Economy comparison
🇧🇷 Brazil vs Argentina 🇦🇷
A side-by-side look at the two economies on the metrics that matter, using live data.
| Metric | Brazil | Argentina |
|---|---|---|
| GDP per capita | $10.7k | $14.9k✓ |
| GDP growth | +2.3% | +4.4%✓ |
| Inflation | 5%✓ | 219.9% |
| Unemployment | 6%✓ | 7.1% |
| Policy rate | 13.8% | — |
| Current account | -2.9% GDP | -1.1% GDP✓ |
| Reserves (import cover) | 8.4 mo✓ | 4 mo |
| Govt debt | 81.9% GDP | — |
✓ marks the stronger reading where one direction is clearly better (e.g. lower inflation, higher growth). Policy rate and FX are shown without a winner. Sources: World Bank, BIS, central banks.
Brazil vs Argentina — key questions
Is Brazil or Argentina the richer economy?
By GDP per capita, Argentina is higher (Brazil $10.7k vs Argentina $14.9k).
Which has higher inflation, Brazil or Argentina?
Argentina has higher inflation (Brazil 5.0% vs Argentina 219.9%).