South America
Argentina
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Argentina's #3 import source (world lens). Argentina is the EU's #67 goods supplier.
Argentina on the world stage
Total imports
$60.8bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$79.7bn
179 partners
#1 import source
Brazil
23.6%
#1 export dest.
Brazil
17.1%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Argentina and the EU
EU imports from
€8.0bn
0.3% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€9.4bn
0.4% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #67 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 1.17
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
148
EUR/MWh
Consumer
98
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
359
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
38%
of generation
Wholesale 45 EUR/MWh · regulated market
Power market
● High-tariff liberalised marketMarket model
Wholesale market (deregulating)
Direct PPA
Allowed
grid access: open
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
Ente Nacional Regulador de la Electricidad (ENRE)
A gas-heavy system where the wholesale market (MEM) was centrally administered by CAMMESA with suppressed prices and massive subsidies for two decades, now under Milei-era deregulation (Resolution 400/2025, free…
Tracked infrastructure
97 gas plants
22.0 GW · 9 building
1 coal plants
375 MW · 1 building
61 wind farms
3.7 GW · 4 building
28 solar farms
1.7 GW · 4 building
3 nuclear plants
1.8 GW
17 hydro plants
11.7 GW · 3 building
1 steel plants
3,500 ktpa
1 coal mines
capacity n/a
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
27
13 production-backed
Acid-drainage prone
5
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Gold, Other mine, Copper
Mine-water verifiability
Partial
SInIA water-quality viewer + some open datasets
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Monitored ports (9)
Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
32.5
→ 41.9 by 2050
Fertility
1.5
below replacement
Working-age
66%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
18.8
→ 30.9 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 45.7M · peaks 2050
By 2050: +6% (48.3M)