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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Argentina economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Argentina best banks and safest banks are also available.
A shrewd policy move helped turn Argentina's soybean surplus into hard currency reserves for the government.
USD 39.40 billion (2020)
World Bank, last updated 12/16/2021
USD 455.17 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
USD 1,049.40 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
2017 | 2018 | 2019* | 2020* | 2021* |
2.8% | -2.6% | -2.1% | –9.9% | 7.5% |
*Estimate
USD 9,929.15 (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
USD 22,891.70 (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
0.73% (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
(2020 estimate)
0.5% (2019)
OECD, retrieved January 2022
2017 | 2018 | 2019* | 2020* | 2021 |
25.7% | 34.3% | 53.5% | 42% | N/A |
*Estimate
2017 | 2018 | 2019* | 2020* | 2021* |
8.4% | 9.2% | 9.8% | 11.6% | 10.0% |
*Estimate
2017 | 2018 | 2019* | 2020* | 2021 |
57% | 85.2% | 88.7% | 102.8% | N/A |
*Estimate
2017 | 2018 | 2019* | 2020* | 2021 |
-4.2% | -2.2% | -0.4% | –6.2% | N/A |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: CCC+
Moody's rating: Ca
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
USD 39.4 billion (2019)
World Bank / Market capitalization
USD 4.5 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
0.99% (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021
16.6% (2020) 29.8% (2020)
World Bank - World Development Indicators (updated Feb 2022) World Bank - World Development Indicators (updated Feb 2022)
0.31% (2020)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
0.2% (2020)
Compiled by GFMag - Based on World Bank - World Development Indicators
USD 64.2 billion (2020 estimate)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Soybean products, corn, delivery trucks, wheat, frozen meat, gold (2019)
USD 52.1 billion (2020 estimate)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Cars, refined petroleum, vehicle parts, natural gas, soybeans (2019)
Brazil 16%, China 11%, United States 7%, Chile 5% (2019)
Brazil 21%, China 18%, US 14%, Germany 6% (2019)
2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
USD 11.9 billion | USD 6.7 billion | USD 4.1 billion |
2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
USD 1.8 billion | USD 1.5 billion | USD 1.2 billion |
2017 | 2018 | 2018 | 2020 |
USD 540 million | USD -270 million | USD 419 million | USD 109 million |
N/A
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Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking:
126 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 141 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 155 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 111 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 123 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 104 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 61 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 170 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 119 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 97 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 111 out of 190 countries
World Bank - Doing Business 2020
83 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Ranking: 144 / Score: 50.1 (Mostly Unfree)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
The Heritage Foundation - 2022 Index of Economic Freedom
Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French, indigenous (Mapudungun, Quechua)
Nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020* |
32.53 million | 36.78 million | 40.79 million | 43.13 million | 45.55 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
73.6% | 82.9% | 89.1% | 91.9% |
Total population: 99.1%
Male: 99.1%
Female: 99.1%
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2016 est.)
2.4% (last available estimate, 2017)
41.2 (last available estimate, 2017)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Free
Political Rights: 2
Civil Liberties: 2 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 21.9%
Mobile: 132.1%
(2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)