International rankings of Argentina

The following are international rankings of Argentina:

Demographics

• Population ranked 37 in the world ^[1]
• Life expectancy ranked 59 in the world ^[2]

Economy

Soybeans make up about half of Argentina's crop production and a fourth of its exports

• The Wall Street Journal and the Heritage Foundation: 2012 Index of Economic Freedom, ranked 158 out of 179 countries^[3]
• Fraser Institute 2009 Economic Freedom of the World, ranked 119 of 141 countries^[4]
• International Monetary Fund: GDP (nominal) per capita 2010, ranked 61 out of 182 countries
• International Monetary Fund: GDP (nominal) 2010, ranked 27 out of 181 countries
• World Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Index 2011-2012, ranked 85 out of 142 countries^[5]

Education

• Books published per country per year ranked 27 in the world^[6]

Environment

• Environmental Sustainability Index 2005, ranked 9 out of 146 countries
• Yale University and Columbia University: Environmental Performance Index 2010, ranked 70 in the world^[7]
• New Economics Foundation: 2012 Happy Planet Index ranked 17 ^[8]

Geography

• Total land area ranked 8 among all countries

Globalization

• A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine: Globalization Index 2010, ranked 70 out of 181 countries

Politics

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is the President of Argentina

• Transparency International: 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index, ranked 100 out of 182 countries^[9]
• Reporters Without Borders: 2011-2012 Press Freedom Index, ranked 47 out of 179 countries^[10]
• Fund for Peace: 2012 Failed States Index ranked 145 out of 165 (inverted ranking)

Society

• Economist Intelligence Unit: Quality-of-life index 2005, ranked 40 out of 111 countries^[11]
• United Nations: Human Development Index 2011, ranked 45 out of 187 countries^[12]
• University of Leicester 2006 Satisfaction with Life Index, ranked 56 out of 178 countries
• Gallup World Poll 2010, ranked 30 out of 155^[13]

Sports

Technology

The National Atomic Energy Commission, established in 1950, was the world's first outside superpowers US and USSR; by 1957 Argentina had created a research reactor

• Economist Intelligence Unit e-readiness rankings 2009, ranked 45 out of 70 countries^[14]
• Total broadband Internet users ranked 20 in the world^[15]

See also

• Lists of countries
• Lists by country
• List of international rankings

References