Skip to main content

Table 4 Main economic indicators

From: A short episodic history of income distribution in Argentina

 

GDP growth (%)

Inflation (%)

Real Exchange Rate (2000 = 100)

Unemployment rate (%)

1976

−2.0

444

148.6

4.0

1977

6.9

176

167.0

2.3

1978

−4.5

176

127.3

1.9

1979

10.2

160

90.4

2.1

1980

4.2

101

71.3

2.3

1981

−5.7

104

92.1

5.0

1982

−5.0

165

217.5

3.7

1983

3.9

344

205.5

3.1

1984

2.2

627

189.5

3.6

1985

−7.6

672

226.1

4.9

1986

7.9

90

189.8

4.8

1987

2.9

131

193.6

5.2

1988

−2.6

343

185.5

5.7

1989

−7.5

3080

295.8

7.0

1990

−2.4

2314

148.8

6.0

1991

12.7

172

111.6

5.3

1992

11.9

25

95.7

6.7

1993

5.9

11

89.8

9.6

1994

5.8

4

88.4

13.1

1995

−2.8

3

88.0

17.4

1996

5.5

0

90.4

18.8

1997

8.1

1

92.1

14.3

1998

3.9

1

92.6

13.3

1999

−3.4

−1

95.8

14.4

2000

−0.8

−1

100.0

14.7

2001

−4.4

−1

103.9

19.0

2002

−10.9

26

257.0

18.8

2003

8.8

13

219.4

16.7

2004

9.0

4

217.4

13.6

2005

9.2

10

203.6

11.2

2006

8.0

7

208.3

10.6