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GDP:
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purchasing power parity - $435.5 billion (2003 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
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8.7% (2003 est.)
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GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $11,200 (2003 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 11.1%
industry: 34.8%
services: 54.1% (2003 est.)
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Investment (gross fixed):
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15.1% of GDP (2003)
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Population below poverty line:
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51.7% (May 2003)
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: NA
highest 10%: NA
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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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13.4% (2003)
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Labor force:
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14.92 million (2003)
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Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture NA, industry NA, services NA
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Unemployment rate:
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17.3% (2003)
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Budget:
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revenues: $26.62 billion
expenditures: $26 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.)
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Public debt:
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65.7% of GDP (2003 est.)
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Industries:
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food processing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, textiles, chemicals and petrochemicals, printing, metallurgy, steel
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Industrial production growth rate:
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16.2% (2003 est.)
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Electricity - production:
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97.17 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - production by source:
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fossil fuel: 52.2%
hydro: 40.8%
other: 0.2% (2001)
nuclear: 6.7%
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Electricity - consumption:
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92.12 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - exports:
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5.662 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - imports:
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7.417 billion kWh (2001)
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Oil - production:
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828,600 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - consumption:
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486,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - exports:
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NA (2001)
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Oil - imports:
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NA (2001)
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Oil - proved reserves:
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2.927 billion bbl (1 January 2002)
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Natural gas - production:
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37.15 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - consumption:
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31.1 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - exports:
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6.05 billion cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - imports:
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0 cu m (2001 est.)
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Natural gas - proved reserves:
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768 billion cu m (1 January 2002)
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Agriculture - products:
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sunflower seeds, lemons, soybeans, grapes, corn, tobacco, peanuts, tea, wheat; livestock
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Current account balance:
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$7.855 billion (2003)
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Exports:
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$29.57 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Exports - commodities:
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edible oils, fuels and energy, cereals, feed, motor vehicles
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Exports - partners:
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Brazil 19.1%, Chile 10.7%, US 9.7%, China 7.7%, Spain 4.6% (2003 est.)
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Imports:
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$13.27 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Imports - commodities:
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machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal manufactures, plastics
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Imports - partners:
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Brazil 24.5%, US 21.5%, Germany 6.8%, Italy 4.3%, Spain 4.2% (2003 est.)
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Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
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$14.16 billion (2003)
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Debt - external:
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$145.6 billion (2003 est.)
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Economic aid - recipient:
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$10 billion (2001 est.)
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Currency:
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Argentine peso (ARS)
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Currency code:
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ARS
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Exchange rates:
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Argentine pesos per US dollar - 2.9003 (2003), 3.0633 (2002), 0.9995 (2001), 0.9995 (2000), 0.9995 (1999)
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