This Survey was prepared by Jens Arnold and Alberto Gonzalez Pandiella of the OECD Economics Department and by Paula Cerutti, Angel Melguizo and Sebastián Nieto Parra of the OECD Development Centre, under the supervision of Piritta Sorsa and Federico Bonaglia. Statistical research assistance was provided by Anne Legendre and Hermes Morgavi with general administrative assistance provided by Mercedes Burgos and Raquel Páramo.

The Survey was discussed at a meeting of the Economic and Development Review Committee on 17 May 2017 and at a meeting of the Governing Board of the OECD Development Centre on 16 May 2017. It is published under the responsibility of the Secretary General of the OECD.

  
BASIC STATISTICS OF ARGENTINA, 2016
(Numbers in parentheses refer to the OECD average)*

LAND, PEOPLE AND ELECTORAL CYCLE

Population (million)

43.8

Population density per km2

15.8

(35.4)

 Under 15 (%)

25.1

(18.0)

Life expectancy (years)

76.9

(81.0)

 Over 65 (%)

11.1

(16.5)

 Men

73.2

(78.4)

 Women

78.1

(80.6)

Latest 5-year average growth (%)

1.0

(0.6)

Latest general election

November 2015

ECONOMY

Gross domestic product (GDP)

Value added shares (%)

 In current prices (billion USD)

545.7

 Primary sector

12.6

(2.5)

 In current prices (billion ARS)

8 050.2

 Industry including construction

25.6

(26.6)

 Latest 5-year average real growth (%)

-0.2

(1.8)

 Services

61.8

(70.9)

 Per capita (000 USD PPP)

20.0

(42.1)

GENERAL GOVERNMENT

Per cent of GDP

Expenditurea

39.5

(40.9)

Gross financial debta

52.0

(112.1)

Revenuea

33.7

(38.0)

Net financial debta, b

25.0

(72.8)

EXTERNAL ACCOUNTS

Exchange rate (ARS per USD)

14.751

Main exports (% of total merchandise exports)

PPP exchange rate (USA = 1)

9.194

 Food and live animals

41.5

In per cent of GDP

 Machinery and transport equipment

13.5

 Exports of goods and services

12.7

(53.9)

 Crude materials, inedible, except fuels

10.6

 Imports of goods and services

13.4

(49.3)

Main imports (% of total merchandise imports)

 Current account balance

-2.8

(0.3)

 Machinery and transport equipment

44.7

 Net international investment position (2014)

8.3

 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.

18.9

 Manufactured goods

12.1

LABOUR MARKET, SKILLS AND INNOVATION

Employment rate for 15-64 year-olds (%)

61.7

(67.0)

Unemployment rate, Labour Force Survey (age +14 and over) (%)

7.6

(6.3)

 Men

72.8

(74.7)

 Youth (age 15-24, %)

23.9

(13.0)

 Women

51.4

(59.3)

Participation rate for 15-64 year-olds (%)a

67.6

(71.3)

Tertiary educational attainment 25-34 year-olds (%, 2015)

18.2

(40.7)

Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP, 2014)

0.6

(2.4)

ENVIRONMENT

Total primary energy supply per capita (toe, 2014)c

2.0

(4.1)

CO2 emissions from fuel combustion per capita (tonnes, 2014)

4.5

(9.3)

 Renewables (%, 2014)

8.7

(9.6)

Exposure to air pollution (more than 10 μg/m3 of PM2.5, % of population, 2015)

44.2

(75.2)

SOCIETY

Income inequality (Gini coefficient)c, d

0.36

(0.31)

Education outcomes (PISA score, 2012e)

Relative poverty rate (%)c

16.6

(11.1)

 Reading

396

(496)

 Mathematics

388

(494)

Public and private spending (% of GDP)

 Science

406

(501)

 Health care (2014)

4.8

(9.0)

Share of women in parliament (%)

38.9

(28.7)

 Pensions (Publicc)

8.1

(9.1)

 Education (primary, secondary, post sec. non tertiary, 2013)

4.4

(3.7)

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← * Where the OECD aggregate is not provided in the source database, a simple OECD average of latest available data is calculated where data exist for at least 29 member countries.

← a. 2015 data for the OECD.

← b. Excludes public debt held by public sector entities including the Central Bank and the Social Security Administration ANSES.

← c. 2013 data for the OECD.

← d. For Argentina, based on household data for the thrid quarter of 2016, using the new OECD income definition.

← e. For PISA 2015, only results on capital city of Buenos Aires.

Source: Calculations based on databases of the following organisations: OECD, International Energy Agency, World Bank, International Monetary Fund and Inter-Parliamentary Union.