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Argentina
Latin America & Caribbean · Upper middle income · capital Buenos Aires
Reports 20 of 21 indicators tracked here.
Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.
Health
Life expectancy
2024 · 2 years old77.5years
Ranks 80 of 217 in 2024
4% above world median · 2% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Under-5 mortality
2024 · 2 years old9.5per 1,000 live births
Ranks 70 of 196 in 2024
36% below world median · 27% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Maternal mortality
2023 · 3 years old33per 100,000 live births
Ranks 81 of 194 in 2023
30% below world median · 39% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Child stunting
2018 · 8 years old8.7% of under-5s
Ranks 14 of 48 in 2018
62% below world median · 2% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 48 countries reporting in 2018 — not a published figure
Health spending
2023 · 3 years old10.27% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
62% above world median
Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Fertility rate
2024 · 2 years old1.50births per woman
Not ranked — no better end
21% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education
Adult literacy
2020 · 6 years old99.1% of adults 15+
Ranks 5 of 42 in 2020
5% above world median · 5% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 42 countries reporting in 2020 — not a published figure
Primary enrolment
2023 · 3 years old102.5% gross
Ranks 56 of 166 in 2023
2% above world median · 2% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 166 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Education spending
2023 · 3 years old5.00% of GDP
Ranks 31 of 121 in 2023
37% above world median · 33% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 121 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Economy
GDP per capita
2025 · 1 year old14,898current US$
Ranks 65 of 186 in 2025
89% above world median · 35% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
GDP per capita (PPP)
2025 · 1 year old32,587international $
Ranks 68 of 185 in 2025
61% above world median · 41% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Extreme poverty
2024 · 2 years old1.0% of population
Ranks 6 of 25 in 2024
63% below world median · 52% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 25 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Income inequality (Gini)
2024 · 2 years old42.4index, 0–100
Ranks 16 of 25 in 2024
6% above world median · 3% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 25 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Unemployment
2025 · 1 year old7.1% of labour force
Ranks 128 of 182 in 2025
41% above world median · 19% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Inflation
2024 · 2 years old219.9% per year
Not ranked — no better end
71.9× above world median
Medians computed across 174 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Military spending
2024 · 2 years old0.62% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
61% below world median
Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Infrastructure
Electricity access
2024 · 2 years old98.4% of population
Ranks 140 of 215 in 2024
about the same world median · about the same Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Internet use
2024 · 2 years old89.7% of population
Ranks 58 of 182 in 2024
9% above world median · 13% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Environment
CO₂ per person
2024 · 2 years old4.01t CO₂e per person
Not ranked — no better end
57% above world median
Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Society
Population
2025 · 1 year old45.9mpeople
Not ranked — no better end
6.0× above world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Never reported
Argentina has no figure in this dataset for Safe drinking water. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.