Argentina

Women

Argentina ranks 75 out of 162 countries in the Gender Inequality Index, where a high rank equals high equality. Women should always be considered as a particularly vulnerable group though.

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Children

Argentina has a Workplace Index score of 4.1, a Marketplace Index score of 3.8 and a Community and Environment Index score of 3.2 in the Children’s Rights and Business Atlas, where countries receive scores between 0 and 10. A score closer to 0 reflects a need for basic children’s rights due diligence, while a higher score reflects a need for enhanced or heightened due diligence. Children should always be considered as a particularly vulnerable group though. 

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Persons with Disabilities

Due to differences in data collection and definitions it is difficult to compare countries on disability prevalence rates. Persons with disabilities should always be considered as a particularly vulnerable group though.

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Minorities and Indigenous Peoples

According to the World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples, approximately 400,000 people in Argentina declare themselves to belong to or be a descendant of one of the country’s nineteen indigenous peoples. These include the Guaraní/Mbyá, Quechua and Aymara, Mapuche, Toba, Wichi/Mataco and Chiriguano, and they live mainly on the country’s northern and western fringes. Other minorities include Jews, Japanese, Koreans, Welsh, small Arab and Asian populations and a small Afro-Argentine community.

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Migrant Workers​

According to the ILO Global Estimates on International Migrant Workers, migrant workers as a proportion of all workers is 1.9 % in the subregion Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Persons in Armed Conflict

Argentina ranks 137 out of 179 countries in the Fragile States Index, where a high rank equals high fragility. For monthly crisis updates, check out CrisisWatch.