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CodeARG
Long NameArgentine Republic
Income GroupUpper middle income
RegionLatin America & Caribbean
Lending categoryIBRD
Currency UnitArgentine peso
Latest population census2020 (expected)
Latest household surveyMultiple Indicator Cluster Survey, 2019/20
Special NotesThe World Bank systematically assesses the appropriateness of official exchange rates as conversion factors. In this country, multiple or dual exchange rate activity exists and must be accounted for appropriately in underlying statistics. An alternative estimate (“alternative conversion factor” - PA.NUS.ATLS) is thus calculated as a weighted average of the different exchange rates in use in the country. Doing so better reflects economic reality and leads to more accurate cross-country comparisons and country classifications by income level. For this country, this applies to the period 1971-2018. Alternative conversion factors are used in the Atlas methodology and elsewhere in World Development Indicators as single-year conversion factors.
National accounts base year2004
System of National AccountsCountry uses the 2008 System of National Accounts methodology
SNA price valuationValue added at basic prices (VAB)
PPP survey years2021, 2017
Balance of Payments Manual in useBPM6
External debt Reporting statusActual
System of tradeSpecial trade system
Government Accounting conceptConsolidated central government
IMF data dissemination standardSpecial Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS)
Source of most recent Income and expenditure dataIntegrated household survey (IHS), 2016
Vital registration completeYes
Latest agricultural census2008
Latest industrial data2002
Latest trade data2018
2-alpha codeAR
WB-2 codeAR
Table NameArgentina
Short NameArgentina
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