| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $435.5 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
8.7% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $11,200 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 11.1%
industry: 34.8%
services: 54.1% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
51.7% (May 2003) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
13.4% (2003) |
| Labor Force : |
14.92 million (2003) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $26.62 billion
expenditures: $26 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
food processing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, textiles, chemicals and petrochemicals, printing, metallurgy, steel |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
16.2% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
97.17 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 52.2%
hydro: 40.8%
nuclear: 6.7%
other: 0.2% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
92.12 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
5.662 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
7.417 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
sunflower seeds, lemons, soybeans, grapes, corn, tobacco, peanuts, tea, wheat; livestock |
| Exports : |
$29.57 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
edible oils, fuels and energy, cereals, feed, motor vehicles |
| Exports - Partners : |
Brazil 19.1%, Chile 10.7%, US 9.7%, China 7.7%, Spain 4.6% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$13.27 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal manufactures, plastics |
| Imports - Partners : |
Brazil 24.5%, US 21.5%, Germany 6.8%, Italy 4.3%, Spain 4.2% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$145.6 billion (2003 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$10 billion (2001 est.) |
| Currency : |
Argentine peso (ARS) |
| Currency Code : |
ARS |
| Exchange Rates : |
Argentine pesos per US dollar - 2.9003 (2003), 3.0633 (2002), 0.9995 (2001), 0.9995 (2000), 0.9995 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
