Argentina
Country in Americas
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 45.9M (2025). World rank 35 of 216; in Americas, 5 of 46. Area: 2,780,400 km². World rank 9 of 249; in Americas, 4 of 56. GDP: $683.1B (2025). World rank 24 of 210; in Americas, 5 of 45. From 2015 to 2025: population 43.5M → 45.9M, GDP $594.7B → $683.1B, and GDP per person $13,680 → $14,898.
State
- Official name
- Argentine Republic
- Local name
- Argentina
- Capital
- Buenos Aires
- Region
- Americas
- Form of government
- Presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Javier Milei
- Head of government
- Javier Milei
- Independence
- July 9, 1816
- Women in parliament
- 41.3% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 45,851,378 2025
- Area
- 2,780,400 km²
- GDP
- $683.1B 2025
- GDP per person
- $14,898 2025
- Life expectancy
- 77.5 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Guarani, Spanish
- Currency
- Argentine Peso (ARS)
- Time zones
- UTC−3
- Calling code
- +54
- Emergency numbers
- 100, 101, 117, 911
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, I
- Mains voltage
- 220 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 4,989
- Neighbours
- Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay
- Agricultural land
- 29.5% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Aconcagua, 6,962 m
- Lowest point
- Laguna del Carbón, -105 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 595
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 18
- Warmest month in the capital
- January, 25°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- July, 11°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 591 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 16.5 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.3% 2025
- Living in cities
- 92.4% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +2.9K 2025
- Born in another country
- 4.3% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 21% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 66.4% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 12.6% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 80 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 75 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.5 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 11.1 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 7.7 2024
Society
- Religions
- Catholic 62.9%, no religion 18.9%, Protestant 15.3%, other Christian 1.4%, and other 1.2% (2019)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 56.9 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 40.3 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 58 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 53.9 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 65.9 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $32,587 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +4.4% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Upper-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $14,650 2025
- Inflation
- +220% 2024
- Price level, USA = 100
- 46 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 5.5% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 22.9% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 56.2% 2025
- Unemployment
- 7.2% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 19.2% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 52.5% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 15.6% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 14.8% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -1.1% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +0.6% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 0.1% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 10.4% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 42.4 2024
- Living on under $3 a day
- 1% 2024
Education
- Adult literacy
- 99.1% 2020
- Primary school enrolment
- 103% 2023
- Secondary school enrolment
- 106% 2023
- Higher education enrolment
- 108% 2023
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 5% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 10.3% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $1,457 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 24.5% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 5.1 2023
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 4.8 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 3.4 2022
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 82% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 8 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 9.5 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 33 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.4% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 14% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 68.4% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 23.5% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 99% 2016
- Access to basic sanitation
- 94.8% 2016
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 100% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 4.5 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 14.1 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 7.9 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 68.5 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes, volcanoes, and floods
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 14.4 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 4 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 8.2 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 17.1% 2024
- Protected areas
- 9.7% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 6,431 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 10.5% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 89.7% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 140 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 26.1 2024
- Internet domain
- .ar
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 98.4% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 2,835 2025
- Renewable share of energy use
- 9.2% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 25.5% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 55.3% 2025
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 21,057,811 2023
- Airports
- 764 2025
- Railways, km
- 17,866 2018
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.6% 2023
- Researchers per million people
- 1,313 2023
- Scientific articles per year
- 8,589 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 445 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 3.9% 2024