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General Information

Region		South America
Population (000, 2021)		45 606^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		16.7^a
Capital city		Buenos Aires
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		15 057.3^d,c
UN membership date		24-Oct-45
Surface area (km2)		2 796 427^b,c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		95.3^a
National currency		Argentine Peso (ARS)
Exchange rate (per US$)		84^e

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	426 487	644 903	449 664^c
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	10.1	2.7	-2.2^c
GDP per capita (current US$)	10 428.6	14 971.5	10 041.5^c
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	8.5	6.1	8.6^c
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	30.1	27.5	27.6^c
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	61.4	66.3	63.9^c
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	1.3	0.3^f	0.1^f,e
Employment in industry (% of employed)	23.3	23.7^f	21^f,e
Employment in services (% employed)	75.4	76.1^f	78.9^f,e
Unemployment^f (% of labour force)	7.7	7.8	10.4^e
Labour force participation rate^f (female/male pop. %)	48.0 / 74.0	48.0 / 73.0	50.6 / 72.6^e
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	...	...	331^g,e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	88	104	113^c
International trade: exports (million current US$)	68 174	56 784	54 884^e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	56 792	60 203	42 356^e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	11 382	- 3 419	12 528^e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 1 623	- 17 622	2 985^e

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^h (average annual %)	1	1	1^e
Urban population (% of total population)	90.8	91.5	92^c
Urban population growth rate^h (average annual %)	1.2	1.2	...
Fertility rate, total^h (live births per woman)	2.4	2.3	2.3^e
Life expectancy at birth^h (females/males, years)	78.2 / 71.4	79.0 / 72.2	79.8 / 73.0^e
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	26.0 / 14.2	25.2 / 14.9	24.3 / 15.7^a
International migrant stockⁱ (000/% of total pop.)	1 806.0 / 4.4	2 086.3 / 4.8	2 281.7 / 5.0^e
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	4.2^j	4.4	188.8^e
Infant mortality rate^h (per 1 000 live births)	14.2	12.1	10.2^e
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	9.4	10.2	9.6^k
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	...	4	4^l
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	5	5.8	4.9^k
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	116.2 / 117.7	111.2 / 111.4	109.7 / 109.6^k
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	104.2 / 95.0	110.2 / 103.8	109.9 / 105.4^k
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	77.8 / 64.7	91.1 / 79.4	91.2 / 81.7^k
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	5.8	6.6	5.3^k
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	38.5	36.2	42.4^m

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	45^f	68	74.3^l
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.6	0.6	0.5^k
Threatened species (number)	213	243	320
Forested area^f (% of land area)	11	10.6	10.5^k
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	162.4 / 4.0	179.6 / 4.2	171.2 / 3.8^k
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	3 331	3 059	3 152^k
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	81	79	74^k
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	6 800ⁿ	6 816	6 942^k
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	29.7	31.1	32.1^e
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)	45.9 / ...	46.7 / ...	47.1 / ...^e
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.03	0	0^c

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		The total area includes continental areas and islands, and excludes Antarctic area.
c		2019
d		Refers to Gran Buenos Aires.
e		2020
f		Estimate.
g		Index base: December 2016=100.
h		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
i		Including refugees.
j		Data as at the end of December.
k		2018
l		2017
m		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
n		Break in the time series.