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