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Argentina

Latin America & Caribbean · Upper middle income · IMF WEO April 2026 · World Bank WDI

GDP▲ 6.9%
Current prices2025
681USD bn
GDP per capita▲ 6.0%
Current prices2025
14,355USD
Real GDP growth▲ 5.7 pp
Annual change2025
4.4%
Inflation▼ 178.0 pp
Average consumer prices2025
41.9%
Unemployment▲ 0.3 pp
Rate2025
7.4%
Government debt▼ 4.3 pp
General government, gross2025
80.3% of GDP
Current account▼ 2.0 pp
Balance2025
-1.1% of GDP
Population▲ 0.9%
Total2025
47.47million

Real GDP growth, %

Since 1995 · lighter bars = IMF projection
-10.90.010.41995: -2.8%1996: 5.5%1997: 8.1%1998: 3.9%1999: -3.4%2000: -0.8%2001: -4.4%2002: -10.9%2003: 9.0%2004: 8.9%2005: 8.9%2006: 8.0%2007: 9.0%2008: 4.1%2009: -5.9%2010: 10.1%2011: 6.0%2012: -1.0%2013: 2.4%2014: -2.5%2015: 2.7%2016: -2.1%2017: 2.8%2018: -2.6%2019: -2.0%2020: -9.9%2021: 10.4%2022: 6.0%2023: -1.9%2024: -1.3%2025: 4.4%2026: 3.5% (IMF projection)2027: 4.0% (IMF projection)2028: 3.8% (IMF projection)2029: 3.5% (IMF projection)2030: 3.2% (IMF projection)2031: 3.0% (IMF projection)IMF projection19952000200520102015202020252030

Inflation, %

Average consumer prices · lighter bars = IMF projection
-1.20.02201998: 0.9%1999: -1.2%2000: -0.9%2001: -1.1%2002: 25.9%2003: 13.4%2004: 4.4%2005: 9.6%2006: 10.9%2007: 8.8%2008: 8.6%2009: 6.3%2010: 10.5%2011: 9.8%2012: 10.0%2013: 10.6%2017: 25.7%2018: 34.3%2019: 53.5%2020: 42.0%2021: 48.4%2022: 72.4%2023: 133.5%2024: 219.9%2025: 41.9%2026: 30.4% (IMF projection)2027: 15.7% (IMF projection)2028: 9.6% (IMF projection)2029: 7.5% (IMF projection)2030: 7.5% (IMF projection)2031: 7.5% (IMF projection)IMF projection200020052010202020252030

IMF outlook

IMF World Economic Outlook April 2026 · italics = IMF projection
Indicator2021202220232024202520262027202820292030
Real GDP growth %10.46.0-1.9-1.34.43.54.03.83.53.2
Inflation, average consumer prices %48.472.4133.5219.941.930.415.79.67.57.5
Unemployment rate %8.86.86.17.27.47.26.96.56.56.5
GDP, current prices USD bn486634649637681688704747790833
GDP per capita, current prices USD10,61013,70213,90813,53914,35514,35714,53015,26915,99116,701
GDP per capita, PPP Int. USD26,01529,27129,52329,58731,48433,18734,92536,47138,05239,576
General government gross debt % of GDP81.084.3154.684.780.370.468.163.059.355.4
General government net lending/borrowing % of GDP-4.3-3.8-5.30.5-0.40.50.40.30.81.1
Current account balance % of GDP1.4-0.6-3.20.9-1.1-0.8-0.6-0.6-0.5-0.4
Population million45.8146.2346.6547.0747.4747.9548.4348.9149.4049.90

Government debt, % of GDP

General government gross debt
0.01552000: 41%2001: 48%2002: 147%2003: 125%2004: 118%2005: 80%2006: 71%2007: 62%2008: 54%2009: 55%2010: 43%2011: 39%2012: 40%2013: 43%2014: 45%2015: 53%2016: 53%2017: 57%2018: 85%2019: 90%2020: 104%2021: 81%2022: 84%2023: 155%2024: 85%2025: 80%2026: 70% (IMF projection)2027: 68% (IMF projection)2028: 63% (IMF projection)2029: 59% (IMF projection)2030: 55% (IMF projection)2031: 52% (IMF projection)IMF projection2000200520102015202020252030

Current account, % of GDP

Balance of payments
-5.20.07.72000: -2.9%2001: -1.3%2002: 7.7%2003: 5.6%2004: 1.8%2005: 2.5%2006: 2.8%2007: 2.1%2008: 1.5%2009: 2.2%2010: -0.4%2011: -1.0%2012: -0.4%2013: -2.1%2014: -1.6%2015: -2.7%2016: -2.7%2017: -4.8%2018: -5.2%2019: -0.8%2020: 0.7%2021: 1.4%2022: -0.6%2023: -3.2%2024: 0.9%2025: -1.1%2026: -0.8% (IMF projection)2027: -0.6% (IMF projection)2028: -0.6% (IMF projection)2029: -0.5% (IMF projection)2030: -0.4% (IMF projection)2031: -0.3% (IMF projection)IMF projection2000200520102015202020252030

Economic structure

Value added by sector, % of GDP · World Bank
AgricultureManufacturingOther industryServices
YearStructureAgricultureIndustryManufacturingServices
19955.426.317.262.3
20057.928.618.348.5
20155.223.214.255.8
20255.522.913.656.2

Income, trade and society

World Bank WDI · change over 10 years
IndicatorLatestUnitYear10Y change
GNI per capita, Atlas method14,650USD2025+17.2%
GNI, Atlas method672USD bn2025+23.6%
Exports of goods and services15.6% of GDP2025+4.9 pp
Imports of goods and services14.8% of GDP2025+3.0 pp
Life expectancy at birth77.5years2024+1.7%
Urban population92.4% of total2025+0.9 pp

Sources: IMF World Economic Outlook (April 2026; 2026 onwards are IMF projections) · World Bank World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)