SOUTH AMERICA

Argentina

Buenos Aires · pop. 47M · Guaraní, Spanish · Argentine peso

Trajectories

economic complexity

#86

Slipping in export sophistication, from #45 in 1995.

2024 · −0.05

Harvard Growth Lab · thin line is the world’s median

the numbers30

when	value	change
1995	0.62
1996	0.56	−0.06 pts
1997	0.55	−0.01 pts
1998	0.56	+0.02 pts
1999	0.61	+0.05 pts
2000high	0.66	+0.05 pts
2001	0.61	−0.06 pts
2002	0.58	−0.03 pts
2003	0.55	−0.03 pts
2004	0.54	−0.01 pts
2005	0.58	+0.05 pts
2006	0.55	−0.03 pts
2007	0.53	−0.02 pts
2008	0.57	+0.04 pts
2009	0.48	−0.09 pts
2010	0.45	−0.03 pts
2011	0.43	−0.03 pts
2012	0.42	−0.01 pts
2013	0.41	−0.01 pts
2014	0.41	0 pts
2015	0.37	−0.05 pts
2016	0.18	−0.19 pts
2017	0.17	0 pts
2018	0.07	−0.11 pts
2019	0.06	−0.01 pts
2020	0.02	−0.04 pts
2021low	−0.11	−0.13 pts
2022	−0.01	+0.10 pts
2023	0.01	+0.02 pts
2024latest	−0.05	−0.06 pts

economic momentum

$14.0K

Roughly doubled since 2000. GDP per head in 2024, in current US dollars.

2024 · $14.0K

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median

the numbers35

when	value	change
1990	$4,315
1991	$5,709	+32.3%
1992	$6,790	+18.9%
1993	$6,932	+2.1%
1994	$7,438	+7.3%
1995	$7,358	−1.1%
1996	$7,663	+4.2%
1997	$8,147	+6.3%
1998	$8,219	+0.9%
1999	$7,706	−6.2%
2000	$7,637	−0.9%
2001	$7,141	−6.5%
2002low	$2,570	−64.0%
2003	$3,320	+29.2%
2004	$4,242	+27.8%
2005	$5,068	+19.5%
2006	$5,869	+15.8%
2007	$7,185	+22.4%
2008	$8,944	+24.5%
2009	$8,150	−8.9%
2010	$10.3K	+25.9%
2011	$12.7K	+23.8%
2012	$12.9K	+1.9%
2013	$13.0K	+0.1%
2014	$12.2K	−5.6%
2015	$13.7K	+11.8%
2016	$12.7K	−7.2%
2017high	$14.5K	+14.4%
2018	$11.8K	−19.1%
2019	$9,956	−15.3%
2020	$8,536	−14.3%
2021	$10.7K	+25.8%
2022	$14.0K	+30.0%
2023	$14.3K	+2.1%
2024latest	$14.0K	−2.0%

prices

220%

A year’s rise in consumer prices, in 2024. The world’s median was 3.1%.

2024 · 220%

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median

the numbers7

when	value	change
2018low	34.3%
2019	53.5%	+19.3 pts
2020	42.0%	−11.5 pts
2021	48.4%	+6.39 pts
2022	72.4%	+24.0 pts
2023	133%	+61.1 pts
2024latest	220%	+86.4 pts

demographic curve

1.5 children per woman

Below replacement: shrinking in the long run unless migration offsets it. Fell from 3.3 in 1980.

2024 · 1.5

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median · rule marks replacement (2.1)

the numbers65

when	value	change
1960	3.1
1961	3.1	−0.5%
1962	3.1	+0.2%
1963	3.1	−0.5%
1964	3.1	−1.1%
1965	3.0	−2.3%
1966	3.0	−1.3%
1967	3.0	+0.5%
1968	3.0	+1.0%
1969	3.0	+1.3%
1970	3.1	+1.2%
1971	3.1	+0.7%
1972	3.1	+0.9%
1973	3.2	+1.1%
1974	3.2	+1.5%
1975	3.3	+1.7%
1976	3.3	+1.4%
1977high	3.4	+1.3%
1978	3.4	0.0%
1979	3.3	−0.6%
1980	3.3	−1.1%
1981	3.3	−1.5%
1982	3.2	−1.5%
1983	3.1	−1.7%
1984	3.1	−1.0%
1985	3.1	−1.6%
1986	3.1	−0.4%
1987	3.0	−0.6%
1988	3.0	+0.3%
1989	3.0	−0.8%
1990	3.0	+0.4%
1991	3.0	−0.7%
1992	3.0	−0.8%
1993	3.0	−0.7%
1994	2.9	−1.0%
1995	2.9	−2.4%
1996	2.8	−2.9%
1997	2.7	−2.7%
1998	2.7	−1.6%
1999	2.6	−0.7%
2000	2.6	−2.0%
2001	2.5	−2.3%
2002	2.5	−1.5%
2003	2.5	−1.7%
2004	2.4	−0.9%
2005	2.4	−0.2%
2006	2.4	−1.1%
2007	2.4	−1.2%
2008	2.4	+2.6%
2009	2.4	−1.3%
2010	2.4	+0.5%
2011	2.4	−0.7%
2012	2.3	−3.7%
2013	2.3	+1.3%
2014	2.4	+2.2%
2015	2.4	−1.5%
2016	2.2	−4.6%
2017	2.2	−3.3%
2018	2.1	−4.7%
2019	1.9	−9.0%
2020	1.6	−14.9%
2021	1.6	−1.0%
2022low	1.5	−6.5%
2023	1.5	+1.2%
2024latest	1.5	+0.3%

Metrics

population

47M

33 of 176

REST Countries · UN data
gdp

$649B

24 of 170

World Bank · latest available
gdp per capita

$14,262

57 of 170

World Bank · latest available
military spending

$5B

41 of 151

SIPRI via World Bank
military % of gdp

0.8%

123 of 148

SIPRI via World Bank
area

2.8M km²

9 of 176

REST Countries
population density

16.8 /km²

150 of 176

zuhd — derived from population and area
life expectancy

77.4 yr

59 of 175

World Bank · latest available
internet access

89%

46 of 166

ITU via World Bank
co₂ per capita

4.0 t

59 of 163

World Bank · Climate Watch
urbanisation

92%

9 of 168

World Bank · UN DESA
fertility rate

1.5

116 of 168

World Bank · UN DESA
foreign-born share

4.3%

82 of 167

World Bank · UN DESA
remittances % of gdp

0.2%

127 of 155

World Bank · IMF BOP
r&d % of gdp

0.6%

53 of 123

UNESCO UIS via World Bank
researchers per million

1,313

48 of 118

UNESCO UIS via World Bank
scientific articles / yr

9.1K

45 of 168

NSF / World Bank
high-tech exports %

4%

92 of 153

World Bank · UN Comtrade
gini inequality

42.4

116 of 139

World Bank · PovcalNet
youth unemployment

19%

114 of 166

ILO via World Bank
adult literacy

99%

10 of 109

UNESCO UIS via World Bank
democracy (v-dem)

0.52

51 of 163

V-Dem via Our World in Data
clean government

37

84 of 164

Transparency International via Our World in Data
press freedom

29.0

59 of 163

RSF via Our World in Data
human development

0.865

40 of 164

UNDP via Our World in Data
refugees hosted

4.4K

104 of 150

UNHCR via Our World in Data
refugees produced

464

108 of 152

UNHCR via Our World in Data

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