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Argentina vs Brazil

125 shared metrics.

ArgentinaLeads in 53

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BrazilLeads in 72

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Argentina

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Identity

Formal name: Argentine Republic.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Argentina's beef-centered asado culture makes its high meat-consumption profile feel less surprising.

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Brazil

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Identity

Formal name: Federative Republic of Brazil.

CIA 2026

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Brazil has the world's largest Japanese-descended community outside Japan.

CCIS

Analysis

Brazil leads in 72 of 125 shared metrics, while Argentina leads in 53.

Argentina's Inflation Rate is 49.0x that of Brazil (219.88% vs 4.4%).

Argentina's Nobel Laureates Born per Million People is 16.6x that of Brazil (0.09 per 1M people vs 0.01 per 1M people).

Argentina's Water Stress (%) is 9.8x that of Brazil (12.91% vs 1.2%).

Argentina's Electricity Carbon Intensity is 2.1x that of Brazil (346 gCO2/kWh vs 109.95 gCO2/kWh).

Argentina's Nuclear Electricity Share is 1.9x that of Brazil (6.3% vs 2.2%).

Key Comparisons

Inflation RateArgentina leads

Argentina

219.88%

Brazil

4.4%

Nobel Laureates Born per Million PeopleArgentina leads

Argentina

0.09 per 1M people

Brazil

0.01 per 1M people

Water Stress (%)Argentina leads

Argentina

12.91%

Brazil

1.2%

Electricity Carbon IntensityArgentina leads

Argentina

346 gCO2/kWh

Brazil

109.95 gCO2/kWh

Nuclear Electricity ShareArgentina leads

Argentina

6.3%

Brazil

2.2%

Women in Parliament (%)Argentina leads

Brazil

Argentina

25 m

Brazil

1.2K m

98% lower

Brazil

Argentina

10.32%

Brazil

58.98%

83% lower

Comparison of Argentina and Brazil across 125 metrics
				Winner
Inflation Rate	219.88%	4.4%	4897% higher	Argentina
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.09 per 1M people	0.01 per 1M people	1660% higher	Argentina
Water Stress (%)	12.91%	1.2%	976% higher	Argentina
Electricity Carbon Intensity	346 gCO2/kWh	109.95 gCO2/kWh	215% higher	Argentina
Nuclear Electricity Share	6.3%	2.2%	186% higher	Argentina
Women in Parliament (%)	42.41%	17.54%	142% higher	Argentina
Highest Elevation	7.0K m	3.0K m	133% higher	Argentina
Doctors (per 1,000)	5.1 per 1k	2.4 per 1k	117% higher	Argentina
Tobacco Use Prevalence	23.2% of adults	11.5% of adults	102% higher	Argentina
Capital Elevation	25 m	1.2K m	98% lower	Brazil
Smoking Rate	23.8%	12.2%	95% higher	Argentina
Forest Area	282.5K km²	4.93M km²	94% lower	Brazil
Domestic Patents	406	4.7K	91% lower	Brazil
Scientific Publications	9.1K	67.0K	86% lower	Brazil
Shipping Traffic	1.67M	11.68M	86% lower	Brazil
Armed Forces Personnel	103.0K	762.0K	86% lower	Brazil
Airports	775	5.6K	86% lower	Brazil
Irrigated Land	13.9K km²	91.8K km²	85% lower	Brazil
Foreign Patents	3.3K	19.6K	83% lower	Brazil
Forest Coverage (%)	10.32%	58.98%	83% lower	Brazil
Renewable Energy (%)	9.2%	46.5%	80% lower	Brazil
Electric Generating Capacity	47.63M kW	240.25M kW	80% lower	Brazil
Electricity Generation	147.18 TWh	745.26 TWh	80% lower	Brazil
University Enrollment Rate	107.82%	60.39%	79% higher	Argentina
Population	45.42M	221.36M	79% lower	Brazil
