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General Information

Region		South America
Population (000, 2025)		45 851^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		16.4^a
Capital city		Buenos Aires
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		15 057.3^d,e
UN membership date		24 October 1945
Surface area (km2)		2 796 427^b,c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		98.6^a
National currency		Argentine Peso (ARS)
Exchange rate (per US$)		1 030.5^f

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	644 903	385 741	646 075^c
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	2.7	-9.9	-1.6^c
GDP per capita (current US$)	14 833.0	8 536.0	14 187.0^c
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	6.1	7.6	7^c
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	27.5	26.8	29.8^c
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	66.3	65.6	63.2^c
Employment in agriculture^g (% of employed)	8.8	8.6	8.3^c
Employment in industry^g (% of employed)	21.6	20.7	21.2^c
Employment in services^g (% employed)	69.6	70.7	70.5^c
Unemployment (% of labour force)	7.6^g	11.5	7.5^g
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	47.5 / 71.5^g	46.5 / 65.9	53.0 / 71.7^g
CPI: Consumer Price Index^h (2010=100)	...	330	6 318^f
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	104	109	91^c
International trade: exports (million current US$)	56 784	54 884	79 703^f
International trade: imports (million current US$)	60 203	42 356^g	60 776^f
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 3 419	12 528^g	18 928^f
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 17 622	2 688	6 285^f

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	1	0.3	0.3^a
Urban population (% of total population)	91.5	92^e	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	1.2ⁱ	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	2.4	1.6	1.5^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	79.8 / 73.4	78.8 / 73.0	80.2 / 75.1^a
Population age distribution^j (0-14/60+ years old, %)	24.9 / 15.3	23.7 / 16.1	21.0 / 17.1^a
International migrant stock^k (000/% of total pop.)	1 856.6 / 4.3	1 912.3 / 4.2	1 958.0 / 4.3^f
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	4.4	188.8	173.8^f
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	12.9	11.2	10^a
Health: Current expenditure^g,l (% of GDP)	10.2	10.5	9.9^m
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	5	5.3	5.1^c
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	113.9 / 112.0	109.9 / 107.2	108.1 / 105.5^m
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	131.6 / 128.9	130.4 / 127.2	125.3 / 121.2^m
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	91.5 / 78.6	101.2 / 90.5	109.6 / 100.3^m
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	6.5	5.4	4.5^c
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	36.2	40.9ⁿ	42.4ⁿ

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	68^o	85.5^p	89.2^p,c
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.6	0.5	0.5^q
Threatened species (number)	243	285	413^f
Forested area (% of land area)	10.6	10.4	10.4^m
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	184.6 / 4.2	157.2 / 3.5	179.1 / 3.9^m
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	3 063	3 050	3 372^m
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	79	67	74^m
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	6 816	2 090	3 890^m
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	31.2	32.3	32.3^f
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	46.0 / ...	46.2 / ...	46.2 / ...^m
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	-~0.00	0.03	0.04^c

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		The total area includes continental areas and islands, and excludes Antarctic area.
c		2023
d		Refers to Gran Buenos Aires.
e		2019
f		2024
g		Estimate.
h		Index base: December 2016=100.
i		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
j		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
k		Including refugees.
l		Based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
m		2022
n		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
o		Population aged 5 years and over.
p		Population aged 4 and over.
q		2021