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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 123rd of 126.
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.
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 %123 of 126
- 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
- GDP growth4.37 %33 of 127
- Government debt80.10 %92 of 125
- Unemployment rate7.14 %88 of 124
- Debt per person$11,93378 of 124
- Savings vs inflation1.31 %29 of 70
- Average monthly salary$1,523 PPP/mo55 of 93
- Minimum wage$568 PPP/mo53 of 90
- Retirement age (men)65 years21 of 49
- GDP per capita$14,89859 of 127
- Median salary$1,210 PPP/mo43 of 79
- 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
Chile
avg gap 18.3 pp · 16 shared fields
Most separates them: retirement age (women) — 60 years (Argentina) vs 65 years
Colombia
avg gap 18.7 pp · 18 shared fields
Most separates them: retirement age (men) — 65 years (Argentina) vs 62 years
Dominican Republic
avg gap 21.1 pp · 16 shared fields
Most separates them: GDP growth — 4.37 % (Argentina) vs 2.12 %
| Government debt | 80.10 % | ranked 92nd of 125 | |
| Unemployment rate | 7.14 % | ranked 88th of 124 | |
| Debt per person | $11,933 | ranked 78th of 124 | |
| Savings vs inflation | 1.31 % | ranked 29th of 70 | |
| Average monthly salary | $1,523 PPP/mo | ranked 55th of 93 | |
| Minimum wage | $568 PPP/mo | ranked 53rd of 90 | |
| Retirement age (men) | 65 years | ranked 21st of 49 | |
| GDP per capita | $14,898 | ranked 59th of 127 | |
| Median salary | $1,210 PPP/mo | ranked 43rd of 79 | |
| 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
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 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
- Savings vs inflation — 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
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Retirement age (men) — OECD Pensions at a Glance — current normal retirement age (DF_DPS, CRPLF22) · 2024
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Median salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2025
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
What changed
| 13 Oct 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 11963 → 11933 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 80.3 → 80.1 |