Air Passengers	21.06M	95.40M	78% lower	Brazil
Merchant Fleet Size	201	888	77% lower	Brazil
Homicide Rate	4.5 per 100k	19.28 per 100k	77% lower	Brazil
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	4.0 time zones	75% lower	Brazil
Solar Electricity Share	3.4%	11.81%	72% lower	Brazil
Protected Land (%)	8.8%	30.6%	71% lower	Brazil
GDP (Nominal)	$638,365,455,340.04	$2,185,821,648,943.86	71% lower	Brazil
Renewable Energy (%)	14.8%	49.62%	70% lower	Brazil
Spirits Consumption	0.61 L/person/yr	2.0 L/person/yr	69% lower	Brazil
Land Area	2.74M km²	8.36M km²	67% lower	Brazil
High-Tech Exports (%)	3.9%	11.11%	65% lower	Brazil
CO2 Per Capita	3.7 t/person/yr	2.3 t/person/yr	64% higher	Argentina
Total CO2 Emissions	183.27 Mt CO2e	491.47 Mt CO2e	63% lower	Brazil
Health Spending Per Capita	$1,370.88	$848.57	62% higher	Argentina
All-Time Olympic Medals	80 medals	171 medals	53% lower	Brazil
R&D Spending (% GDP)	0.55% of GDP	1.1% of GDP	52% lower	Brazil
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	12 sites	25 sites	52% lower	Brazil
Agricultural Land (%)	42.44%	28.33%	50% higher	Argentina
Border Neighbors	5.0	10	50% lower	Brazil
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	1.8% of GDP	3.4% of GDP	46% lower	Brazil
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	22 gold medals	41 gold medals	46% lower	Brazil
Water Withdrawal	37.69 B m³	67.94 B m³	45% lower	Brazil
Tourism Revenue	$1,702,000,000	$3,099,000,000	45% lower	Brazil
Informal Employment Share	51.58% of employed people	35.62% of employed people	45% higher	Argentina
Road Traffic Death Rate	8.8 per 100k	15.7 per 100k	44% lower	Brazil
Meat Consumption per Person	109.39 kg/person/yr	77.32 kg/person/yr	41% higher	Argentina
Railway Length	17.9K km	29.8K km	40% lower	Brazil
Teen Birth Rate	26.41 per 1k	42.69 per 1k	38% lower	Brazil
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	140 per 100 people	102 per 100 people	37% higher	Argentina
Youth Unemployment Rate	19.19% of youth labor force	13.98% of youth labor force	37% higher	Argentina
GNI Per Capita	$13,530	$9,930	36% higher	Argentina
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	9.9% of GDP	15.41% of GDP	36% lower	Brazil
Military Spending	0.62% of GDP	0.97% of GDP	36% lower	Brazil
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$30,431.19	$22,338.48	36% higher	Argentina
Population Density	16.64 /km²	25.26 /km²	34% lower	Brazil
Infant Mortality	8.2 per 1k births	12.5 per 1k births	34% lower	Brazil
Child Mortality	9.6 per 1k births	14.4 per 1k births	33% lower	Brazil
Coastline Length	5.0K km	7.5K km	33% lower	Brazil
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	74.53 per 100k	110.98 per 100k	33% lower	Brazil
Government Debt (% GDP)	55% of GDP	81.86% of GDP	33% lower	Brazil
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	3.3 per 1k	2.5 per 1k	32% higher	Argentina
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	4.8 per 1M people	3.6 per 1M people	32% higher	Argentina
Milk Consumption per Person	195.08 kg/person/yr	149.28 kg/person/yr	31% higher	Argentina
Credit Card Ownership	29.91% of adults	43.53% of adults	31% lower	Brazil
Imports (% GDP)	12.68% of GDP	17.65% of GDP	28% lower	Brazil
Liberal Democracy Index	0.52	0.70	26% lower	Brazil
Land Border Length	12.0K km	16.1K km	26% lower	Brazil
Obesity Rate	36.03%	28.76%	25% higher	Argentina
Big Mac Price	$5.53	$4.45	24% higher	Argentina
