Side by side

Argentina and Spain compared

Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.

🇦🇷Argentina

9 July 1816 — Independence is declared from Spain at Tucumán

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🇪🇸Spain

1492 — The Granada War ends and the Catholic Monarchs' realms span the peninsula

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Shared indicators
42
Domains
9
Crossed events
4
Data through
2026-08-10

The figures, side by side

Each figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two dossiers. Every value shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. A “—” is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Metric names link to the world ranking; values open the figure on its own dossier.

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Entangled histories

4 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

  1. 1516 CE

    Spanish reach the Rio de la Plata

    European expeditions begin to explore the great estuary of the Rio de la Plata, opening the region to Spanish ambitions.

    Colonisation · from the Argentina chronicle · Indigenous Peoples and the Spanish Rio de la Plata · Argentina

  2. 1609-1767

    Jesuit missions among the Guarani

    The Jesuit Order founds mission towns among the Guarani that flourish until the order's expulsion from Spanish lands in 1767.

    Religion · from the Argentina chronicle · The Viceroyalty and the Colonial Era · Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis, Argentina

  3. 1778 CE

    Free trade reforms

    Bourbon commercial reforms loosen Spain's trade monopoly, allowing Buenos Aires to trade more freely and accelerating its growth as an Atlantic port.

    Economy & Trade · from the Argentina chronicle · The Viceroyalty and the Colonial Era · Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata

  4. 9 July 1816

    Declaration of Independence at Tucuman

    The Congress of Tucuman declares independence from Spain as the United Provinces of South America, signed by twenty-nine delegates under the presidency of Laprida.

    Independence · from the Argentina chronicle · May Revolution and the Wars of Independence · Congress of Tucuman, Argentine Declaration of Independence