Development Ledger · Latin America
Argentina
HDI rank 47 of 193Upper-middle incomeGDI group 1
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Human Development Index (2023)
0.865
+0.132 since 1990
Inequality-adjusted HDI
0.761
12.0% lost to inequality
Life expectancy
77.4 yrs
Expected schooling 18.8 yrs
GNI per person (2021 PPP $)
$25,876
Mean schooling 11.2 yrs
HDI over Time
Argentina against its closest income-group peers, 1990–2023.
The Three Dimensions
Each scaled 0 to 1 against UNDP goalposts. The HDI is their geometric mean, so a weak dimension pulls it down more than an average would.
Health0.883
Education0.873
Income0.839
World Bank Human Capital Index (2020): 0.60. A child born today will be 60% as productive as with full health and education.
Peers
Argentina against economies in the same World Bank income group, same region first.
Years Behind
How many years ago the benchmark reached the level this country is at today.