Energy Use (Per Capita)	1.8K kg oil eq/person	1.5K kg oil eq/person	24% higher	Argentina
Wind Electricity Share	12.16%	15.67%	22% lower	Brazil
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	14.91 µg/m³	12.18 µg/m³	22% higher	Argentina
Nurses & Midwives	4.4 per 1k	5.5 per 1k	21% lower	Brazil
Coal Electricity Share	1.8%	2.3%	20% lower	Brazil
Birth Rate	10.47 per 1k	13.04 per 1k	20% lower	Brazil
Freedom of Expression Index	0.74	0.91	19% lower	Brazil
Beer Consumption	3.4 L/person/yr	4.1 L/person/yr	18% lower	Brazil
Inequality (Gini)	42.4	51.6	18% lower	Brazil
Fertility Rate	1.4 children/woman	1.7 children/woman	17% lower	Brazil
Dependency Ratio	51.56% of working-age pop.	44.33% of working-age pop.	16% higher	Argentina
Seafood Consumption per Person	6.8 kg/person/yr	8.1 kg/person/yr	16% lower	Brazil
Exports (% GDP)	15.25% of GDP	17.94% of GDP	15% lower	Brazil
Death Rate	7.9 per 1k	7.1 per 1k	12% higher	Argentina
Electoral Democracy Index	0.69	0.78	12% lower	Brazil
Elderly Population (%)	12.42%	11.05%	12% higher	Argentina
Human Development Index	0.86	0.79	10% higher	Argentina
Youth Population (%)	21.6%	19.67%	10% higher	Argentina
Broadband Access (%)	25 per 100 people	23 per 100 people	9% higher	Argentina
Health Spending (% GDP)	9.9% of GDP	9.1% of GDP	8% higher	Argentina
Vehicles per 1,000 People	492.79 per 1k people	461.9 per 1k people	7% higher	Argentina
Digital Payments Used	72.21% of adults	77.36% of adults	7% lower	Brazil
Average Weekly Work Hours	36.45 hrs/week	38.86 hrs/week	6% lower	Brazil
Internet Users (%)	89.67%	84.46%	6% higher	Argentina
Women in Senior Management	36.39% of managers	38.7% of managers	6% lower	Brazil
Median Age	32.1 years	33.9 years	5% lower	Brazil
Adult Literacy Rate	99.14%	94.8%	5% higher	Argentina
Suicide Rate	7.9 per 100k	7.6 per 100k	5% higher	Argentina
Alcohol Consumption	8.1 L/adult/yr	7.7 L/adult/yr	5% higher	Argentina
Education Spending (% GDP)	5.9% of GDP	5.6% of GDP	5% higher	Argentina
Urban Population (%)	92.27%	87.9%	5% higher	Argentina
Hypertension Prevalence	46.7% of adults	45.1% of adults	4% higher	Argentina
Insufficient Physical Activity	38.21% of adults	36.74% of adults	4% higher	Argentina
Corruption Perceptions Index	36 pts	35 pts	3% higher	Argentina
Unemployment Rate	7.9%	7.6%	3% higher	Argentina
Life Evaluation Score	6.4 pts	6.6 pts	3% lower	Brazil
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	2.8K kWh/person	2.9K kWh/person	3% lower	Brazil
Political Corruption Index	0.41	0.42	2% lower	Brazil
Women's Political Empowerment	0.83	0.82	2% higher	Argentina
Life Expectancy	77.4 years	75.8 years	2% higher	Argentina
Mobile Money Accounts	56.74% of adults	58.17% of adults	2% lower	Brazil
Food Waste per Person	141.64 kg/person/yr	144.45 kg/person/yr	2% lower	Brazil
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.15 per 100k people	0.15 per 100k people	1% higher	Argentina
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	10 days/yr	10 days/yr	equal	Argentina
Electricity Access (%)	100%	99.8%	equal	Argentina
Skilled Birth Attendance (%)	98.8%	98.4%	equal	Argentina
GDP Growth Rate	-1.34%	3.4%	ranked lower	Brazil
Lowest Elevation	-105 m	0 m	ranked lower	Brazil
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Argentina
Can Raise Emergency Money	91.75% of adults	92.02% of adults	equal	Brazil
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-1.1% of GDP	-3% of GDP	ranked higher	Argentina

