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Argentina vs Singapore
How Argentina and Singapore compare on 37 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Singapore was higher: 83.7 years against 77.4 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Singapore was higher: $70,680 against $13,290
- Population · In 2023, Argentina was higher: 45.5 million people against 5.79 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Singapore was higher: 3.05% of GDP against 0.56% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Singapore was higher: 9.75 tonnes against 4.01 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyArgentina: 77.4 years in 2023Singapore: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityArgentina: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Singapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityArgentina: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Singapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionArgentina: 3.67% in 2017Singapore: 3.44% in 2017
- Suicide rateArgentina: 10.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Singapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationArgentina: 45.5 million people in 2023Singapore: 5.79 million people in 2023
- Population growthArgentina: 0.35% a year in 2023Singapore: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateArgentina: 1.5 births per woman in 2023Singapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationArgentina: 92.4% in 2025Singapore: 100% in 2025
- Median ageArgentina: 32.1 years in 2023Singapore: 35.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overArgentina: 12.2% in 2023Singapore: 13.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateArgentina: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Singapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingArgentina: 0.56% of GDP in 2025Singapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsArgentina: $3.73B in 2025Singapore: $16.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personArgentina: $85 in 2025Singapore: $2,980 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingArgentina: 1.8% of government spending in 2025Singapore: 18% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelArgentina: 103,000 people in 2020Singapore: 59,000 people in 2020
- National powerArgentina: 0.45% of world capability in 2022Singapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersArgentina: 0.53% of the labour force in 2020Singapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsArgentina: 108 million TIV in 2025Singapore: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsArgentina: 1 million TIV in 2011Singapore: 79 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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