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Argentina vs Chile

123 shared metrics.

ArgentinaLeads in 63

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ChileLeads in 60

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Argentina

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Identity

Formal name: Argentine Republic.

CIA 2026

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

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Chile

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Chile.

CIA 2026

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Chile stretches for thousands of kilometres north to south, giving it extreme climate variety.

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Analysis

Argentina leads in 63 of 123 shared metrics, while Chile leads in 60.

Argentina's Inflation Rate is 50.1x that of Chile (219.88% vs 4.3%).

Argentina's All-Time Olympic Gold Medals is 6.3x that of Chile (22 gold medals vs 3.0 gold medals).

Argentina's Political Corruption Index is 4.5x that of Chile (0.41 vs 0.07).

Argentina's All-Time Olympic Medals is 4.3x that of Chile (80 medals vs 15 medals).

Argentina's Teen Birth Rate is 3.0x that of Chile (26.41 per 1k vs 6.5 per 1k).

Key Comparisons

Inflation RateArgentina leads

Argentina

219.88%

Chile

4.3%

All-Time Olympic Gold MedalsArgentina leads

Argentina

22 gold medals

Chile

3.0 gold medals

Political Corruption IndexArgentina leads

Argentina

0.41

Chile

0.07

All-Time Olympic MedalsArgentina leads

Argentina

80 medals

Chile

15 medals

Teen Birth RateArgentina leads

Argentina

26.41 per 1k

Chile

6.5 per 1k

Land AreaArgentina leads

Chile

Argentina

25 m

Chile

575 m

96% lower

Informal Employment Share

Argentina

51.58% of employed people

Chile

26.37% of employed people

96% higher

GDP (Nominal)

