Indicators of economy in Argentina
The essential economic performance of a country is reflected by the gross domestic product. So the total of all goods and services sold. Worldwide gross domestic product in 2019 was at about 11.429 US Dollar per capita. In contrast, the GDP in Argentina reached 9.912 US dollars per inhabitant, or 445.45 bn US Dollar in the whole country. Argentina is therefore currently ranked 27 of the major economies. If this is calculated per inhabitant taking into account the purchasing power parity, then Argentina is in the list of the world's richest countries in place 65.Inflation in Argentina was in 2019 at around 53.55%. For the the EU, the average of the same was year at 1.63%.
Compared to Germany, the prices for convenience goods are approximately 73.41% lower.
The Corruption Perceptions Index for the public sector counts 42 and is compared to other countries bad.
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Unemployment rates in percent 1991 - 2020
Economic performance 2019
Argentina Total | Argentina per capita | EU Total | EU per capita | |
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GDP | 445.45 bn USD | 9,912.28 USD | 15,626.45 tn USD | 30,381.17 USD |
Gross national product | 500.11 bn USD | 11,128.75 USD | 16,026.52 tn USD | 31,158.99 USD |
Argentina ranked 51st in the Bloomberg Innovation Index in 2021. The index is calculated annually and most recently included 60 countries. The front-runner was South Korea. The two largest listed companies in Argentina are YPF with a market capitalization of 2,553.00 bn dollars and MercadoLibre with 29,128.00 tn dollars. They are the only companies nationwide to be included in the list of "Forbes Global 2000" in 2020. This independent list annually publishes the 2000 largest companies worldwide. YPF was ranked 1360th by Forbes and MercadoLibre was ranked 1658th.
Development of the Gross domestic product in billion US Dollar 1979 - 2019
Im- and Exports 2019
Argentina Total | Argentina per capita | EU Total | EU per capita | |
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Imports | 66.28 bn USD | 1,474.85 USD | 8,073.39 bn USD | 15,696.41 USD |
Exports | 79.29 bn USD | 1,764.40 USD | 8,622.21 bn USD | 16,763.44 USD |
Development of imports and exports in billion US dollars 1979 - 2019
Exports
Imports