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

• 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]

Transportation

See also

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

References

1. INDEC XLS
2. United Nations World Population Prospects report PDF
3. Argentina 2012 Index of Economic Freedom
4. Fraser Institute Argentina
5. World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Index 2011-2012 (PDF)
6. UNESCO Institute of Statistics Table IV: America
7. Environmental Performance Index: Argentina
8. New Economics Foundation (2012-06-14). "Happy Planet Index 2012". New Economics Foundation. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
9. 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index
10. Reporters Without Borders Worldwide press freedom index 2011-2012
11. PDF Quality-of-life index
12. PDF Human Development Report Office, United Nations Development Programme
13. Francesca Levy, 07.14.2010 Table: The World's Happiest Countries forbes.com
14. PDF Economist Intelligence Unit e-readiness rankings 2009
15. Barómetro Cisco de Banda Ancha Argentina 2005-2010 (PDF) Cisco Systems