Argentina
Region Latin America & CaribbeanIncome Upper middle incomeCapital Buenos AiresISO3 ARG
Human development
0.865
HDI, 0–1 scale
GDP per capita
27,846.6PPP $
2021 international $
Life expectancy
77.5yrs
At birth
Governance
54.4/100
Avg. of six WGI
Governance
Control of Corruption
- Control of Corruption41.3Ranked 112th▼ 2· 2024
- Government Effectiveness54.9Ranked 86th▼ 9· 2024
- Political Stability & Absence of Violence63Ranked 118th▲ 7· 2024
- Rule of Law52.6Ranked 114th▲ 2· 2024
- Regulatory Quality51.2Ranked 112th▼ 19· 2024
- Voice & Accountability63.6Ranked 72nd▲ 8· 2024
- Military spending0.62%Ranked 133rd▲ 5· 2024
- Women in parliament41.2%Ranked 24th▲ 6· 2025
- V-Dem electoral democracy0.69Ranked 44th▼ 3· 2025
- V-Dem liberal democracy0.52Ranked 53rd▲ 4· 2025
- Human rights index (V-Dem)0.82Ranked 50th▲ 8· 2025
- Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0.82Ranked 50th▲ 8· 2025
- Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0.74Ranked 68th▲ 9· 2025
- Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0.43Ranked 52nd▲ 10· 2025
- Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0.41Ranked 66th▲ 4· 2025
- Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0.5Ranked 48th▲ 8· 2025
- Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0.83Ranked 44th▼ 1· 2025
- Rule of law index (V-Dem)0.58Ranked 75th▲ 2· 2025
Economy
World Bank (WDI)CC BY 4.0updated 2027Our World in DataCC BY 4.0updated 2027UNDP (HDRO)CC BY 3.0 IGOupdated 2027
GDP
- GDP683.1BRanked 24th▲ 1· 2025
- GDP per capita, PPP27,846.6Ranked 67th▼ 9· 2025
- GDP growth4.4%Ranked 62nd▼ 128· 2025
- Inflation219.9%Ranked 174th▼ 1· 2024
- Unemployment7.1%Ranked 127th▲ 2· 2025
- Trade openness30.4%Ranked 132nd▼ 32· 2025
- FDI net inflows0.46%Ranked 76th▼ 40· 2025
- Tax revenue10.4%Ranked 80th▼ 20· 2024
- Current account balance-1.1%Ranked 50th▼ 12· 2025
- Gross savings13.4%Ranked 66th▼ 41· 2025
- Gross capital formation16.1%Ranked 113th▼ 34· 2025
- Government expenditure21%Ranked 58th▼ 22· 2023
- External debt stocks39.1%Ranked 44th▼ 1· 2024
- Personal remittances received0.13%Ranked 83rd▼ 57· 2025
- R&D expenditure0.6%Ranked 49th▲ 1· 2023
- Researchers in R&D1,312.8Ranked 46th—· 2023
- High-technology exports3.9%Ranked 86th▲ 3· 2024
- Youth unemployment19.2%Ranked 129th▼ 3· 2025
- Agricultural employment7%Ranked 119th▲ 1· 2025
- Vulnerable employment22.3%Ranked 74th—· 2025
- Agriculture value added5.5%Ranked 87th▼ 12· 2025
- Industry value added22.9%Ranked 93rd▼ 1· 2025
- GDP per capita (nominal)14,898.1Ranked 65th▼ 15· 2025
- Annual working hours per worker1,612.1Ranked 103rd▼ 13· 2023
- GNI per capita (PPP)25,876.1Ranked 67th▲ 4· 2023
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)6.6%Ranked 120th▼ 3· 2027
- Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)18.1%Ranked 123rd▼ 3· 2027
- Labour force participation rate62%Ranked 88th▼ 2· 2027
- Employment-to-population ratio57.9%Ranked 89th▼ 2· 2027
- Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)0.83Ranked 29th▲ 9· 2019
- Human capital index3.1Ranked 49th▼ 1· 2019
- Capital stock per worker154,199.9Ranked 81st▲ 1· 2019
Life expectancy
- Life expectancy77.5Ranked 80th▲ 2· 2024
- Infant mortality8Ranked 41st▼ 2· 2024
- Maternal mortality33Ranked 26th▼ 7· 2023
- Health spending10.3%Ranked 25th▲ 1· 2023
- Physicians5.1Ranked 3rd▼ 2· 2023
- Basic sanitation access94.8%Ranked 80th▲ 1· 2016
- Basic drinking water access99%Ranked 49th▲ 6· 2016
- Undernourishment3.4%Ranked 5th—· 2023
- Measles immunization82%Ranked 18th▼ 2· 2024
- Tuberculosis incidence44Ranked 68th▲ 2· 2024
- Road traffic deaths14.1Ranked 58th▲ 2· 2019
- Suicide mortality rate7.9Ranked 98th▼ 1· 2021
- Smoking prevalence23.5%Ranked 85th▼ 3· 2024
- PM2.5 air pollution exposure14.3Ranked 79th▼ 2· 2023
