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Argentina
Argentina's deposit rate is 34.86 %, the 2nd highest of 70. And its inflation rate is 33.55 %, ranked 120th of 123.
Of 18 fields published for Argentina, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
46 % of US prices
Average monthly salary
$1,523 PPP/mo
The average employee in Argentina earns about $1,523 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Average monthly salary
$1,523 PPP/mo
The average employee in Argentina earns about $1,523 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Minimum wage
$568 PPP/mo
The law in Argentina sets the floor at about $568 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
1.31 %
A bank account in Argentina currently gains about 1.3 pp of purchasing power a year.
Deposit rate
34.86 %
Inflation rate
33.55 %
At 33.5 % a year, prices double in about 2 years if it holds.
Lending rate
46.02 %
the 3rd highest of 67
Corporate tax
35.00 %
ranked 93rd of 96
Bank spread
11.16 %
ranked 56th of 62
Public holidays
16 days
ranked 12th of 104
Retirement age (women)
60 years
ranked 7th of 49
Where Argentina sits, field by field
Each dot is Argentina’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Deposit rate34.86 %2 of 70
- Inflation rate33.55 %120 of 123
- Lending rate46.02 %65 of 67
- Corporate tax35.00 %93 of 96
- Bank spread11.16 %56 of 62
- Public holidays16 days12 of 104
- Retirement age (women)60 years7 of 49
- Government debt80.30 %93 of 124
- GDP growth4.37 %33 of 127
- Unemployment rate7.14 %88 of 124
- Debt per person$11,96385 of 123
- Average monthly salary$1,523 PPP/mo56 of 92
- Savings vs inflation1.31 %29 of 69
- Retirement age (men)65 years21 of 49
- Minimum wage$568 PPP/mo48 of 85
- Median salary$1,210 PPP/mo43 of 78
- GDP per capita$14,89859 of 127
- Price level46 % of US prices66 of 125
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Brazil
avg gap 11.3 pp · 18 shared fields
Most separates them: public holidays — 16 days (Argentina) vs 12 days
Colombia
avg gap 18.7 pp · 18 shared fields
Most separates them: retirement age (men) — 65 years (Argentina) vs 62 years
Turkey
avg gap 20.3 pp · 15 shared fields
Most separates them: government debt — 80.30 % (Argentina) vs 23.50 %
Chile
avg gap 20.4 pp · 16 shared fields
Most separates them: retirement age (women) — 60 years (Argentina) vs 65 years
| GDP growth | 4.37 % | ranked 33rd of 127 | |
| Unemployment rate | 7.14 % | ranked 88th of 124 | |
| Debt per person | $11,963 | ranked 85th of 123 | |
| Average monthly salary | $1,523 PPP/mo | ranked 56th of 92 | |
| Savings vs inflation | 1.31 % | ranked 29th of 69 | |
| Retirement age (men) | 65 years | ranked 21st of 49 | |
| Minimum wage | $568 PPP/mo | ranked 48th of 85 | |
| Median salary | $1,210 PPP/mo | ranked 43rd of 78 | |
| GDP per capita | $14,898 | ranked 59th of 127 | |
| Price level | 46 % of US prices | ranked 66th of 125 |
✓ 18 fields published for Argentina, every one dated and sourced · 17 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Argentina: mortgage rate, real policy rate, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, average salary, median income, vat, top income tax, currency, money's value.
Sources for all 18 figures
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Inflation rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2026-M06
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Corporate tax — OECD Corporate Tax Statistics · 2026
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
- Retirement age (women) — OECD Pensions at a Glance — current normal retirement age (DF_DPS, CRPLF22) · 2024
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Average monthly salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2025
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Retirement age (men) — OECD Pensions at a Glance — current normal retirement age (DF_DPS, CRPLF22) · 2024
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Median salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2025
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025