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General Information

Region		South America
Population (000, 2020)		45 196
Pop. density (per km2, 2020)		16.5
Capital city		Buenos Aires
Capital city pop. (000, 2020)		15 057.3^b,c
UN membership date		24-Oct-45
Surface area (km2)		2 780 400^a
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		95.3
National currency		Argentine Peso (ARS)
Exchange rate (per US$)		59.8^c

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2020
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	426 487	644 903	518 475^d
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	10.1	2.7	-2.5^d
GDP per capita (current US$)	10 428.6	14 971.5	11 687.6^d
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	8.5	6.1	7.2^d
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	30.1	27.5	27.2^d
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	61.4	66.3	65.6^d
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	1.3	0.3^e	0.1^e
Employment in industry (% of employed)	23.3	23.7^e	21^e
Employment in services (% employed)	75.4	76.1^e	78.9^e
Unemployment^e (% of labour force)	7.7	7.8	10.4
Labour force participation rate^e (female/male pop. %)	48.0 / 74.0	48.0 / 73.0	50.6 / 72.6
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	...	...	233^f,c
Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100)	112	131	131^g
International trade: exports (million current US$)	68 174	56 784	65 114^c
International trade: imports (million current US$)	56 792	60 203	49 125^c
International trade: balance (million current US$)	11 382	- 3 419	15 989^c
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 1 623	- 17 622	- 3 462^c

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2020
Population growth rate^h (average annual %)	1	1	1
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
Life expectancy at birth^h (females/males, years)	78.2 / 71.4	79.0 / 72.2	79.8 / 73.0
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	26.0 / 14.2	25.2 / 14.9	24.4 / 15.5
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	1 806.0 / 4.4	2 086.3 / 4.8	2 212.9 / 4.9^c
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	4.2ⁱ	4.4	165.6^c
Infant mortality rate^h (per 1 000 live births)	14.2	12.1	10.2
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	8.6	8.8	9.1^a
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	...	3.9^j	4^a
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	5	5.8	5.5^a
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	116.2 / 117.7	111.2 / 111.4	109.6 / 109.9^a
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	104.2 / 95.0	110.2 / 103.8	111.0 / 106.5^a
Education: Tertiary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	87.8 / 58.9	104.5 / 64.1	112.8 / 67.8^a
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	5.8	6.6	5.3^d
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	38.5	36.2	40.9^k

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2020
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	45^e	68	74.3^a
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.6	0.6	0.5^a
Threatened species (number)	213	243	285
Forested area^e (% of land area)	10.4	9.9	9.9^a
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	173.8 / 4.2	190.4 / 4.4	183.4 / 4.1^a
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	3 343	3 072	3 035^a
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	80	79	76^a
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	6 800^l	6 816	6 942^d
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	29.5	30.7	31.8^c
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.03	0	0.02^d

Footnotes

a		2017
b		Refers to Gran Buenos Aires.
c		2019
d		2018
e		Estimate.
f		Index base: December 2016=100.
g		2016
h		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
i		Data as at the end of December.
j		2013
k		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
l		Break in the time series.