Argentina's net foreign assets (current LCU) was 28.45 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 9,637% from 292.15 billion in 2015 (58.07% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 28.45 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 1.67 trillion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 292.15 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 28.45 trillion | 2025 |
| Lowest | -45.08 billion | 2002 |
| Average since 2016 | 6.6 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 0.0022 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Argentina's net foreign assets (current LCU) rose 7.47 trillion on 2024 (from 20.98 trillion to 28.45 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +699.06 billion and a typical year strayed about 3.05 trillion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 16.61 trillion in 2024 and the biggest yearly fall was 290.67 billion in 2019. 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 2.51 trillion a year. A straight line explains 60% 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 11th highest value of the 106 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
- Guinea — 8th of 106: 34.69 trillion
- Kazakhstan — 9th of 106: 33.54 trillion
- Chile — 10th of 106: 29.13 trillion
- Uganda — 12th of 106: 18.21 trillion
- Angola — 13th of 106: 12.83 trillion
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 14th of 106: 12.08 trillion
What this measures
Net foreign assets are the sum of foreign assets held by monetary authorities and deposit money banks, less their foreign liabilities. 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 65 values
| Year | Net foreign assets (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 28,447,128,330,068 |
| 2024 | 20,977,682,706,000 |
| 2023 | 4,371,535,137,425 |
| 2022 | 4,321,823,356,535 |
| 2021 | 1,646,000,049,414 |
| 2020 | 1,670,619,827,844 |
| 2019 | 1,481,296,562,221 |
| 2018 | 1,771,970,206,105 |
| 2017 | 671,722,374,410 |
| 2016 | 602,116,558,146 |
Net foreign assets (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 2.72 billion (2025)
- Aruba — 3.06 billion (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 2.97 billion (2024)
- Barbados — 2.26 billion (2023)
- Belize — 1.64 billion (2025)
- Bolivia — 25.97 billion (2025)
- Brazil — 1.26 trillion (2025)
- Chile — 29.13 trillion (2025)
- Colombia — 241.28 trillion (2025)
- Costa Rica — 8.46 trillion (2025)
- Dominica — 1.05 billion (2025)
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 (current LCU) — 222.74 trillion (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)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Argentina's net foreign assets (current LCU)?
- 28.45 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 1,293,051.29 trillion% from 0.0022 in 1960 (76.96% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 28.45 trillion in 2025 and the lowest -45.08 billion in 2002.
- How does Argentina rank?
- 11th highest of 106 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in net foreign assets (current LCU) unusual for Argentina?
- In 2025, Argentina's net foreign assets (current LCU) rose 7.47 trillion on 2024 (from 20.98 trillion to 28.45 trillion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +699.06 billion and a typical year strayed about 3.05 trillion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FM.AST.NFRG.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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