Latin America & Caribbean · Upper middle income
Argentina: the economy in numbers
Per person: $14,898, or $32,587 at purchasing power parity. Population: 45.9 million (2025).
GDP in 2025, current US dollars: #24 of 204 economies. IMF forecast for 2026: +2.1%.
GDP
Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $173 billion in 1960, $683 billion in 2025.
GDP per capita
In 2025 dollars: $8,479 per person in 1960, $14,898 in 2025.
Real GDP growth
Average over 2016–2025: 0.2% a year. Years of falling GDP since 1961: 26 of 65.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Inflation
Highest annual inflation: 219.9% in 2024. Years with inflation above 100%: 2. The chart cuts the scale at 100%; “Full scale” shows everything.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Government debt, % of GDP
Highest since 1992: 153.4% of GDP in 2023. IMF forecast for 2031: 53.9%.
Stock market capitalization, % of GDP
In 2022 listed domestic companies were worth $52.9 billion, or 8.4% of GDP.
Population
1960: 20.4 million · 2025: 45.9 million.
Unemployment rate
1991: 5.4% · 2025: 7.1%.
Life expectancy at birth
1960: 64.2 years · 2024: 77.5 years.
Exports of goods and services
1960: 7.6% · 2025: 15.6%.
Data by year
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| Year | GDP | GDP per capita | Per capita, PPP | Real growth | Inflation | Gov. debt, % GDP | Population | Unemployment | Stock market, % GDP | Life expectancy | Exports, % GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 3.0%f | 7.5%f | 53.9%f | ||||||||
| 2030 | 3.3%f | 7.5%f | 56.7%f | ||||||||
| 2029 | 3.8%f | 9.6%f | 60.3%f | ||||||||
| 2028 | 4.2%f | 14.8%f | 65.6%f | ||||||||
| 2027 | 3.5%f | 21.2%f | 70.4%f | ||||||||
| 2026 | 2.1%f | 32.5%f | 69.3%f | ||||||||
| 2025 | $683B | $14,898 | $32,587 | 4.4% | 41.9% | 80.1% | 45.9M | 7.1% | 15.6% | ||
| 2024 | $638B | $13,970 | $30,475 | −1.3% | 219.9% | 84.6% | 45.7M | 7.2% | 77.5 | 15.2% | |
| 2023 | $649B | $14,262 | $30,246 | −1.9% | 133.5% | 153.4% | 45.5M | 6.1% | 77.4 | 12.8% | |
| 2022 | $634B | $13,962 | $29,804 | 6.0% | 72.4% | 84.3% | 45.4M | 6.8% | 8.4% | 75.8 | 16.3% |
| 2021 | $487B | $10,738 | $26,300 | 10.4% | 48.4% | 81.0% | 45.3M | 8.7% | 8.6% | 73.9 | 18.1% |
| 2020 | $386B | $8,536 | $22,393 | −9.9% | 42.0% | 103.8% | 45.2M | 11.5% | 8.4% | 75.9 | 16.6% |
| 2019 | $448B | $9,956 | $23,517 | −2.0% | 53.5% | 89.8% | 45M | 9.8% | 8.8% | 76.8 | 17.9% |
| 2018 | $525B | $11,753 | $24,410 | −2.6% | 34.3% | 85.2% | 44.7M | 9.2% | 8.8% | 76.8 | 14.4% |
| 2017 | $644B | $14,533 | $23,385 | 2.8% | 25.7% | 57.0% | 44.3M | 8.3% | 16.9% | 76.5 | 11.3% |
| 2016 | $558B | $12,700 | $20,106 | −2.1% | 53.1% | 43.9M | 8.1% | 11.4% | 76.1 | 12.5% | |
| 2015 | $595B | $13,680 | $19,899 | 2.7% | 52.6% | 43.5M | 7.6% | 9.4% | 76.6 | 10.7% | |
| 2014 | $526B | $12,233 | $19,487 | −2.5% | 44.7% | 43M | 7.3% | 11.4% | 76.3 | 14.4% | |
| 2013 | $552B | $12,964 | $19,929 | 2.4% | 10.6% | 43.5% | 42.6M | 7.1% | 9.6% | 75.8 | 14.6% |
| 2012 | $546B | $12,950 | $19,430 | −1.0% | 10.0% | 40.4% | 42.2M | 7.2% | 6.3% | 75.8 | 16.2% |
| 2011 | $530B | $12,704 | $19,105 | 6.0% | 9.8% | 38.9% | 41.7M | 7.2% | 8.2% | 76.1 | 18.4% |
| 2010 | $424B | $10,260 | $17,848 | 10.1% | 10.5% | 43.5% | 41.3M | 7.7% | 15.1% | 75.7 | 18.9% |