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Analysis

Brazil leads in 72 of 125 shared metrics, while Argentina leads in 53.

Argentina's Inflation Rate is 49.0x that of Brazil (219.88% vs 4.4%).

Argentina's Nobel Laureates Born per Million People is 16.6x that of Brazil (0.09 per 1M people vs 0.01 per 1M people).

Argentina's Water Stress (%) is 9.8x that of Brazil (12.91% vs 1.2%).

Argentina's Electricity Carbon Intensity is 2.1x that of Brazil (346 gCO2/kWh vs 109.95 gCO2/kWh).

Argentina's Nuclear Electricity Share is 1.9x that of Brazil (6.3% vs 2.2%).

Key Comparisons

Inflation RateArgentina leads

Argentina

219.88%

Brazil

4.4%

Nobel Laureates Born per Million PeopleArgentina leads

Argentina

0.09 per 1M people

Brazil

0.01 per 1M people

Water Stress (%)Argentina leads

Argentina

12.91%

Brazil

1.2%

Electricity Carbon IntensityArgentina leads

Argentina

346 gCO2/kWh

Brazil

109.95 gCO2/kWh

Nuclear Electricity ShareArgentina leads

Argentina

6.3%

Brazil

2.2%

Women in Parliament (%)Argentina leads

Argentina

42.41%

Brazil

17.54%

Inflation Rate

219.88%

4.4%

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

0.09 per 1M people

0.01 per 1M people

Water Stress (%)

12.91%

1.2%

Electricity Carbon Intensity

346 gCO2/kWh

109.95 gCO2/kWh

Nuclear Electricity Share

6.3%

2.2%

Women in Parliament (%)

42.41%

17.54%

Highest Elevation

7.0K m

3.0K m

Doctors (per 1,000)

5.1 per 1k

2.4 per 1k

Tobacco Use Prevalence

23.2% of adults

11.5% of adults

Capital Elevation

25 m

1.2K m

Smoking Rate

23.8%

12.2%

Forest Area

282.5K km²

4.93M km²

Domestic Patents

406

4.7K

Scientific Publications

9.1K

67.0K

Shipping Traffic

1.67M

11.68M

Armed Forces Personnel

103.0K

762.0K

Airports

775

5.6K

Irrigated Land

13.9K km²

91.8K km²

Foreign Patents

3.3K

19.6K

Forest Coverage (%)

10.32%

58.98%

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Inflation Rate

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

Water Stress (%)

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Nuclear Electricity Share

Women in Parliament (%)

Highest Elevation

Doctors (per 1,000)

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Capital Elevation

Smoking Rate

Forest Area

Domestic Patents

Scientific Publications

Shipping Traffic

Armed Forces Personnel

Airports

Irrigated Land

Foreign Patents

Forest Coverage (%)

Renewable Energy (%)

Electric Generating Capacity

Electricity Generation

University Enrollment Rate

Population

Air Passengers

Merchant Fleet Size

Homicide Rate

Time Zones Count

Solar Electricity Share

Protected Land (%)

GDP (Nominal)

Renewable Energy (%)

Spirits Consumption

Land Area

High-Tech Exports (%)

CO2 Per Capita

Total CO2 Emissions

Health Spending Per Capita

All-Time Olympic Medals

R&D Spending (% GDP)

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Agricultural Land (%)

Border Neighbors

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Water Withdrawal

Tourism Revenue

Informal Employment Share

Road Traffic Death Rate

Meat Consumption per Person

Railway Length

Teen Birth Rate

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Youth Unemployment Rate

GNI Per Capita

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

Military Spending

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Population Density

Infant Mortality

Child Mortality

Coastline Length

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Government Debt (% GDP)

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Milk Consumption per Person

Credit Card Ownership

Imports (% GDP)

Liberal Democracy Index

Land Border Length