# Argentina and Brazil compared Argentina and Brazil side by side: 43 shared sourced indicators across 9 domains, and the 1 events their chronicles record of each other. Canonical: https://terralore.co/compare/arg-vs-bra Updated: 2026-08-10 (latest of the two dossiers' refreshes and the two chronicles' verification dates) Two sourced records set beside each other — nothing on this page was written for the pair. Every figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two national dossiers; every event is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle. Figures are compared, never graded. A "—" is an absence in the source data, never a zero; each value shows its own observation year — vintages differ by indicator and nation. ## Formation - Argentina: 9 July 1816 — Independence is declared from Spain at Tucumán - Brazil: 7 September 1822 — Pedro of Braganza declares independence beside the Ipiranga brook ## Economy | Metric | Argentina | Observed | Brazil | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | GDP | $638 B | 2024 | $2.19 T | 2024 | | GDP per capita | $13,970 | 2024 | $10,311 | 2024 | | GDP growth | -1.3% | 2024 | 3.4% | 2024 | | Inflation | 219.9% | 2024 | 4.4% | 2024 | | Trade openness | 27.9% | 2024 | 35.6% | 2024 | ## Society | Metric | Argentina | Observed | Brazil | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population | 46 m | 2024 | 212 m | 2024 | | Life expectancy | 77.5 yrs | 2024 | 76.0 yrs | 2024 | | Urban population | 92.3% | 2024 | 87.9% | 2024 | | Fertility rate | 1.5 | 2024 | 1.6 | 2024 | ## Governance | Metric | Argentina | Observed | Brazil | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Voice & accountability | 63.6 | 2024 | 62.4 | 2024 | | Political stability | 63.0 | 2024 | 57.0 | 2024 | | Government effectiveness | 54.9 | 2024 | 47.0 | 2024 | | Regulatory quality | 51.2 | 2024 | 50.2 | 2024 | | Rule of law | 52.6 | 2024 | 49.3 | 2024 | | Control of corruption | 41.3 | 2024 | 39.6 | 2024 | ## Health | Metric | Argentina | Observed | Brazil | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Health spending | 10.3% | 2023 | 9.7% | 2023 | | Physicians | 5.11 | 2023 | 2.36 | 2023 | | Under-5 mortality | 9.5 | 2024 | 14.2 | 2024 | | Measles immunisation | 82.0% | 2024 | 93.0% | 2024 | | Safe drinking water | — | — | 88.6% | 2024 | ## Education | Metric | Argentina | Observed | Brazil | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Adult literacy | 99.1% | 2020 | 94.7% | 2024 | | Education spending | 5.0% | 2023 | 5.6% | 2022 | | Primary enrolment | 102.5% | 2023 | 104.3% | 2024 | | Secondary enrolment | 105.6% | 2023 | 104.1% | 2024 | | Tertiary enrolment | 107.8% | 2023 | 69.7% | 2024 | ## Technology | Metric | Argentina | Observed | Brazil | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | R&D spending | 0.6% | 2023 | 1.2% | 2023 | | Researchers (per million) | 1,313 | 2023 | 903 | 2014 | | Internet users | 89.7% | 2024 | 84.5% | 2024 | | Mobile subscriptions | 140 | 2024 | 102 | 2024 | | High-tech exports | 3.9% | 2024 | 11.1% | 2024 | ## Geography | Metric | Argentina | Observed | Brazil | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Land area | 2,736,690 km² | 2023 | 8,358,140 km² | 2023 | | Forest area | 10.3% | 2023 | 59.0% | 2023 | | Agricultural land | 42.4% | 2023 | 28.3% | 2023 | | CO₂ per capita (t) | 4.0 | 2024 | 2.3 | 2024 | | Renewable energy | 9.2% | 2021 | 46.5% | 2021 | ## Resources | Metric | Argentina | Observed | Brazil | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Resource rents | 2.7% | 2021 | 7.9% | 2021 | | Oil rents | 1.5% | 2021 | 2.6% | 2021 | | Mineral rents | 0.6% | 2021 | 4.5% | 2021 | | Forest rents | 0.1% | 2021 | 0.8% | 2021 | | Electricity access | 100.0% | 2023 | 99.8% | 2023 | | Lithium (mined) | 23.0 kt | 2025 | 12.0 kt | 2025 | | Iron ore | — | — | 420 Mt | 2025 | | Gold (mined) | — | — | 80 t | 2025 | | Nickel (mined) | — | — | 70.0 kt | 2025 | | Rare earths | — | — | 2,000 t | 2025 | | Bauxite | — | — | 33 Mt | 2025 | | Phosphate rock | — | — | 5.0 Mt | 2025 | ## Military | Metric | Argentina | Observed | Brazil | Observed | |---|---|---|---|---| | Military burden | 0.6% | 2024 | 1.0% | 2024 | | Defense spending | $4.2 B | 2024 | $21 B | 2024 | | Armed forces | 103,000 | 2020 | 762,000 | 2020 | Each metric is also ranked across all nations: https://terralore.co/rankings (markdown twins at /rankings/.md). Full dossiers: https://terralore.co/country/ARG.md and https://terralore.co/country/BRA.md. ## Entangled histories (1 event) Events in which either nation's sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the record exactly as its own chronicle carries it, with that chronicle's sources. - 1864-1870: **War of the Triple Alliance** — Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay defeat Paraguay in the deadliest war in South American history, at enormous human and financial cost. (from the Brazil chronicle; sources: Brazil) ## Sources - World Development Indicators — World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-14 · https://data.worldbank.org - Worldwide Governance Indicators (via World Bank API) — Worldwide Governance Indicators / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/worldwide-governance-indicators - Global Health Observatory (WHO, via World Bank WDI) — WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://www.who.int/data/gho - Child mortality & immunisation estimates (UN IGME and WHO/UNICEF, via World Bank WDI) — UNICEF and WHO / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://childmortality.org - R&D statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) — UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-15 · https://uis.unesco.org - ICT indicators (ITU, via World Bank WDI) — ITU / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-15 · https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics - Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 — U.S. Geological Survey · Public domain (U.S. Government work) · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://www.usgs.gov/centers/national-minerals-information-center - Military Expenditure Database (via World Development Indicators) — SIPRI / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-14 · https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex Chronicle references are cited inline above and resolve in full at https://terralore.co/country/ARG/chronicle.md and https://terralore.co/country/BRA/chronicle.md. 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