Argentina

 | July 21, 2006

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Quick Facts

Total Population (in millions) - 39.9
Rank by Population - 31

  Men Women
Life expectancy at birth (in years) 72.4 80.1
Life expectancy at 60 (in years) 18 23
Median age (in years) 28.8 30.7
Total health care expenditure, per capita in international dollars 1067
Total health care expenditure, as percentage of GDP 8.9
Age dependency ratio, current ratio of people age 15-64 to age 65+ 6
Statutory Retirement Age
Note: Statutory retirement age is the age at which a person is eligible to receive a state pension.
65 60
Total Fertility Rate, children born per woman 2.16

Sources: CIA World Factbook,(2006); United Nations Population Division, DESA(2006); WHO "The World Health Report 2006"

Reports/Speeches

Social Protection in a Crisis: Argentina's Plan Jefes y Jefas
The World Bank
November 2003

Conferencia Regional Intergubernamental sobre el Envejecimiento Ponencia República Argentina
Santiago, Chile
November 19-21, 2003

From Reform to Crisis: Argentina's pension system
International Social Security Association, 2003
2003

Reorganizing the Health Care System in Argentina
International Development Research Centre
July 2003

The Non-Contributory Pension Programme in Argentina: Assessing the Impact on Poverty Reduction
International Labour Organization
Social Security Policy and Development Branch
2002

Pensiones No Contributivas y Asistenciales en Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Costa Rica y Uruguay
Organización Internacional del Trabajo
2002

Annuity Markets and Benefit Design in Multipillar Pension Schemes: Experience and Lessons from Four Latin American Countries
World Bank Social Protection Discussion Paper
March 2001

The Pension System in Argentina: Six Years After the Reform
The World Bank
June 2000

Overview of Social Security in Argentina
U.S. Social Security Administration—Social Security Programs Throughout the World
1999

Argentina Pension Solidarity Law 1995
Solidaridad Provisional—Reforma al Sistema Integrado de Jubilaciones y Pensiones
March 1995

Links

Governmental Organizations

Administración Nacional de la Seguridad Social (ANSES) -National Social Security Administration

Ministerio de Salud

Superintendencia de Administradoras de Fondos de Jubilaciones y Pensiones


Non-Governmental Organizations

Grupo Internacional de Apoyo a la Tercera Edad. (G.I.A.T.E.)

Red Para el Desarrollo de Los Adultos Mayores

Sociedad Argentina de Gerontología y Geriatría

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