Argentina

$638,365,455,340.04

Chile

$330,267,137,371.59

93% higher

Coal Electricity Share

Chile

Argentina

1.8%

Chile

17.76%

90% lower

Solar Electricity Share

Chile

Argentina

3.4%

Chile

25.06%

87% lower

Comparison of Argentina and Chile across 123 metrics
				Winner
Inflation Rate	219.88%	4.3%	5014% higher	Argentina
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	22 gold medals	3.0 gold medals	633% higher	Argentina
Political Corruption Index	0.41	0.07	453% higher	Argentina
All-Time Olympic Medals	80 medals	15 medals	433% higher	Argentina
Teen Birth Rate	26.41 per 1k	6.5 per 1k	304% higher	Argentina
Land Area	2.74M km²	742.8K km²	268% higher	Argentina
Water Stress (%)	12.91%	4.0%	223% higher	Argentina
Mobile Money Accounts	56.74% of adults	18.67% of adults	204% higher	Argentina
Agricultural Land (%)	42.44%	14.4%	195% higher	Argentina
Government Debt (% GDP)	55% of GDP	21% of GDP	162% higher	Argentina
Railway Length	17.9K km	7.3K km	145% higher	Argentina
Population	45.42M	19.09M	138% higher	Argentina
Total CO2 Emissions	183.27 Mt CO2e	77.82 Mt CO2e	135% higher	Argentina
Airports	775	380	104% higher	Argentina
Researchers	1.3K per 1M	638.84 per 1M	103% higher	Argentina
Capital Elevation	25 m	575 m	96% lower	Chile
Informal Employment Share	51.58% of employed people	26.37% of employed people	96% higher	Argentina
GDP (Nominal)	$638,365,455,340.04	$330,267,137,371.59	93% higher	Argentina
Coal Electricity Share	1.8%	17.76%	90% lower	Chile
Solar Electricity Share	3.4%	25.06%	87% lower	Chile
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.15 per 100k people	1.1 per 100k people	87% lower	Chile
Vehicles per 1,000 People	492.79 per 1k people	271.58 per 1k people	81% higher	Argentina
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	4.0 time zones	75% lower	Chile
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	12 sites	7.0 sites	71% higher	Argentina
Milk Consumption per Person	195.08 kg/person/yr	116.11 kg/person/yr	68% higher	Argentina
Border Neighbors	5.0	3.0	67% higher	Argentina
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	3.3 per 1k	2.0 per 1k	65% higher	Argentina
Tourism Revenue	$1,702,000,000	$1,034,000,000	65% higher	Argentina
Electricity Generation	147.18 TWh	89.26 TWh	65% higher	Argentina
Spirits Consumption	0.61 L/person/yr	1.6 L/person/yr	62% lower	Chile
Renewable Energy (%)	9.2%	24.2%	62% lower	Chile
Military Spending	0.62% of GDP	1.6% of GDP	61% lower	Chile
Shipping Traffic	1.67M	4.16M	60% lower	Chile
Forest Coverage (%)	10.32%	25.01%	59% lower	Chile
Protected Land (%)	8.8%	21.6%	59% lower	Chile
Imports (% GDP)	12.68% of GDP	30.14% of GDP	58% lower	Chile
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	74.53 per 100k	47.62 per 100k	57% higher	Argentina
Exports (% GDP)	15.25% of GDP	33.72% of GDP	55% lower	Chile
Seafood Consumption per Person	6.8 kg/person/yr	14.63 kg/person/yr	54% lower	Chile
High-Tech Exports (%)	3.9%	8.3%	54% lower	Chile
Renewable Energy (%)	14.8%	32.25%	54% lower	Chile
Doctors (per 1,000)	5.1 per 1k	3.3 per 1k	53% higher	Argentina
Irrigated Land	13.9K km²	9.1K km²	53% higher	Argentina
Land Border Length	12.0K km	7.8K km	53% higher	Argentina
Forest Area	282.5K km²	185.8K km²	52% higher	Argentina
R&D Spending (% GDP)	0.55% of GDP	0.36% of GDP	52% higher	Argentina
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	1.8% of GDP	3.8% of GDP	52% lower	Chile
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	9.9% of GDP	17.72% of GDP	44% lower	Chile
Corruption Perceptions Index	36 pts	63 pts	43% lower	Chile
Population Density	16.64 /km²	26.46 /km²	37% lower	Chile
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	14.91 µg/m³	23.28 µg/m³	36% lower	Chile
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	2.8K kWh/person	4.3K kWh/person	35% lower	Chile
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	10 days/yr	15 days/yr	33% lower	Chile
Child Mortality	9.6 per 1k births	7.2 per 1k births	33% higher	Argentina
Liberal Democracy Index	0.52	0.78	33% lower	Chile
Meat Consumption per Person	109.39 kg/person/yr	83.17 kg/person/yr	32% higher	Argentina
Infant Mortality	8.2 per 1k births	6.2 per 1k births	32% higher	Argentina