| 2009 | $333B | $8,150 | $16,182 | −5.9% | 6.3% | 55.4% | 40.9M | 8.6% | 13.7% | 75.6 | 19.6% |
| 2008 | $362B | $8,944 | $17,277 | 4.1% | 8.6% | 53.8% | 40.4M | 7.8% | 11.0% | 75.4 | 22.1% |
| 2007 | $288B | $7,185 | $16,455 | 9.0% | 8.8% | 62.1% | 40M | 8.5% | 19.8% | 74.8 | 22.7% |
| 2006 | $233B | $5,869 | $14,844 | 8.0% | 10.9% | 70.8% | 39.6M | 10.1% | 22.0% | 75.3 | 23.0% |
| 2005 | $199B | $5,068 | $13,465 | 8.9% | 9.6% | 80.3% | 39.2M | 11.5% | 23.9% | 75.2 | 23.2% |
| 2004 | $165B | $4,242 | $12,118 | 9.0% | 4.4% | 117.9% | 38.8M | 13.5% | 24.7% | 74.9 | 23.8% |
| 2003 | $128B | $3,320 | $10,933 | 8.8% | 13.4% | 125.2% | 38.4M | 15.4% | 27.4% | 74.3 | 25.9% |
| 2002 | $97.7B | $2,570 | $9,953 | −10.9% | 25.9% | 147.2% | 38M | 19.6% | 17.0% | 74.3 | 28.4% |
| 2001 | $269B | $7,141 | $11,118 | −4.4% | −1.1% | 48.0% | 37.6M | 17.3% | 12.4% | 74.2 | 11.6% |
| 2000 | $284B | $7,637 | $11,500 | −0.8% | −0.9% | 40.8% | 37.2M | 15.0% | 16.1% | 73.9 | 11.0% |
| 1999 | $284B | $7,706 | $11,464 | −3.4% | −1.2% | 38.9% | 36.8M | 14.1% | 19.7% | 73.7 | 9.8% |
| 1998 | $299B | $8,219 | $11,836 | 3.9% | 0.9% | 34.1% | 36.4M | 12.7% | 15.2% | 73.4 | 10.4% |
| 1997 | $293B | $8,147 | $11,403 | 8.1% | 31.7% | 35.9M | 14.8% | 20.2% | 73.4 | 10.6% | |
| 1996 | $272B | $7,663 | $10,496 | 5.5% | 32.6% | 35.5M | 17.1% | 16.4% | 73.1 | 10.4% | |
| 1995 | $258B | $7,358 | $9,891 | −2.8% | 30.7% | 35.1M | 18.8% | 14.6% | 72.9 | 9.7% | |
| 1994 | $257B | $7,438 | $10,103 | 5.8% | 28.4% | 34.6M | 11.8% | 14.3% | 72.7 | 7.5% | |
| 1993 | $237B | $6,932 | $9,472 | 8.2% | 26.9% | 34.2M | 10.1% | 18.6% | 72.3 | 6.9% | |
| 1992 | $229B | $6,790 | $8,668 | 7.9% | 25.0% | 33.7M | 6.4% | 8.1% | 72.1 | 6.6% | |
| 1991 | $190B | $5,709 | $7,961 | 9.1% | 33.2M | 5.4% | 9.8% | 72.0 | 7.7% | ||
| 1990 | $141B | $4,315 | $7,158 | −2.5% | 32.8M | 2.6% | 71.6 | 10.4% | |||
| 1989 | $76.6B | $2,375 | −7.2% | 32.3M | 4.2% | 71.5 | 13.1% | ||||
| 1988 | $127B | $3,993 | −1.1% | 31.8M | 2.0% | 71.1 | 9.5% | ||||
| 1987 | $109B | $3,477 | 2.7% | 31.3M | 1.3% | 70.7 | 7.9% | ||||
| 1986 | $106B | $3,436 | 6.2% | 30.8M | 1.5% | 70.3 | 8.2% | ||||
| 1985 | $88.2B | $2,906 | −5.2% | 30.3M | 2.3% | 69.9 | 11.7% | ||||
| 1984 | $117B | $3,915 | 1.6% | 29.9M | 1.0% | 69.4 | 7.6% | ||||
| 1983 | $104B | $3,538 | 4.3% | 29.4M | 1.3% | 69.3 | 9.2% | ||||
| 1982 | $84.3B | $2,915 | −0.7% | 28.9M | 1.2% | 69.0 | 9.1% | ||||
| 1981 | $78.7B | $2,764 | −5.2% | 28.5M | 1.8% | 68.9 | 6.9% | ||||
| 1980 | $77B | $2,748 | 1.5% | 28M | 5.1% | 68.6 | 5.1% | ||||
| 1979 | $69.3B | $2,512 | 10.2% | 27.6M | 6.2% | 68.4 | 6.5% | ||||
| 1978 | $89B | $3,282 | −4.5% | 27.1M | 2.0% | 68.0 | 8.6% | ||||
| 1977 | $56.8B | $2,126 | 6.9% | 26.7M | 1.5% | 67.6 | 9.6% | ||||
| 1976 | $51.2B | $1,947 | −2.0% | 26.3M | 67.0 | 9.2% | |||||
| 1975 | $52.4B | $2,027 | −0.0% | 25.9M | 67.0 | 5.8% | |||||
| 1974 | $72.4B | $2,845 | 5.5% | 25.5M | 66.4 | 6.9% | |||||
| 1973 | $52.5B | $2,098 | 2.8% | 25M | 66.2 | 7.6% | |||||
| 1972 | $34.7B | $1,409 | 1.6% | 24.6M | 66.0 | 7.2% | |||||
| 1971 | $33.3B | $1,373 | 5.7% | 24.3M | 65.6 | 6.0% | |||||
| 1970 | $31.6B | $1,323 | 3.0% | 23.9M | 65.6 | 5.6% | |||||
| 1969 | $31.3B | $1,330 | 9.7% | 23.5M | 65.1 | 6.4% | |||||
