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Argentina
Argentina %  Change Value %  Change Rank 2011 2005-11 2011 2011 2005-11 2011 2011 Basic indicators Trade - Balance of Payments (mill. US$) GDP (mill. current US$,) 445989 16 21 Commercial services imports 16071 14 17 45 Services value added (% tot. value added) 51.4 1 -1 Transportation 4384 14 18 50  of which infrastructure services  a 13.7 Travel 5516 12 13 36 Other commercial services 6171 15 19 43 Employment in services (thousands) 4090 -7 5 Commercial services exports 13995 14 8 45 % of total employment 53.6 -4 0 Transportation 2252 10 11 51 Travel 5352 12 8 45 Commercial services exports Other commercial services 6391 17 7 39 % of GDP 3.1 -2 -11 Net commercial services trade -2076 - - % of goods and comm. services exports 14.2 0 -11 Main destinations Share ... ... ... ... ... FDI in services - Stocks (mill.US$) Inward (2010) 24804 8 12 Outward ... ... ... FATS sales (mill. US$) Total services sectors with GATS commitments (no.)  63 - - Inward ... ... ... Services EIAs notified to the WTO (no.) 1 - - Outward ... ... ... Transportation Value %  Change Share Value %  Change Share 2011 2005-11 2011 in world 2011 2005-11 2011 in world Investment in economy (mill. US$) Trade - Balance of Payments (mill. US$) Gross fixed capital formation ... ... ... Transportation services imports 4384 14 18 0.4% Inward FDI By sea 1872 16 23 Stocks (2010) 2594 17 12 By air 2144 13 14 Flows (2010) 349 - - By other transport (rail, road, etc) 368 14 22 Market indicators Transportation services exports 2252 10 11 0.3% International airports (no., 2005) 11 ... ... 1.0% By sea 741 11 19 Airplanes fleet (no., 2005) 108 ... ... 0.4% By air 1062 8 6 Maritime merchant fleet ('000 DWT) 818 -2 -10 0.1% By other transport (rail, road, ...) 449 15 9 Rail lines, tot. network (km, 2010) 25023 -7 0 2.5% Road lines, tot. network (km) ... ... ... Other trade-related indicators International freight  Production and Employment By sea (mill. tons) ... ... ... Value added (mill. US$) 18911 11 14 By air (mill.ton-km) 219 11 7 0.1% % of total value added 4.6 -5 -5 By road (mill.ton-km) ... ... ... Employment (% of tot. employment)  b 6.8 ... 0 Intl. passengers - By air (mill. P-Km) 10437 2 7 0.3% Container port traffic ('000 TEUs, 2010) 2018 6 24 0.4% Passengers (mill. P-Km) Investment abroad (mill. US$) By air 17769 3 2 0.4% Outward FDI By rail (2010) 8588 ... ... 0.3% Stocks ... ... ... By road ... ... ... Flows ... - - Freight (mill. ton-km) By air 237 10 7 0.1% By rail (2010) 12111 0 ... 0.1% By road ... ... ... Telecommunications Value %  Change Rank Value %  Change 2011 2005-11 2011 2011 2011 2005-11 2011 Investment in economy (mill. US$) Production and Employment Gross fixed capital formation ... ... ... Value added (mill. US$)  a 13761 19 25 Inward FDI % of total value added  a 3.4 2 4 Stocks (2010)  a 4847 7 10 Flows (2010)  a 455 - - Trade - Balance of Payments (mill. US$) Telecommunications services Market indicators Imports 390 9 19 Total telephone subscribers (per 100 inhab.) 160 12 1 38 Exports 247 6 1 Mobile phone subscribers (% tot. tel. subscribers) 84.4 3 0 113 Internet users (per 100 inhab.) 47.7 18 19 68 Investment abroad (mill. US$) Broadband internet subscribers (per 100 inhab.) 10.5 28 10 61 Outward FDI Secure Internet servers (no.) 1370 22 30 38 Stocks ... ... ... Flows ... - - Finance and insurance Value %  Change Rank Value %  Change 2011 2005-11 2011 2011 2011 2005-11 2011 Investment in economy (mill. US$) Trade - Balance of Payments (mill. US$) Gross fixed capital formation ... ... ... Financial services Inward FDI Imports 97 -12 -8 Stocks (2010) 5698 7 4 Exports 9 17 35 Flows (2010) 303 - - Market indicators Insurance services Domestic credit by the banking sector (% of GDP) 31.3 -3 7 114 Imports 691 20 28 Interest rate spread (%, 2010) 1.4 -10 -66 119 Exports 20 ... 30 Market capitalization (% GDP) 9.8 -19 -44 90 Insurance density (US$ per inhab.) 315 18 27 49 Investment abroad (mill. US$) Insurance penetration (% GDP) 2.9 2 4 47 Outward FDI Stocks ... ... ... Production and Employment Flows ... - - Value added (mill. US$) 23239 21 18 % of total value added 5.7 5 -2 Employment (% of tot. employment) 2.3 5 1 a  Includes the postal sector. b  Includes employment in communications.