Homicide Rate	4.5 per 100k	6.3 per 100k	29% lower	Chile
Hypertension Prevalence	46.7% of adults	36.4% of adults	28% higher	Argentina
Youth Population (%)	21.6%	16.97%	27% higher	Argentina
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	4.8 per 1M people	6.3 per 1M people	24% lower	Chile
Credit Card Ownership	29.91% of adults	24.28% of adults	23% higher	Argentina
Foreign Patents	3.3K	2.7K	22% higher	Argentina
Coastline Length	5.0K km	6.4K km	22% lower	Chile
Freedom of Expression Index	0.74	0.93	21% lower	Chile
Electric Generating Capacity	47.63M kW	39.24M kW	21% higher	Argentina
Women in Parliament (%)	42.41%	35.48%	20% higher	Argentina
Education Spending (% GDP)	5.9% of GDP	4.9% of GDP	20% higher	Argentina
Health Spending Per Capita	$1,370.88	$1,714.89	20% lower	Chile
Electricity Carbon Intensity	346 gCO2/kWh	289.49 gCO2/kWh	20% higher	Argentina
Merchant Fleet Size	201	249	19% lower	Chile
Birth Rate	10.47 per 1k	8.8 per 1k	19% higher	Argentina
Electoral Democracy Index	0.69	0.84	18% lower	Chile
Smoking Rate	23.8%	28.7%	17% lower	Chile
Death Rate	7.9 per 1k	6.8 per 1k	17% higher	Argentina
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.09 per 1M people	0.10 per 1M people	16% lower	Chile
Tobacco Use Prevalence	23.2% of adults	27.3% of adults	15% lower	Chile
Women in Senior Management	36.39% of managers	31.6% of managers	15% higher	Argentina
Road Traffic Death Rate	8.8 per 100k	10.3 per 100k	15% lower	Chile
Dependency Ratio	51.56% of working-age pop.	45.14% of working-age pop.	14% higher	Argentina
GNI Per Capita	$13,530	$15,750	14% lower	Chile
Fertility Rate	1.4 children/woman	1.3 children/woman	14% higher	Argentina
Digital Payments Used	72.21% of adults	84.29% of adults	14% lower	Chile
Unemployment Rate	7.9%	9.1%	13% lower	Chile
Nurses & Midwives	4.4 per 1k	5.0 per 1k	12% lower	Chile
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$30,431.19	$34,637.12	12% lower	Chile
Elderly Population (%)	12.42%	14.14%	12% lower	Chile
Median Age	32.1 years	36.0 years	11% lower	Chile
Youth Unemployment Rate	19.19% of youth labor force	21.64% of youth labor force	11% lower	Chile
Armed Forces Personnel	103.0K	114.0K	10% lower	Chile
Energy Use (Per Capita)	1.8K kg oil eq/person	2.0K kg oil eq/person	10% lower	Chile
Obesity Rate	36.03%	39.52%	9% lower	Chile
Women's Political Empowerment	0.83	0.91	9% lower	Chile
Broadband Access (%)	25 per 100 people	23 per 100 people	9% higher	Argentina
Can Raise Emergency Money	91.75% of adults	85.24% of adults	8% higher	Argentina
Wind Electricity Share	12.16%	13.08%	7% lower	Chile
Water Withdrawal	37.69 B m³	35.37 B m³	7% higher	Argentina
Average Weekly Work Hours	36.45 hrs/week	38.94 hrs/week	6% lower	Chile
Internet Users (%)	89.67%	95%	6% lower	Chile
Alcohol Consumption	8.1 L/adult/yr	7.6 L/adult/yr	6% higher	Argentina
CO2 Per Capita	3.7 t/person/yr	4.0 t/person/yr	6% lower	Chile
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	140 per 100 people	133 per 100 people	5% higher	Argentina
Life Expectancy	77.4 years	81.2 years	5% lower	Chile
Urban Population (%)	92.27%	89%	4% higher	Argentina
University Enrollment Rate	107.82%	104.73%	3% higher	Argentina
Suicide Rate	7.9 per 100k	7.7 per 100k	3% higher	Argentina
Food Waste per Person	141.64 kg/person/yr	145.54 kg/person/yr	3% lower	Chile
Big Mac Price	$5.53	$5.42	2% higher	Argentina
Life Evaluation Score	6.4 pts	6.3 pts	2% higher	Argentina
Health Spending (% GDP)	9.9% of GDP	10.1% of GDP	2% lower	Chile
Human Development Index	0.86	0.88	1% lower	Chile
Beer Consumption	3.4 L/person/yr	3.3 L/person/yr	1% higher	Argentina
Domestic Patents	406	402	1% higher	Argentina
Air Passengers	21.06M	21.32M	1% lower	Chile
Inequality (Gini)	42.4	43	1% lower	Chile
Scientific Publications	9.1K	9.1K	1% higher	Argentina
Highest Elevation	7.0K m	6.9K m	1% higher	Argentina
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Argentina
GDP Growth Rate	-1.34%	2.6%	ranked lower	Chile
Lowest Elevation	-105 m	0 m	ranked lower	Chile
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Argentina
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-1.1% of GDP	-2.3% of GDP	ranked higher	Argentina
Insufficient Physical Activity	38.21% of adults	38.21% of adults	equal	Chile

