2.8 |
| 2089 | 41.624.2–59.1 | 00–1 |
| 2090 | 42.326.1–66.4 | 0.10–1.6 |
| 2091 | 43.324.2–63.6 | 0.10–1.6 |
| 2092 | 43.928–61.6 | 0.10–1.5 |
| 2093 | 37.521.3–63.4 | 00–0.5 |
| 2094 | 41.325.4–65.9 | 0.10–1.2 |
| 2095 | 43.522.9–70.2 | 0.20–2 |
| 2096 | 41.224.1–66.8 | 00–2 |
| 2097 | 37.723.7–60.9 | 00–1.6 |
| 2098 | 46.425.1–71.4 | 0.20–2 |
| 2099 | 42.525.1–64.8 | 0.10–1.2 |
| 2100 | 4022.2–64.5 | 0.10–1.1 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Days in a year whose highest temperature passes 35 °C, averaged over the country.
- Source: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal, CMIP6 multi-model median.
- The dashed line is the CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its models’ 10th–90th percentile.
- Climate model values are the median of the CMIP6 models, run on past emissions to 2014 and on SSP2-4.5, a middle-of-the-road path, after: they are not measurements.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
South Africa vs Netherlands
Health
- Life expectancySouth Africa: 66.1 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySouth Africa: 3.5 per 100 live births in 2024Netherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySouth Africa: 27.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSouth Africa: 3.75% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide rateSouth Africa: 11.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSouth Africa: 63.2 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthSouth Africa: 1.32% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSouth Africa: 2.22 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSouth Africa: 63.8% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median ageSouth Africa: 28.2 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSouth Africa: 6.5% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSouth Africa: 3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSouth Africa: 0.74% of GDP in 2025Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSouth Africa: $3B in 2025Netherlands: $27B in 2025
- Military spending per personSouth Africa: $49 in 2025Netherlands: $1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSouth Africa: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSouth Africa: 89,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerSouth Africa: 0.55% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSouth Africa: 0.4% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSouth Africa: 30 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSouth Africa: 115 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 601 million TIV in 2025