Economy of Argentina
Economy of Argentina
Currency
Argentine Peso (ARS)
Fiscal year
Calendar year
Trade
organisations
WTO, Mercosur, Unasur
Statistics
GDP
$572.9 billion (2008) (23rd)
[1]
GDP growth
7.0% (2008)
GDP per capita $14,413 (2008) (58th)
GDP by sector
Agriculture, 9.8%; mining,
3.8%; manufacturing, 21.5%;
construction, 5.9%;
commerce and tourism,
14.5%; transport,
communications and
utilities, 9.8%; finance, real
estate and business services,
16.1%; government, social
services and other, 18.6%.
(2008)[2]
Inflation (CPI)
6.3% (3/2009)
Implicit GDP prices: 18% (IV
2008)[2]
Private estimate: 8.5% (4/
2009)[3]
Population
below poverty
line
15.3% (2008)[4]
Gini index
0.483 (2006)
Labour force
17 million (2007) categories:
private-sector employees,
49%; employers and the self-
employed, 27%; public-
sector employees, 21%;
unpaid family workers,
3%.[5]
Labour force
by occupation
Agricultural, 7.3%;
manufacturing, 13.1%;
construction, 7.6%;
commerce and tourism,
21.4%; transport,
communications and
utilities, 7.8%; financial, real
estate and business services,
9.4%; public administration
and defense, 6.3%; social
services and other, 27.1%.
(2006)[5]
Unemployment 7.3% (December 2008)[6]
Main
industries
Food processing, motor
vehicles (597,000 in 2008),
consumer durables, textiles,
chemicals and
petrochemicals, printing,
metallurgy, steel.
External
Exports
US$70.6 billion (2008)
Export goods
Soybeans and byproducts,
23.4%; cereals (mostly maize
and wheat), 9.7%; motor
vehicles and parts, 9.3%;
refined fuels, 6.5%;
chemicals, 6.2%; aluminum
and steel, 4.9%; natural gas
and petroleum, 4.4%; other
industrial products, 11.1%;
all other (mostly processed
agricultural products),
24.5%. (2008)[7]
Main export
partners
Brazil, 18.8%; China, 9.6%;
United States, 7.8%; Chile,
7.5%; Spain, 3.7%. (2007)
Imports
US$57.4 billion (2008)
Import goods
Industrial and computing
machinery and parts, 39.4%;
industrial supplies, 35.2%;
automobiles and other
consumer durables, 12.8%;
refined fuels and lubricants,
7.5%; all other (mostly