Argentina vs Mexico
Argentina vs Mexico: Inflation
Inflation in 2025: 41.9% a year in Argentina and 3.8% a year in Mexico, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Argentina, by 38.1 percentage points, or 11 times that in Mexico.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Argentina has been higher since 2005, when it overtook Mexico.
- In 2025, Argentina ranked 6 and Mexico ranked 62 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Argentina at 7.5% a year and Mexico at 3% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Argentina | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41.9 | 3.8 |
| 2024 | 219.9 | 4.7 |
| 2023 | 133.5 | 5.5 |
| 2022 | 72.4 | 7.9 |
| 2021 | 48.4 | 5.7 |
| 2020 | 42 | 3.4 |
| 2019 | 53.6 | 3.6 |
| 2018 | 34.3 | 4.9 |
| 2017 | 25.7 | 6 |
| 2016 | – | 2.8 |
| 2015 | – | 2.7 |
| 2014 | – | 4 |
| 2013 | 10.6 | 3.8 |
| 2012 | 10 | 4.1 |
| 2011 | 9.8 | 3.4 |
| 2010 | 10.5 | 4.2 |
| 2009 | 6.3 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 8.6 | 5.1 |
| 2007 | 8.8 | 4 |
| 2006 | 10.9 | 3.6 |
| 2005 | 9.6 | 4 |
| 2004 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| 2003 | 13.4 | 4.6 |
| 2002 | 25.9 | 5 |
| 2001 | -1.1 | 6.4 |
| 2000 | -0.9 | 9.5 |
| 1999 | -1.2 | 16.6 |
| 1998 | 0.9 | 15.9 |
| 1997 | – | 20.6 |
| 1996 | – | 34.4 |
| 1995 | – | 35.1 |
| 1994 | – | 7 |
| 1993 | – | 9.8 |
| 1992 | – | 15.5 |
| 1991 | – | 22.6 |
| 1990 | – | 26.7 |
| 1989 | – | 19.9 |
| 1988 | – | 113.5 |
| 1987 | – | 132 |
| 1986 | – | 86.5 |
| 1985 | – | 57.8 |
| 1984 | – | 65.4 |
| 1983 | – | 101.8 |
| 1982 | – | 59.1 |
| 1981 | – | 28 |
| 1980 | – | 26.5 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Argentina | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32.5 | 3.8 |
| 2027 | 21.2 | 3.6 |
| 2028 | 14.8 | 3.1 |
| 2029 | 9.6 | 3 |
| 2030 | 7.5 | 3 |
| 2031 | 7.5 | 3 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Argentina vs Mexico
Health
- Life expectancyArgentina: 77.4 years in 2023Mexico: 75.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityArgentina: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Mexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityArgentina: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionArgentina: 3.67% in 2017Mexico: 2.79% in 2017
- Suicide rateArgentina: 10.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Mexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationArgentina: 45.5 million people in 2023Mexico: 130 million people in 2023
- Population growthArgentina: 0.35% a year in 2023Mexico: 0.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateArgentina: 1.5 births per woman in 2023Mexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationArgentina: 92.4% in 2025Mexico: 80% in 2025
- Median ageArgentina: 32.1 years in 2023Mexico: 28.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overArgentina: 12.2% in 2023Mexico: 8% in 2023
- Net migration rateArgentina: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Mexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingArgentina: 0.56% of GDP in 2025Mexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsArgentina: $3.73B in 2025Mexico: $13.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personArgentina: $85 in 2025Mexico: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingArgentina: 1.8% of government spending in 2025Mexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelArgentina: 103,000 people in 2020Mexico: 341,000 people in 2020
- National powerArgentina: 0.45% of world capability in 2022Mexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersArgentina: 0.53% of the labour force in 2020Mexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsArgentina: 108 million TIV in 2025Mexico: 9 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsArgentina: 1 million TIV in 2011Mexico: 1 million TIV in 2019