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General Information

Region		South America
Population (000, 2019)		44 781
Pop. density (per km2, 2019)		16.4
Capital city		Buenos Aires
Capital city pop. (000, 2019)		15 057.3^b
UN membership date		24-Oct-45
Surface area (km2)		2 780 400^a
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		95.2
National currency		Argentine Peso (ARS)
Exchange rate (per US$)		37.6^c

Economic indicators

	2005	2010	2019
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	200 622	426 487	637 486^a
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2010 prices)	8.9	10.1	2.9^a
GDP per capita (current US$)	5 125.0	10 345.6	14 399.6^a
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	9.3	8.5	6.7^a
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	33.7	30.1	25.8^a
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	57	61.4	67.5^a
Employment: Agriculture^d (% of employed)	1.3	1.3	0.5
Employment: Industry^d (% of employed)	23.3	23.3	23.1
Employment: Services^d (% employed)	75.5	75.4	76.4
Unemployment (% of labour force)	11.5	7.7	7.9^d
Labour force participation^d (female/male pop. %)	49.4 / 75.6	47.8 / 74.3	48.8 / 72.7
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	...	...	152^e,c
Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100)	105	112	131^f
International trade: Exports (million current US$)	40 106	68 174	66 319^d,c
International trade: Imports (million current US$)	28 689	56 792	66 306^d,c
International trade: Balance (million current US$)	11 418	11 382	13^c
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	5 274	- 1 623	- 28 003^c

Social indicators

	2005	2010	2019
Population growth rate^g (average annual %)	1.1	1	1^h
Urban population (% of total population)	90	90.8	92
Urban population growth rate^g (average annual %)	1.3	1.2	1.2^h
Fertility rate, total^g (live births per woman)	2.5	2.4	2.3^h
Life expectancy at birth^g (females/males, years)	77.4 / 70.6	78.2 / 71.4	79.0 / 72.2^h
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	27.3 / 13.6	26.0 / 14.2	24.6 / 15.4
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	1 673.1 / 4.3	1 806.0 / 4.4	2 164.5 / 4.9^a
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	3.9ⁱ	4.2ⁱ	90.9^c
Infant mortality rate^g (per 1 000 live births)	16.7	14.2	12.1^h
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	7.6	8.6	7.5^f
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	3.2^j	...	4^a
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	3.9	5	5.6^f
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	116.6 / 117.7	115.9 / 117.5	109.2 / 109.7^f
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	98.4 / 89.8	106.6 / 97.1	110.4 / 105.7^f
Education: Tertiary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	75.8 / 52.1	89.2 / 59.1	111.6 / 67.2^f
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	...	...	5.9^f
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	33.7	38.5	38.8

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2005	2010	2019
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	17.7	45^d	75.8^d,a
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.4	0.6	0.6^h
Threatened species (number)	186^j	213	278
Forested area^d (% of land area)	11	10.4	9.8^f
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	162.1 / 4.2	187.9 / 4.5	204.0 / 4.7^k
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	3 609	3 343	3 181^f
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	75	80	83^f
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	3 823	5 325	6 720^a
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	29.7	32	33.2^c
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.05	0.03	0^a

Footnotes

a		2017
b		Refers to Gran Buenos Aires.
c		2018
d		Estimate.
e		Index base: December 2016=100.
f		2016
g		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
h		2015
i		Data as at the end of December.
j		2004
k		2014