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Argentina
Last update: 2025-08-07
Geographical location
Economy and finance
Currency
Argentinian Peso (ARS)
Average monthly income (USD, gross)
$200.8 (2021)
Inflation rate
25.7% (2017)
Unemployment rate
6.18% (2023)
Below the poverty line
39.2% (2022)
Gini coefficient
40.7 (2022)
Tobacco consumption
Total tobacco consumption
24.5%
Smoking men
29.4%
Smoking women
19.6%
Current as of
2020
Area (sq. km)
Total area
2780400
Land area
2736690
Water area
43710
Popular payment systems
- Mastercard
- PayPal
- Visa
Age-sex pyramid
Phone operating systems
Android
87.81%
iOS
11.97%
Current as of
2025
Internet and telecommunications
Telephone code
+54
Internet domain
.ar
Number of mobile phones (per 100 inhabitants)
132 (2022)
Internet user penetration
87% (2021)
Fixed internet penetration
21% (2020)
General information
Сontinent
South America
Region
Latin America
Time zone
UTC−3
Tier
Tier-2
ISO code
AR
Capital
Buenos Aires
Official language
Spanish
Average consumer spendings
Food products
23.1%
Alcohol and tobacco
1.9%
Current as of
2022
Alcohol consumption per capita (liters per year)
Total quantity
7.95 (2019)
Beer
3.62 (2019)
Wine
2.88 (2018)
Spirits
0.72 (2019)
Other alcohol
0.72 (2019)
Population and society
Population size
46994384
Male population
23274794
Female population
23719590
Population growth rate
0.79%
Birth rate (per 1,000 people)
15.2
Death rate (per 1,000 people)
7.3
Urbanization
92.5%
Current as of
2024
Credit ratings
Fitch
CCC
Moody's
Ca
Standard & Poors
CCC+
Current as of
2020
Age structure
0-14 years
23.3%
15-64 years
63.9%
65+ years
12.8%
Current as of
2024
Religion
Main religion
Catholicism
Non-religious
18.9%
Not specified
0.3%
Current as of
2019
Last update: 2025-08-07