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Argentina

At a glance

  • Argentina has a population of about 45.9M; its total GDP of $683.1B ranks #24 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 2,784,362 km² is about 15× the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Inflation rate stands out most against the median: 219.9% — rank #2 of 162 countries with data.

Argentina: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 45.9M (2025) #35 / 169 median 11.5M · 4.0×
Population growth 0.3% (2025) #128 / 169 median 1.1% · 31%
Urban population share 92.4% (2025) #9 / 169 median 63.8% · 1.4×
Population aged 65+ 12.6% (2025) #58 / 169 median 7.4% · 1.7×
Fertility rate 1.5 (2024) #121 / 169 median 2.1 · 72%
Birth rate 11.1‰ (2024) #111 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 69%
Death rate 7.7‰ (2024) #72 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 1.1×
Net migration 2.9K (2025) #51 / 169 N/A
Surface area 2,784,362 km² #9 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 15×
Population density derived 16.5/km² (2025) #150 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 22%
Economy
GDP (total) $683.1B (2025) #24 / 168 median $80.7B · 8.5×
GDP per capita $14,898 (2025) #57 / 168 median $6,834 · 2.2×
GNI per capita $14,650 (2025) #56 / 168 median $6,350 · 2.3×
GDP growth (annual) 4.4% (2025) #55 / 168 median 3.1% · 1.4×
Inflation rate 219.9% (2024) #2 / 162 median 3.3% · 66×
Unemployment rate 7.1% (2025) #54 / 168 median 5.1% · 1.4×
Gini index 42.4 (2024) #30 / 153 median 35.3 · 1.2×
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 1.0% (2024) #94 / 153 median 2.5% · 40%
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 15.6% (2025) #143 / 163 median 35.0% · 44%
Imports share of GDP 14.8% (2025) #157 / 163 median 40.2% · 37%
Agriculture share of GDP 5.5% (2025) #97 / 168 median 7.2% · 77%
Manufacturing share of GDP 13.6% (2025) #52 / 165 median 11.2% · 1.2×
International tourist arrivals 7.4M (2019) #27 / 162 median 1.1M · 6.5×
Tourism receipts $1.7B (2020) #60 / 165 median $705M · 2.4×
Health & education
Life expectancy 77.5 years (2024) #57 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.1×
Infant mortality 8.0‰ (2024) #107 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 61%
Under-five mortality 9.5‰ (2024) #108 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 60%
DPT immunization 75.0% (2024) #131 / 166 median 90.5% · 83%
Hospital beds 3.4 per 1,000 (2022) #47 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 1.7×
Health spending share of GDP 10.3% (2023) #20 / 165 median 6.5% · 1.6×
Secondary school enrollment 105.6% (2023) #30 / 167 median 90.5% · 1.2×
Education spending share of GDP 5.0% (2023) #53 / 165 median 4.1% · 1.2×
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.865 (2023) #40 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.1×
Internet users 89.7% (2024) #50 / 169 median 81.5% · 1.1×
Mobile subscriptions 140.2 per 100 (2024) #30 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 1.2×
Fixed broadband 26.1 per 100 (2024) #52 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 2.2×
Electricity access 98.4% (2024) #101 / 169 median 99.9% · 98%
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 4.0 t (2024) #59 / 165 median 2.6 t · 1.5×
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 183 Mt (2024) #31 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 8.6×
Renewable electricity share 25.5% (2021) #94 / 169 median 34.1% · 75%
Renewable energy consumption 9.2% (2021) #138 / 169 median 26.9% · 34%
Forest area 10.3% (2023) #132 / 169 median 32.4% · 32%
Agricultural land 42.4% (2023) #81 / 169 median 41.7% · 1.0×
Arable land 14.8% (2023) #64 / 168 median 11.0% · 1.3×
PM2.5 exposure 14.3 µg/m³ (2023) #118 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 72%
Military spending 0.6% (2024) #143 / 157 median 1.8% · 34%

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Argentina's true-shape outline

Argentina's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 2,784,362 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).