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Argentina
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ANNUAL ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT
Population & economic scale
The most recent non-empty observations returned by the World Bank when this snapshot was collected. Read the year on each card: these are annual statistics, not live measurements.
World Bank reporting entity: Argentina · 3 of 3 indicators available.
Population
45,851,378
people
observation
Definition, value & source
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Received value: 45851378 people. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), uri: https://unstats.un.org/home/nso_sites/, publisher: National Statistical Offices; Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=earn_ses_monthly, publisher: Eurostat; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division
GDP
$683.1 billion
current US$
observation
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Received value: 683097891618.597 current US$. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP per capita
$14,898
current US$ per person
observation
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Received value: 14898.0885943842 current US$ per person. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP and GDP per capita use current US dollars, without an inflation or purchasing-power-parity adjustment. Source years can differ. Missing data is not zero; earlier archive figures below are retained as a separate historical reference.
THE REFERENCE FILE
Argentina at a glance
These are historical reference facts from the 2025 World Factbook archive. Each estimate keeps its own period; an archive edition does not make every figure a measurement from that year.
Population
total: 45,418,098 (2025 est.) male: 22,535,980 female: 22,882,118
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
$1.213 trillion (2024 est.) $1.234 trillion (2023 est.) $1.255 trillion (2022 est.) note: data in 2021 dollars
GDP (official exchange rate)
$633.267 billion (2024 est.) note: data in current dollars at official exchange rate
Real GDP growth rate
-1.7% (2024 est.) -1.6% (2023 est.) 5.3% (2022 est.) note: annual GDP % growth based on constant local currency
Real GDP per capita
$26,500 (2024 est.) $27,100 (2023 est.) $27,600 (2022 est.) note: data in 2021 dollars
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
73.1% (2022 est.) 47.1% (2021 est.) 40.5% (2020 est.) note: annual % change based on consumer prices
Unemployment rate
7.9% (2024 est.) 6.2% (2023 est.) 6.9% (2022 est.) note: % of labor force seeking employment
Labor force
22.286 million (2024 est.) note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work
Budget
revenues: $115.69 billion (2023 est.) expenditures: $139.037 billion (2023 est.) note: central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenditures converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated
Current account balance
$6.285 billion (2024 est.) -$20.956 billion (2023 est.) -$4.055 billion (2022 est.) note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars
Exports
$96.899 billion (2024 est.) $82.947 billion (2023 est.) $102.928 billion (2022 est.) note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars
Imports
$79.999 billion (2024 est.) $92.3 billion (2023 est.) $97.399 billion (2022 est.) note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
$29.56 billion (2024 est.) $23.081 billion (2023 est.) $44.795 billion (2022 est.) note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars
Debt - external
$74.362 billion (2023 est.) note: present value of external debt in current US dollars
Electricity access
electrification - total population: 100% (2022 est.)
Internet users
percent of population: 89% (2023 est.)
THE HISTORICAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
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Browse the economy, population, resources and infrastructure. These archived descriptions keep their original wording and dates; they have not been updated to describe current conditions.
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Location
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Capital
name: Buenos Aires geographic coordinates: 34 36 S, 58 22 W time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) etymology: the name translates as "fair winds" in Spanish; the full original name, Nuestra Senora Santa Maria de los Buenos Aires, was given only to the port; the city was founded separately from the port in 1536 and was named Ciudad de la Santissima Trinidad (City of the Most Holy Trinity); the shortened version of the port name eventually became the city name
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Economic overview
large diversified economy; financial risks from debt obligations, rapid inflation, and reduced investor appetites; resource-rich, export-led growth model; increasing trade relations with China; G20 and OAS leader; tendency to nationalize businesses and under-report inflation
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural resources
fertile plains of the pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium, arable land
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Agricultural products
maize, soybeans, sugarcane, wheat, milk, sunflower seeds, barley, beef, potatoes, chicken (2023) note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Industries
food processing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, textiles, chemicals and petrochemicals, printing, metallurgy, steel
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Exports - partners
Brazil 18%, USA 9%, Chile 8%, China 8%, India 4% (2023) note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exports
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Exports - commodities
soybean meal, corn, trucks, soybean oil, crude petroleum (2023) note: top five export commodities based on value in dollars
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - partners
Brazil 23%, China 20%, USA 12%, Paraguay 5%, Germany 4% (2023) note: top five import partners based on percentage share of imports
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - commodities
soybeans, vehicle parts/accessories, refined petroleum, natural gas, cars (2023) note: top five import commodities based on value in dollars
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Climate
mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Terrain
rich plains of the Pampas in northern half, flat to rolling plateau of Patagonia in south, rugged Andes along western border
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Land use
agricultural land: 42.4% (2023 est.) arable land: 14.8% (2023 est.) permanent crops: 0.4% (2023 est.) permanent pasture: 27.3% (2023 est.) forest: 17.2% (2023 est.) other: 40.4% (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural hazards
San Miguel de Tucum n and Mendoza areas in the Andes subject to earthquakes; pamperos are violent windstorms that can strike the pampas and northeast; heavy flooding in some areas volcanism: volcanic activity in the Andes Mountains along the Chilean border; Copahue (2,997 m) last erupted in 2000; other historically active volcanoes include Llullaillaco, Maipo, Planch n-Peteroa, San Jos , Tromen, Tupungatito, and Viedma
2000 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Languages
Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French, indigenous (Quechua, Guarani, Mapudungun) major-language sample(s): La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de informaci n b sica. (Spanish) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Religions
Roman Catholic 62.9%, Evangelical 15.3% (Pentecostal 13%, other Evangelical 2.3%), Jehovah's Witness and Church of Jesus Christ 1.4%, other 1.2% (includes Muslim, Jewish), none 18.9% (includes agnostic and atheist), unspecified 0.3% (2019 est.)