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Analysis

Argentina leads in 63 of 123 shared metrics, while Chile leads in 60.

Argentina's Inflation Rate is 50.1x that of Chile (219.88% vs 4.3%).

Argentina's All-Time Olympic Gold Medals is 6.3x that of Chile (22 gold medals vs 3.0 gold medals).

Argentina's Political Corruption Index is 4.5x that of Chile (0.41 vs 0.07).

Argentina's All-Time Olympic Medals is 4.3x that of Chile (80 medals vs 15 medals).

Argentina's Teen Birth Rate is 3.0x that of Chile (26.41 per 1k vs 6.5 per 1k).

Key Comparisons

Inflation RateArgentina leads

Argentina

219.88%

Chile

4.3%

All-Time Olympic Gold MedalsArgentina leads

Argentina

22 gold medals

Chile

3.0 gold medals

Political Corruption IndexArgentina leads

Argentina

0.41

Chile

0.07

All-Time Olympic MedalsArgentina leads

Argentina

80 medals

Chile

15 medals

Teen Birth RateArgentina leads

Argentina

26.41 per 1k

Chile

6.5 per 1k

Land AreaArgentina leads

Argentina

2.74M km²

Chile

742.8K km²

Inflation Rate

219.88%

4.3%

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

22 gold medals

3.0 gold medals

Political Corruption Index

0.41

0.07

All-Time Olympic Medals

80 medals

15 medals

Teen Birth Rate

26.41 per 1k

6.5 per 1k

Land Area

2.74M km²

742.8K km²

Water Stress (%)

12.91%

4.0%

Mobile Money Accounts

56.74% of adults

18.67% of adults

Agricultural Land (%)

42.44%

14.4%

Government Debt (% GDP)

55% of GDP

21% of GDP

Railway Length

17.9K km

7.3K km

Population

45.42M

19.09M

Total CO2 Emissions

183.27 Mt CO2e

77.82 Mt CO2e

Airports

775

380

Researchers

1.3K per 1M

638.84 per 1M

Capital Elevation

25 m

575 m

Informal Employment Share

51.58% of employed people

26.37% of employed people

GDP (Nominal)

$638,365,455,340.04

$330,267,137,371.59

Coal Electricity Share

1.8%

17.76%

Solar Electricity Share

3.4%

25.06%

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Inflation Rate

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Political Corruption Index

All-Time Olympic Medals

Teen Birth Rate

Land Area

Water Stress (%)

Mobile Money Accounts

Agricultural Land (%)

Government Debt (% GDP)

Railway Length

Population

Total CO2 Emissions

Airports

Researchers

Capital Elevation

Informal Employment Share

GDP (Nominal)

Coal Electricity Share

Solar Electricity Share

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Time Zones Count

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Milk Consumption per Person

Border Neighbors

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Tourism Revenue

Electricity Generation

Spirits Consumption

Renewable Energy (%)

Military Spending

Shipping Traffic

Forest Coverage (%)

Protected Land (%)

Imports (% GDP)

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Exports (% GDP)

Seafood Consumption per Person

High-Tech Exports (%)

Renewable Energy (%)

Doctors (per 1,000)

Irrigated Land

Land Border Length

Forest Area

R&D Spending (% GDP)

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

Corruption Perceptions Index

Population Density

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Child Mortality

Liberal Democracy Index

Meat Consumption per Person

Infant Mortality

Homicide Rate

Hypertension Prevalence

Youth Population (%)

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Credit Card Ownership

Foreign Patents

Coastline Length

Freedom of Expression Index

Electric Generating Capacity

Women in Parliament (%)

Education Spending (% GDP)

Health Spending Per Capita

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Merchant Fleet Size

Birth Rate