GDP per capita (€) and annual growth (%)
in Argentina and the EU-28
Argentina total unemployment and
female labour market participation
Public finances, monetary and financial data
FDI and remittances
to Argentina and the EU-28
Argentina business environment and socio-economic indicators
The Ease of Doing Business’s ‘distance to frontier’ score assesses the overall level of regulatory performance of a country. It ranges from 0=’lowest performance’ to 100=’the frontier’, the best performance observed worldwide each year.
The Human Development Index (HDI) measures the average achievement in key dimensions of hu-man development. It is based on life expectancy at birth, average duration of education and GDP per capita. It ranges from 0 to 100. ‘High human development countries’ (UN) are in the range between 70 and 80.
The Corruption Perception Index measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption worldwide. Scores range from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). In 2015, two thirds of the countries scored below 50.
The GINI Index measures the deviation of the distribution of income among individuals or households within a country from a perfectly equal distribution. It is hence a measure of inequality in income distri-bution. A value of 0 represents absolute equality, a value of 100 absolute inequality.
Score
Rank
121/189
107/168
104/142
Ease of Doing Business
Human Development Index*
Corruption Perception Index
GINI Index*
0 100 Worst Best Best Worst 0 100 0 100 0 100 40/188-5%
0%
5%
10%
0
10
20
30
2000
2005
2010
2015
Thous
ands
€
28.7
12.2
Total unemployment (left axis)
Female labour force participation (right axis)
55%
60%
65%
0%
10%
20%
2000
2005
2010
2015
62.3%
6.8%
Public debt (% of GDP)
Surplus/deficit (% of GDP)
-10%
15%
40%
65%
90%
2010 2015
2010 2015
Argentina
EU-28
Remittances received (% of GDP)
FDI net inflows (% of GDP)
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
2005 2010 2014 2005 2010 2014EU-28
0 10 20 30 0% 10% 20% 30% 2000 2005 2010 2015GDP per capita
(left axis)
EU-28
Argentina
Argentina
EU-28
GDP growth
(right axis)
AG peso/€ exchange rate
Inflation rate AG (%)
10.6%
1.9%
1.2%
43.6 32 83.6 56.810.3
Argentina
€
thousand
Argentina: Economic indicators and trade with EU
EPRS | European Parliamentary Research Service EUI | European University Institute
Authors: Enrique Gomez Ramirez and Giulio Sabbati, Members’ Research Service; Laura Bartolini, GlobalStat | EUI
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At a glance
September 2016
Infographic
EU exports to Argentina (2015)
EU imports of goods from Argentina (2015)
Main trade partners (2015)
EU grants paid to Argentinian beneficiaries (2014)
EU trade with Argentina
Top EU partners (2015)
Goods (2005-2015)
Services (2010-2015)
Preferential loans to Argentina
Trade in goods
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
9
8
Imports
Exports
4
2
Imports
Exports
€ billion
Trade in goods, exports plus imports
EIB Finance contracts signed with Argentina
2009-2011 (€ million)*
76.39
170
0
50
100
150
200
2011 (Industry)
2009 (Industry)
€ million
3.9
2.6
2.2
1.9
1.6
1.2
0.9
0.6
0.5
0.3
0
2
4
6
DE
ES
NL
IT
FR
UK
BE
PL
DK
IE
E
U
i
m
p
o
r…
EU imports from Argentina
EU exports to Argentina
€ billion
6.73
0.29
0.28
0.22
0.16
Development Cooperation Instrument-Geographic
Development Cooperation Instrument-Thematic
Research (Horizon 2020)
Humanitarian Aid (ECHO)
Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR)
€ 7.68
million
€ million
Other products
Raw hides and leather
Cars and trucks
Ores, slag and ash
Oilcake
and other
solid residues
from the extraction
of soya-bean oil
Agri-food
p
38.9% 37.7% 5.4% 4.2% 11.8% 2.1%Other products
Chemicals
Aircraft and
parts thereof
Plastic articles
Organic chemicals
Oil, gas, coal
Optical instruments
electronic equipment
Electrical,
Pharmaceutical
products
Cars and trucks
Boilers and appliances
p
23.1% 9.9% 9.6% 9.1% 5.6% 5.4% 3.9% 3.4% 3.3% 2.9% 23.9%*Due to Argentina’s financial situation, no EIB contracts have been signed with this country since 2011, but after its return to the financial markets, operations are being planned again.
Notes
GlobalStat is a project developed by the European University Institute’s Global Governance Programme (Italy) and the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation (Portugal). Data sources for page 1: GDP figures, inflation and exchange rates are from IMF WEO (April 2016) and Eurostat (2016); Labour market data are from ILO KILM (2015); FDI and remittances data are estimates from World Bank staff based on IMF BoP data (2016); HDI and GINI indexes are from UNDP HDR (2015) and are re-scaled (*) from 0-1 to 0-100 for better comparability; CPI is from Transparency International (2015); Doing Business data are from the World Bank Group - Doing Business Unit (2016).
Data sources for page 2: EU trade with Argentina, Main trade partners (EU), Top EU partners (goods), EU exports to Argentina (%) and EU imports from Argentina (%) are from ComExt, Eurostat; main trade partners (Argentina) are from IMF; EU grants paid to Argentinian beneficiaries (2014) are from European Commission; Preferential loans to Argentina are from European Investment Bank (EIB).
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