| 1968 | $26.4B | $1,142 | 4.8% | 23.2M | 65.2 | 6.5% | |||||
| 1967 | $24.3B | $1,064 | 3.2% | 22.8M | 65.5 | 7.5% | |||||
| 1966 | $28.6B | $1,275 | −0.7% | 22.5M | 65.4 | 6.7% | |||||
| 1965 | $28.3B | $1,282 | 10.6% | 22.1M | 65.1 | 6.2% | |||||
| 1964 | $25.6B | $1,176 | 10.1% | 21.8M | 64.8 | 5.6% | |||||
| 1963 | $18.3B | $853 | −5.3% | 21.4M | 64.9 | 7.9% | |||||
| 1962 | $18.3B | $870 | −0.9% | 21.1M | 64.6 | 4.7% | |||||
| 1961 | $20.1B | $971 | 5.4% | 20.7M | 64.6 | 6.0% | |||||
| 1960 | $15.9B | $778 | 20.4M | 64.2 | 7.6% |
e: IMF estimate; f: IMF forecast. Inflation: IMF data for 1998–2013, 2017, 2025, World Bank for the other years.
Nearby economies in Latin America & Caribbean
Nearest by distance between capitals, with GDP per capita.
Antigua and Barbuda · Argentina · Aruba · Bahamas · Barbados · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Chile · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Curaçao · Dominica · Dominican Republic · Ecuador · El Salvador · Grenada · Guatemala · Guyana · Haiti · Honduras · Jamaica · Mexico · Nicaragua · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Puerto Rico · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Martin (French part) · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Sint Maarten · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago · Turks and Caicos Islands · U.S. Virgin Islands · Uruguay · Venezuela
Rankings
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Data and methods
- GDP: gross domestic product in current US dollars, converted from the local currency at market exchange rates (World Bank); not adjusted for inflation.
- Purchasing power parity (PPP): GDP per person in international dollars, which buy the same basket of goods and services in every country. It compares living standards across countries in the same year; it is not adjusted for inflation over time.
- In 2025 dollars: the charts can remove US inflation (US consumer price index, annual average) so that dollar amounts from different years compare in today's money. Exchange rate swings still show.
- Growth and inflation: World Bank data (calendar years). Years the World Bank does not cover yet, and the estimates and forecasts, come from the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026): its forecasts start in 2026, and the years after a country's last actual year are IMF estimates.
- Government debt: gross debt of the general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a percentage of GDP, IMF. The World Bank's central government debt is narrower and covers fewer countries.
- Stock market capitalization: the end-of-year value of domestic companies listed on the country's exchanges (World Federation of Exchanges via the World Bank; before 2016, Standard & Poor's), as a percentage of GDP: the “Buffett indicator”. Investment funds are excluded, and so are companies listed only abroad; companies from elsewhere that list on an exchange count for its country (Hong Kong lists many mainland Chinese companies).
- Unemployment: ILO modeled estimates (share of the labor force); comparable across countries, but they may differ from national figures.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)