Argentina vs China
Argentina vs China: Internet users
Internet users: 89.7% in Argentina in 2024 and 91.6% in China in 2025, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in China, by 2.3 percentage points, or 1.03 times that in Argentina.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- China has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Argentina.
- In 2024, Argentina ranked 58 and China ranked 46 of 182 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Argentina | China | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 91.6 | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 89.7 | 92 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 89.2 | 90.6 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 88.4 | 75.6 | 67 |
| 2021 | 87.2 | 73.1 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 85.5 | 70.1 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 80 | 64.1 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 77.7 | 65.4 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 74.3 | 54.3 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 71 | 53.2 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 68 | 50.3 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 64.7 | 47.9 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 59.9 | 45.8 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 55.8 | 42.3 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 51 | 38.3 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 45 | 34.3 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 34 | 28.9 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 28.1 | 22.6 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 26 | 16 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 20.9 | 10.5 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 17.7 | 8.5 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 16 | 7.3 | – |
| 2003 | 11.9 | 6.2 | – |
| 2002 | 10.9 | 4.6 | – |
| 2001 | 9.8 | 2.6 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | 1.8 | – |
| 1999 | 3.3 | 0.7 | – |
| 1998 | 0.8 | 0.2 | – |
| 1997 | 0.3 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Argentina vs China
Health
- Life expectancyArgentina: 77.4 years in 2023China: 78 years in 2023
- Child mortalityArgentina: 1 per 100 live births in 2024China: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityArgentina: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023China: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionArgentina: 3.67% in 2017China: 3.31% in 2017
- Suicide rateArgentina: 10.6 per 100,000 people in 2017China: 7.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationArgentina: 45.5 million people in 2023China: 1.42 billion people in 2023
- Population growthArgentina: 0.35% a year in 2023China: -0.24% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateArgentina: 1.5 births per woman in 2023China: 1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationArgentina: 92.4% in 2025China: 66.3% in 2025
- Median ageArgentina: 32.1 years in 2023China: 39.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overArgentina: 12.2% in 2023China: 14.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateArgentina: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023China: -0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingArgentina: 0.56% of GDP in 2025China: 1.73% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsArgentina: $3.73B in 2025China: $335B in 2025
- Military spending per personArgentina: $85 in 2025China: $237 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingArgentina: 1.8% of government spending in 2025China: 5.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelArgentina: 103,000 people in 2020China: 2.54 million people in 2020
- National powerArgentina: 0.45% of world capability in 2022China: 23.41% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersArgentina: 0.53% of the labour force in 2020China: 0.33% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsArgentina: 108 million TIV in 2025China: 207 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsArgentina: 1 million TIV in 2011China: 880 million TIV in 2025