The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency
59.8% (2010 est.)
Labor force:
16.62 million country comparison to the world: 36 note: urban areas only (2010 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 5%
industry: 23%
services: 72% (2009 est.)
Unemployment rate:
7.9% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 84 8.7% (2009 est.)
note: based on official data, which may understate unemployment
Population below poverty line:
30% (January-June 2010)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 1.2%
highest 10%: 32.6% (2009)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
45.7 (2009) country comparison to the world: 38
Investment (gross fixed):
22% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 67
Public debt:
50.3% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 51 48.6% of GDP (2009 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
22% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 222 16% (2009 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
NA%
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
15.66% (31 December 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 22 19.47% (31 December 2008 est.)
Stock of narrow money:
$41.66 billion (31 December 2010 est) country comparison to the world: 46 $35.33 billion (31 December 2009 est)
Stock of broad money:
$112.9 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 49 $85.18 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of domestic credit:
$113.9 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 47 $84.92 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$48.93 billion (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 48 $52.31 billion (31 December 2008)
$86.68 billion (31 December 2007)
Agriculture - products:
sunflower seeds, lemons, soybeans, grapes, corn, tobacco, peanuts, tea, wheat; livestock
Industries:
food processing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, textiles, chemicals and petrochemicals, printing, metallurgy, steel
Industrial production growth rate:
6.7% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 45
Electricity - production:
109.5 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 30
Electricity - consumption:
99.21 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 31
Electricity - exports:
2.628 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - imports:
10.28 billion kWh (2007 est.)
Oil - production:
796,300 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 26
Oil - consumption:
622,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 26
Oil - exports:
314,400 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 38
Oil - imports:
52,290 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 84
Oil - proved reserves:
2.386 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 34
Natural gas - production:
41.36 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 20
Natural gas - consumption:
43.14 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 19
Natural gas - exports:
890 million cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 37
Natural gas - imports:
2.66 billion cu m (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 43
Natural gas - proved reserves:
398.4 billion cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 34
Current account balance:
$6.976 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 29 $11.29 billion (2009 est.)
Exports:
$68.01 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 42 $55.67 billion (2009 est.)
Exports - commodities:
soybeans and derivatives, petroleum and gas, vehicles, corn, wheat
Exports - partners:
Brazil 18.78%, China 9.26%, Chile 7.11%, US 6.38% (2009)
Imports:
$52.61 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 48 $37.14 billion (2009 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery, motor vehicles, petroleum and natural gas, organic chemicals, plastics
Imports - partners:
Brazil 31.12%, US 13.69%, China 10.26%, Germany 4.69% (2009)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$53.61 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 20 $48.03 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Debt - external:
$128.6 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 32 $118.4 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
$86.8 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 36 $80.1 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
$30.16 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 38 $29.46 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Exchange rates:
Argentine pesos (ARS) per US dollar - 3.8983 (2010), 3.7101 (2009), 3.1636 (2008), 3.1105 (2007), 3.0543 (2006)
Communications ::Argentina
Telephones - main lines in use:
9.764 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 22
Telephones - mobile cellular:
51.891 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 22
Telephone system:
general assessment: the "Telecommunications Liberalization Plan of 1998" opened the telecommunications market to competition and foreign investment encouraging the growth of modern telecommunications technology; fiber-optic cable trunk lines are being installed