International Rankings of Argentina 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Argentina, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Argentina, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	70	19.50	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	20	8.793 million	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	78	74.29 %	2018
Internet users - total	25	33.203 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	90	17.20	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	22	7.757 million	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	69	124.98	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	27	56.353 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	29	158.600 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	29	120.600 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	83	6.00 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	166	3.997 billion US Dollars	2019
Debt - external	34	278.524 billion US Dollars	2019
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	73	58	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	98	59	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	88	80	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	92	67	2020
Exports	54	82.985 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	29	447.467 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	168	11.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	62	18.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	86	65.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	9	13.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	117	14.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	25	3.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	75	10.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	77	28.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	91	61.10 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	43	41 %	2018
Gross national saving	105	16	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	53	31.00 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	33	1.80 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	54	72.162 billion US Dollars	2019
Industrial production growth rate	61	2.70 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	7	25.70 %	2017
Labor force	32	18.000 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	110	5 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	25	29 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	62	66 %	2017
Population below poverty line	49	36 %	2019
Public debt	68	57.60 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	26	991.523 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	133	2.03 %	2019
Real GDP per capita	83	22064 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	38	55.330 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	124	18.90 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	59	9.84 %	2019
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	33	203.700 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	43	36630	2015
Crude oil - imports	68	16740	2015
Crude oil - production	30	489000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	30	2.162 billion	2018
Electricity - consumption	31	121.000 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	84	55.000 million kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	30	69	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	47	24	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	16	4	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	38	3	2017
Electricity - imports	27	9.851 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	28	38.350 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	31	131.900 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	18	49.040 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	49	76.450 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	28	9.826 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	21	40.920 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	35	336.600 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	28	806000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	51	58360 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	50	121400 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	27	669800 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	26	201 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	11	121 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	149	12 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	54	54	2018
Land use - arable land	77	14	2018
Land use - forest	144	11	2018
Land use - other	62	35	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	32	40	2018
Total renewable water resources	16	876.240 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	20	27.930 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	24	4.000 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	17	5.850 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	111	0.97	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	14	92	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	19	17.911 million tons	2014
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	36	1.075 million tons	2010
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	67	6.00 %	2010
Geography
Area - land	10	2.737 million sq km	N/A
Area - total	10	2.780 million sq km	N/A
Area - water	16	43710 sq km	N/A
Coastline	27	4989 km	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	58	595 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	25	23600 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	8	11968 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	54	54	2018
Land use - arable land	77	14	2018
Land use - forest	144	11	2018
Land use - other	62	35	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	32	40	2018
Total renewable water resources	16	876.240 billion	2017
Population Density	197	16.76 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	62	1 % of GDP	2019
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	105	15.19	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	117	39.60	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	103	9.07	N/A
Birth rate	103	15.80 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	4	81.30 %	2013
Current Health Expenditure	17	10 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	91	7.36 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	52	17.70 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	95	5.60 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	74	56.50 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	89	38.10 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	8	99 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	93	1 % of population	2015
Drinking water source - unimproved	62	1 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	24	6 % of GDP	2017
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	34	0.40	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	37	1400	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	30	140000	2020
Hospital bed density	23	5.00 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	132	8.46 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	135	10.57 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	137	9.55 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	52	81 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	64	75 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	62	78 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	86	39.00	2017
Median age - female	75	34 years	2020
Median age - male	74	31 years	N/A
Median age - total	73	32 years	N/A
Net migration rate	76	0.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	28	28.30 %	2016
Physicians density	22	3.99 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	31	45.865 million	2021
Population growth rate	97	0.84 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	17	98 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	91	2 % of population	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	3	19 years	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	5	16 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	4	18 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	19	1.05	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	25	1.00	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	28	0.94	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	38	0.73 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	19	0.98 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	74	2.20 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	47	29	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	37	24	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	40	26	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	111	0.97	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	14	92	2021
Transportation
Airports	6	916	2020
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	12	65	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	14	29	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	14	53	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	23	4	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	13	161	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	25	10	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	9	43	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	3	484	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	4	977	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	11	448	2013
Heliports	24	2	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	46	311.570 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	35	18.082 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	45	107.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	22	6	2020
Railways - total	128	6 km	N/A
Roadways - paved	22	117616 km	2017
Roadways - total	20	281290 km	2017
Waterways	11	11000 km	2012

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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