- Child mortality0.95Ranked 45th—· 2024
- Daily caloric supply per capita3,360.4Ranked 42nd▲ 1· 2023
- Stunting prevalence (under 5)8.7%Ranked 13th▲ 10· 2018
- Wasting prevalence (under 5)1.7%Ranked 10th▲ 6· 2018
- Overweight prevalence (under 5)12.4%Ranked 42nd▲ 20· 2018
- DTP3 immunization coverage75%Ranked 25th▼ 4· 2024
- Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage82%Ranked 18th▼ 2· 2024
- Under-5 mortality rate9.5Ranked 71st▲ 1· 2024
Education
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Secondary enrollment
- Secondary enrollment105.6%Ranked 29th▲ 10· 2023
- Education spending5%Ranked 31st▼ 23· 2023
- Adult literacy99.1%Ranked 5th▼ 4· 2020
- Primary enrollment102.5%Ranked 56th▲ 23· 2023
- Tertiary enrollment107.8%Ranked 4th—· 2023
- Primary completion rate98.9%Ranked 42nd▲ 6· 2023
- Expected years of schooling18.8Ranked 11th—· 2023
- Mean years of schooling11.2Ranked 64th—· 2023
Demography
World Bank (WDI)CC BY 4.0updated 2050
Population
- Population45.85MRanked 35th—· 2025
- Population growth0.34%Ranked 152nd▼ 3· 2025
- Urban population92.4%Ranked 14th—· 2025
- Fertility rate1.5Ranked 149th▲ 4· 2024
- Crude birth rate11.1Ranked 133rd▼ 5· 2024
- Median age of population32.1Ranked 103rd▲ 2· 2023
- Total age dependency ratio52.4Ranked 134th▲ 11· 2023
- Net migration rate0.09Ranked 92nd▼ 5· 2023
- Projected population in 2050 (medium)48,308.9Ranked 43rd· 2050
- Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)81.4Ranked 84th· 2050
Electricity access
- Electricity access98.4%Ranked 12th▲ 11· 2024
- Renewable energy share9.2%Ranked 131st▼ 3· 2021
- Forest area10.3%Ranked 165th—· 2023
- Electric power consumption2,822.1Ranked 37th▼ 33· 2024
- CO₂ per capita3.7Ranked 85th▲ 2· 2024
- CO₂ emissions171.06MRanked 33rd▲ 1· 2024
- Renewable electricity34.6%Ranked 50th▼ 33· 2025
- Electricity from coal0.88%Ranked 11th▲ 5· 2025
- Electricity from solar3.4%Ranked 60th▼ 41· 2025
- Electricity from wind12.2%Ranked 23rd▼ 8· 2025
- Electricity from hydro17.1%Ranked 38th▼ 41· 2025
- Power-sector CO2 intensity342.9Ranked 48th▼ 27· 2025
- Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCF435.4Ranked 172nd▲ 2· 2023
- GHG emissions per capita9.6Ranked 156th▲ 1· 2023
Deaths in armed conflicts
- Deaths in armed conflicts45Ranked 10th▲ 5· 2025
- INFORM risk score3.7Ranked 26th· 2026
- Hazard & exposure4.6Ranked 40th· 2026
- Vulnerability2.7Ranked 16th· 2026
- Lack of coping capacity4Ranked 32nd· 2026
- Natural hazard & exposure4.4Ranked 31st· 2026
- Human hazard & exposure4.7Ranked 39th· 2026
- Socio-economic vulnerability1.4Ranked 15th· 2026
- Vulnerable groups3.9Ranked 34th· 2026
- Lack of institutional coping capacity5.6Ranked 35th· 2026
- Lack of infrastructure coping capacity1.9Ranked 16th· 2026
- Battle-related deaths (state-based)0Ranked 1st· 1992
- Organized-violence deaths (total)45Ranked 14th▲ 6· 2025
Society
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Gini index
- Gini index42.4Ranked 16th▼ 25· 2024
- Extreme poverty1%Ranked 5th▼ 8· 2024
- Internet users89.7%Ranked 56th▲ 4· 2024
- Homicide rate4.5Ranked 54th▼ 12· 2023
- Female labor participation52.5%Ranked 100th▼ 2· 2025
- Fixed broadband subscriptions26.1Ranked 60th▼ 3· 2024
- Life satisfaction6.4Ranked 42nd▲ 1· 2025
- Human Development Index0.87Ranked 37th▼ 1· 2023
- Gender Inequality Index0.26Ranked 63rd▲ 7· 2023
- Gender Development Index0.99Ranked 36th—· 2023
- Inequality-adjusted HDI0.76Ranked 36th▼ 1· 2023
- Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0.76Ranked 18th▼ 1· 2023
- Youth NEET rate16.4%Ranked 82nd—· 2027
- Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)4,941Ranked 104th▼ 4· 2025
- Refugees originating (by country of origin)542Ranked 61st—· 2025
- Asylum seekers4,621Ranked 100th▼ 7· 2025