Argentina vs Spain
Argentina vs Spain: GDP per person
GDP per person in 2025: $13,290 in Argentina and $29,760 in Spain, by World Bank estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Spain, by $16,470, or 2.24 times that in Argentina.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Spain has been higher since 1962, when it overtook Argentina.
- In 2025, Argentina ranked 62 and Spain ranked 33 of 186 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: $12,130 in 2025.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Argentina | Spain | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $13,290 | $29,760 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $12,770 | $29,250 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $12,990 | $28,560 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $13,280 | $28,200 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $12,550 | $26,710 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $11,390 | $25,080 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $12,710 | $28,300 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $13,060 | $27,960 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $13,520 | $27,430 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $13,270 | $26,720 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $13,680 | $25,980 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $13,460 | $24,950 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $13,950 | $24,500 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $13,750 | $24,760 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $14,040 | $25,510 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $13,390 | $25,770 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $12,290 | $25,860 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $13,200 | $27,110 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $12,810 | $27,340 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $11,870 | $26,900 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $11,100 | $26,290 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $10,300 | $25,830 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $9,546 | $25,480 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $8,862 | $25,210 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $10,050 | $24,880 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $10,630 | $24,110 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $10,840 | $23,020 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $11,350 | $22,140 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $11,060 | $21,310 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $10,350 | $20,660 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $9,934 | $20,220 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $10,360 | $19,760 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $9,921 | $19,390 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $9,293 | $19,700 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $8,730 | $19,610 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $8,115 | $19,170 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $8,445 | $18,490 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $9,237 | $17,670 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $9,484 | $16,850 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $9,378 | $16,010 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $8,973 | $15,550 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $9,614 | $15,250 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $9,618 | $15,050 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $9,366 | $14,860 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $9,588 | $14,760 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $10,280 | $14,890 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $10,280 | $14,680 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $9,481 | $14,810 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $10,090 | $14,730 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $9,585 | $14,480 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $9,936 | $14,160 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $10,100 | $14,240 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $9,730 | $13,630 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $9,618 | $12,780 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $9,615 | $11,950 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $9,244 | $11,560 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $9,112 | $11,210 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $8,436 | $10,400 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $8,172 | $9,883 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | $8,041 | $9,589 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | $8,220 | $9,033 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | $7,551 | $8,594 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | $6,968 | $8,242 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | $7,480 | $7,587 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | $7,671 | $6,964 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | $7,397 | $6,285 | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, 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 Spain
Health
- Life expectancyArgentina: 77.4 years in 2023Spain: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityArgentina: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Spain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityArgentina: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Spain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionArgentina: 3.67% in 2017Spain: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateArgentina: 10.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Spain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationArgentina: 45.5 million people in 2023Spain: 47.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthArgentina: 0.35% a year in 2023Spain: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateArgentina: 1.5 births per woman in 2023Spain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationArgentina: 92.4% in 2025Spain: 80.5% in 2025
- Median ageArgentina: 32.1 years in 2023Spain: 44.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overArgentina: 12.2% in 2023Spain: 20.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateArgentina: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Spain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingArgentina: 0.56% of GDP in 2025Spain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsArgentina: $3.73B in 2025Spain: $37.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personArgentina: $85 in 2025Spain: $839 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingArgentina: 1.8% of government spending in 2025Spain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelArgentina: 103,000 people in 2020Spain: 199,000 people in 2020
- National powerArgentina: 0.45% of world capability in 2022Spain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersArgentina: 0.53% of the labour force in 2020Spain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsArgentina: 108 million TIV in 2025Spain: 237 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsArgentina: 1 million TIV in 2011Spain: 341 million TIV in 2025