Argentina's broad money (current LCU) was 222.73 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 13,408% from 1.65 trillion in 2015 (63.33% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 222.73 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 9.39 trillion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 1.65 trillion | 2015 |
| Highest | 222.73 trillion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 0.03 | 1961 |
| Average since 2016 | 51.12 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 0.03 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Argentina's broad money (current LCU) rose 44.9% on 2024 (from 153.77 trillion to 222.73 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +34.1% and a typical year strayed about 35.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2,235.2% in 1989 and the biggest yearly fall was 19.4% in 2001. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 20.78 trillion a year. A straight line explains 67% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Argentina had the 8th highest value of the 85 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Argentina in the 2025 ranking
- Uzbekistan — 4th of 85: 378.58 trillion
- Cambodia — 5th of 85: 256.78 trillion
- Chile — 6th of 85: 235.98 trillion
- Nigeria — 8th of 85: 126.82 trillion
- Kazakhstan — 9th of 85: 52.75 trillion
- Uganda — 10th of 85: 50.81 trillion
What this measures
Broad money is the sum of all liquid financial instruments held by money-holding sectors that are widely accepted in an economy as a medium of exchange, plus those that can be converted into a medium of exchange at short notice at, or close to, their full nominal value. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 66 values
| Year | Broad money (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 222,734,864,153,599 |
| 2024 | 153,766,355,470,301 |
| 2023 | 68,924,197,828,065 |
| 2022 | 26,658,073,798,160 |
| 2021 | 14,203,565,491,000 |
| 2020 | 9,388,817,978,000 |
| 2019 | 5,644,655,829,000 |
| 2018 | 4,484,008,469,000 |
| 2017 | 3,037,661,976,000 |
| 2016 | 2,334,518,369,000 |
Broad money (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 4.81 billion (2025)
- Aruba — 5.59 billion (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 9.56 billion (2022)
- Barbados — 14.09 billion (2023)
- Belize — 5.15 billion (2025)
- Bolivia — 257.74 billion (2025)
- Brazil — 15.11 trillion (2025)
- Chile — 235.98 trillion (2025)
- Colombia — 798.26 trillion (2025)
- Costa Rica — 26.03 trillion (2025)
- Dominica — 1.58 billion (2025)
- Dominican Republic
More financial sector data for Argentina
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 15.83% (2025)
- Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 15.83% (2025)
- Broad money (% of GDP) — 26.28% (2025)
- Broad money to total reserves ratio — 4.38 (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) — 23% (2025)
- GDP deflator (base year varies by country) — 114,690 (2025)
- DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$1,241 (2025)
- Claims on central government (annual growth as % of broad money) — 36.7% (2025)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU) — 28.45 trillion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Argentina's broad money (current LCU)?
- 222.73 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 801,204.55 trillion% from 0.03 in 1960 (75.66% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 222.73 trillion in 2025 and the lowest 0.03 in 1961.
- How does Argentina rank?
- 8th highest of 85 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in broad money (current LCU) unusual for Argentina?
- In 2025, Argentina's broad money (current LCU) rose 44.9% on 2024 (from 153.77 trillion to 222.73 trillion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +34.1% and a typical year strayed about 35.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FM.LBL.BMNY.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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