Argentina: Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Argentina's final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) rose 3.31 percentage points on 2024 (from 81.6% to 84.91%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.05 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.15 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 9.15 percentage points in 1962 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.94 percentage points in 1961. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 8% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

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 41st highest value of the 132 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

• Ethiopia — 37th of 132: 86.77%
• Puerto Rico (US) — 38th of 132: 86.41%
• Equatorial Guinea — 39th of 132: 85.57%
• South Africa — 41st of 132: 84.72%
• Mali — 42nd of 132: 84.6%
• Georgia — 43rd of 132: 84.54%

What this measures

Final consumption expenditure is expenditure on goods and services by resident institutional units for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. Final consumption expenditure can be measured for households, general government, the central bank and non-profit institutions serving households. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

All 66 values

Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• Aruba — 67.04% (2024)
• Bahamas, The — 77.21% (2024)
• Belize — 80.23% (2024)
• Bolivia — 86.16% (2024)
• Brazil — 82.57% (2025)
• Chile — 71.8% (2025)
• Colombia — 88.68% (2025)
• Costa Rica — 78.01% (2025)
• Cuba — 115.71% (2024)
• Curaçao — 87.71% (2018)
• Dominican Republic

More economic policy & debt data for Argentina

• Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$41 billion (2025)
• Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$32.33 billion (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$580.02 billion (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 719.72 trillion (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$522.52 billion (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 646.27 billion (2025)
• Gross national expenditure deflator (base year varies by country) — 107,789 (2025)
• Gross national expenditure (current US$) — US$690.09 billion (2025)
• Gross national expenditure (current LCU)

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Questions people ask

What is Argentina's final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)?

84.91% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1960?

It is up 5.87 percentage points from 79.04% in 1960. The highest value was 85.28% in 2018 and the lowest 66.02% in 1976.

How does Argentina rank?

41st highest of 132 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) unusual for Argentina?

In 2025, Argentina's final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) rose 3.31 percentage points on 2024 (from 81.6% to 84.91%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.05 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.15 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.CON.TOTL.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) 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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