Total population (million), 2004

38.4

Population growth (annual %), 2004

1.0

Population density (people per km²), 2004

14.0

Rural population (million), 2003

13.4

Rural population density (people per km²), 2003

13.4

Rural population (% of total population), 2004

9.7

Crude birth rate (per 1,000 people), 2004

17.8

Crude death rate (per 1,000 people), 2004

7.7

Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 2004

16.2

Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 children), 2004

18.2

Life expectancy at birth, total (years), 2004

74.6

Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population aged 15-49), 2003

0.7

Total labour force (million), 2004

17.9

Female labour force (% of total labour force), 2004

42.4

Number of rural poor (million, approximate)

..

Rural population below the poverty line (%)

..

Population living below $1 a day (%), 2003

7.0

Population living below $2 a day (%), 2003

23.0

Population living below the national poverty line (%)

..

Income share held by lowest 20%, 2003

3.2

School enrolment, primary (% gross), 2002

117.8

Adult literacy rate, total (% of people ages 15 and above), 2004

97.2

Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age (% of children under 5), 1996

5.4

Malnutrition prevalence, height for age (% of children under 5), 1996

12.4

Prevalence of undernourishment (% of population), 2003

2.5

Per caput dietary energy supply (kcal/day), 2001-20031/

2,980.0

Health expenditure, total (% of GDP), 2003

8.9

Physicians (per 1,000 people), 1998

3.0

Improved water source, rural (% of rural population with access)

..

Improved sanitation facilities, rural (% of rural population with access)

..

Agricultural labour force ( % of total labour force), 20041/

9.0

Food imports (% of merchandise imports), 2004

2.3

Fertilizer consumption (hundreds of grams per ha of arable land), 2002

265.4

Food production index (1999-2001=100), 2004

102.0

Crop production index (1999-2001=100), 2004

105.6

Cereal yield (kg per ha), 2005

4,016.7

Major exports (% share in agriculture), 20041/

Cake of soybeans

22.7

Oil of soybeans

14.7

Soybeans

11.0

Major imports (% share in agriculture), 20041/

Soybeans

16.8

Crude organic materials NES

10.8

Bananas

6.1

Land area (thousand of km²), 2004

2,736.7

Arable land (% of land area), 2003

10.2

Forest area (% of land area), 2005

12.1

Irrigated land (% of cropland), 2003

5.4

Local currency

Exchange rate: US$1.00=ARS, 2005

2.9

GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$), 2004

3,580.0

GDP (current, US$ million), 2004

153,014.5

GDP per capita growth (annual %), 2004

7.9

Inflation, consumer prices (annual %), 2004

4.4

Sectoral distribution, value added (% of GDP), 2004

agriculture

10.4

industry

35.6

manufacturing

24.1

services

54.0

Consumption

General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP), 2004

11.1

Household final consumption expenditure, etc. (% of GDP), 2004

62.6

Gross domestic savings (% of GDP), 2004

26.3

Merchandise exports (current US$ million), 2004

34,452.6

Merchandise imports (current US$ million), 2004

22,320.0

Balance of merchandise trade (current US$ million), 2004

12,132.6

Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$ million), 2004

3,733.1

Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP), 2004

18.1

Expense (% of GDP), 2004

18.3

Total external debt (DOD, current US$ million), 2004

169,247.3

Present value of debt (% of GNI), 2004

159.4

Total debt service (% of exports of goods and services), 2004

28.5

Offical development assistance and official aid (current US$ million), 2004

91.2

Lending interest rate (%), 2004

6.8

Deposit interest rate (%), 2004

2.6

Mobile phones (per 1,000 people), 2004

352.1

Fixed line and mobile telephone subscribers (per 1,000 people), 2004

578.9

Telephone average cost of local call (US$ per three minutes), 1998

2.8

Personal computers (per 1,000 people), 2004

96.4

Internet users (per 1,000 people), 2004

133.4