Country information

Argentina

Area

2.780.400 km²

Capital

Buenos Aires

Government

Javier Milei

Population

47,32 millión

Contact

Mélissa Bigdely

Coordinator LAV-Young Professionals / Regional Manager Argentina, Chile, Haiti, Paraguay, Uruguay

m.bigdely@lateinamerikaverein.de

+49 (0) 40 413 43 150

Economic data

Basic data 2023 2024 2025
GDP growth in % -1,6 -3,5 4,4
Export in billion US$ 66,7 60,7 87,1
Import in billion US$ 73,7 79,70 75,8
Key interest rate in % 33 31,78 32
Exchange rate US$/ARS 808,47 1.030,97 1.244,17
Inflation rate in % 142,7 (Oct) 229,82 31,5
HDI (Human Development Index) 0,865 - -

Foreign Trade

Import products: Cars, Soybeans, Motor vehicle (parts and accessories), Refined Petroleum and Petroleum Gas
Import partner: Brazil, China, US, Paraguay, Germany

Export products: Soybean Meal and Pellets, Soybean Oil, Beef, Delivery Trucks, unwrought gold

Export partner: Brazil, China, EU, US, Chile

Notes
Update: 11.08.2026
Sources:  World Bank Open Data, Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Trade and Worship of the Argentine Republic, UN Comtrade Databas, Statista, UNDP, INCED, CEPAL, OEC, Banco Central de la República Argentina (BCRA), Ceicdata, Indec