Thought for the day

Argentina’s GDP has Fallen Significantly
Over the Last Decade

Performance hit by frequent recessions


 
8 May 2024
 
Argentina's GDP Growth
Index: 1998=100
Argentina’s GDP has Fallen Significantly - Over the Last Decade
* GDP in Purchasing Power Parity terms with added estimates for the size of the informal economy and adjustments for out-of-date GDP base year data.

Very few major countries have seen a significant fall in GDP over the last decade. Argentina has not only recently experienced a decadal real fall in GDP, but over the past quarter-century has significantly underperformed the rest of South America, and fallen far behind the Emerging Market growth average.

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