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Gross debt in Argentina

The government gross debt refers to the total of all sums of money that have to be paid to other countries, communities or institutions. Not included in the gross debt are the demands of a country to foreign ones.

The gross debt in Argentina in the period from 1998 to 2021 was between 102.1 billion and 447.4 billion USD. The hightest level within the past 23 years was reached in 2018. However, the liabilities in 2021 have been only 394 billion USD

Based on the number of inhabitants, this is a debt of 8,608 USD per person. For comparison, the average debt per person in the same year in the European Union was 33,695 USD.


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Gross debt of the last 23 years in billion USD




YearArgentina totalArgentina per capitaEU per capita
1998102.08 bn USD2,831 USD14,079 USD
1999110.34 bn USD3,026 USD14,032 USD
2000116.05 bn USD3,147 USD11,232 USD
2001128.99 bn USD3,460 USD11,255 USD
2002143.85 bn USD3,818 USD12,258 USD
2003159.69 bn USD4,193 USD15,286 USD
2004194.10 bn USD5,042 USD17,595 USD
2005159.55 bn USD4,102 USD18,327 USD
2006164.63 bn USD4,190 USD18,877 USD
2007178.65 bn USD4,502 USD20,898 USD
2008194.57 bn USD4,854 USD24,086 USD
2009184.46 bn USD4,556 USD25,361 USD
2010184.08 bn USD4,513 USD26,496 USD
2011206.42 bn USD5,003 USD29,231 USD
2012220.77 bn USD5,290 USD28,174 USD
2013240.11 bn USD5,689 USD29,981 USD
2014235.25 bn USD5,513 USD30,648 USD
2015312.62 bn USD7,248 USD25,918 USD
2016295.83 bn USD6,787 USD26,261 USD
2017367.05 bn USD8,334 USD27,024 USD
2018447.39 bn USD10,055 USD28,448 USD
2019397.76 bn USD8,851 USD27,168 USD
2020396.30 bn USD8,733 USD30,783 USD
2021394.33 bn USD8,608 USD33,695 USD


Comparison of gross debt per capita with the European Union in U.S. dollars



      Argentina       European Union


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