📊 Argentina Countries Intelligence
Argentina's economy is estimated to have grown +3.5% in 2026, with inflation at 30.4% and unemployment at 7.2%. Government debt stands at 70.4% of GDP, and the budget balance is +0.5% of GDP.
Economic Indicators
GDP (nominal)
$688.4bn
2026 est.
GDP Growth
+3.5%
2026 est.
Inflation Rate
30.4%
2026 est.
Interest Rate
N/A
not reported
Jobless Rate
7.2%
2026 est.
Gov. Budget Balance
+0.5%
2026 est.
Debt / GDP
70.4%
2026 est.
Current Account
-0.8%
2026 est.
Population
47.9M
2026 est.
Main Economic Activity
Services 56.2%
2025, % of GDP
Agriculture
5.5%
Manufacturing
13.6%
Services
56.2%
Natural resource rents
2.7%
Source: World Bank Open Data (value added / resource rents, % of GDP). Agriculture, Manufacturing and Services are named sub-categories; Natural resource rents (gold bar) is a separate accounting concept that overlaps with the others rather than adding to 100% of GDP.
Sovereign Credit Ratings
S&P
B−
Fitch
B−
Moody's
B3
Source: Wikipedia — List of countries by credit rating. NR = not rated by that agency.
⚡ 6 Effects Interpreter — Synthesis
🌍World Economy
- ▶Argentina's growth trend feeds modestly into regional trade flows.
- ▶Argentina's external balance stays close to equilibrium.
🏙️Local Economy
- ▶The local jobs market sits close to its long-run average.
- ▶High inflation is squeezing the weekly shop and everyday bills.
🏦Rates & Banks
- ▶Interest-rate data was not available from public sources for this synthesis.
- ▶Public debt levels leave a moderate amount of policy room.
❤️Health
- ▶No unusual macro-driven health strain is implied by the current data.
- ▶Public-health funding is shaped by the government budget balance shown above.
💷Wealth
- ▶High inflation is eroding the real value of savings and pensions.
- ▶A budget surplus reduces the medium-term risk of future tax rises.
🏠Housing
- ▶Mortgage costs track the benchmark interest rate shown above.
- ▶Housing demand broadly tracks the pace of overall economic growth.
Synthesis generated by the News Effects 6 Effects Interpreter's rule-based engine from the real indicators above. Indicators: IMF DataMapper & World Bank Open Data.