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Argentina - Total Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Activity 23.36

GEM APS · updated 2026-10-03 · 116 economies tracked

Latest value

23.36 (2024)

Global rank

##7 of 116 economies

Share of global total

3.5%

Growth since 2001

2.35×

Ranking Race — Total Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Activity

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#8#15#22#29#36#43200120062011201620212024#11#72015 overtook Jamaica2018 overtook United Arab Emirates
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Real annual global ranks, 2001 - 2024. Argentina climbed from #11 to #7 (overtook Jamaica). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for Argentina ↓

Key Events — Argentina

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2001
Sovereign default curated

Largest default in history; peso peg abandoned.

2003
Commodity boom rebound curated

Strong recovery driven by commodity exports.

2015
Overtook Jamaica in global rank auto
2017
Fell 31 places in global rank auto
2018
Overtook United Arab Emirates in global rank auto
2018
Currency crisis curated

IMF bailout as the peso loses half its value.

Total Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Activity, 2001-2024

GEM APS · % of adult population · linear scale · ranking in the race above
200120062011201620245.9711.7717.5623.36
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