2019 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Age structure
0-14 years: 23.3% (male 5,632,983/female 5,301,778) 15-64 years: 63.9% (male 15,071,215/female 14,956,069) 65 years and over: 12.8% (2024 est.) (male 2,570,596/female 3,461,743)
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Urbanization
urban population: 92.5% of total population (2023) rate of urbanization: 0.97% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
2023, 2020 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 78.8 years (2024 est.) male: 75.8 years female: 82 years
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Literacy
total population: 99.1% (2020 est.) male: 99.1% (2020 est.) female: 99.2% (2020 est.)
2020 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Electricity
installed generating capacity: 47.631 million kW (2023 est.) consumption: 114.667 billion kWh (2023 est.) exports: 31 million kWh (2023 est.) imports: 11.393 billion kWh (2023 est.) transmission/distribution losses: 27.027 billion kWh (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Electricity generation sources
fossil fuels: 61.5% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) nuclear: 6.9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) solar: 2.5% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) wind: 11% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) hydroelectricity: 16.5% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) biomass and waste: 1.7% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Petroleum
total petroleum production: 807,000 bbl/day (2023 est.) refined petroleum consumption: 749,000 bbl/day (2023 est.) crude oil estimated reserves: 2.483 billion barrels (2021 est.)
2023, 2021 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural gas
production: 43.69 billion cubic meters (2023 est.) consumption: 46.028 billion cubic meters (2023 est.) exports: 2.344 billion cubic meters (2023 est.) imports: 5.225 billion cubic meters (2023 est.) proven reserves: 396.464 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)
2023, 2021 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Carbon dioxide emissions
198.141 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from coal and metallurgical coke: 5.022 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from petroleum and other liquids: 102.998 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from consumed natural gas: 90.122 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Telephones - mobile cellular
total subscriptions: 64.1 million (2024 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 140 (2024 est.)
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
total: 11.5 million (2023 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 25 (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Airports
764 (2025)
2025 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Railways
total: 17,866 km (2018)
2018 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Ports
total ports: 37 (2024) large: 1 medium: 2 small: 10 very small: 24 ports with oil terminals: 19 key ports: Buenos Aires, Campana, Concepcion del Uruguay, La Plata, Mar del Plata, Puerto Belgrano, Puerto Ingeniero White, Puerto Madryn, Rosario, San Sebastian Bay, Santa Fe, Ushuaia, Zarate
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
GDP - composition, by sector of origin
agriculture: 6% (2024 est.) industry: 24% (2024 est.) services: 53.4% (2024 est.) note: figures may not total 100% due to non-allocated consumption not captured in sector-reported data
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Remittances
0.2% of GDP (2024 est.) 0.2% of GDP (2023 est.) 0.2% of GDP (2022 est.) note: personal transfers and compensation between resident and non-resident individuals/households/entities
2024, 2023, 2022 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
CURRENCY OBSERVATIONS
Money & exchange rates
The latest verified daily references are separate from the historical country profile. Values are currency units per US$1.
Argentine Peso
ARS per US$1
Published reference snapshot; its original observation date is preserved.
1 ARS = US$0.0006572116
1,507.07–1,526.46 ARS per US$1 across the displayed observations. The vertical scale follows this range.
View dated observations
| Observation date | ARS per US$1 |
|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | 1,521.58 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 1,524.41 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 1,524.9 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1,525.82 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1,526.46 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1,524.92 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 1,522.65 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 1,524.22 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 1,523.44 |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 1,520.89 |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1,520.24 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 1,519.92 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | 1,517.53 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 1,514.53 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 1,514.22 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 1,513.13 |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1,511.59 |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1,511.78 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 1,512.08 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | 1,511.41 |
| Sep 16, 2026 | 1,507.07 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 1,508.19 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 1,511.01 |
| Sep 13, 2026 | 1,512.55 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 1,512.77 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 1,513.18 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | 1,511.66 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 1,510.64 |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 1,508.28 |
Daily references are not live execution prices. A check time does not change a source observation date.
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