Argentina’s coastline is 3.4 times as long as Ireland’s

Argentina: 4,989 km (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition)

Argentina’s highest peak towers 5,921 m above Ireland’s

Argentina: 6,962 m (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 30% of Argentina

Argentina: 29.5% (2024) · Ireland: 65.1% (2024)

Argentina has 8.4 times as many people as Ireland

Argentina: 45.9 million (2025) · Ireland: 5.48 million (2025)

Ireland is 4.8 times as densely populated as Argentina

Argentina: 17 per km² (2025) · Ireland: 80 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ireland is 6.3 years older than in Argentina

Argentina: 32.1 years (2023) · Ireland: 38.4 years (2023)

Argentina and Ireland are practically level

Argentina: 1.5 children per woman (2024) · Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024)

16% of people in Ireland are 65 or older, versus 13% in Argentina

Argentina: 12.6% (2025) · Ireland: 16.2% (2025)

Ireland hosts 233 times as many refugees per resident as Argentina

Argentina: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Ireland has produced 9.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Argentina 0.9

Argentina: 0.9 (2026) · Ireland: 9.1 (2026)

Argentina and Ireland are practically level

Argentina: 2 (2026) · Ireland: 2 (2026)

Ireland’s economy is 6% larger than Argentina’s

Argentina: $683 billion (2025) · Ireland: $722 billion (2025)

Ireland produces 4.8 times as much per person as Argentina

Argentina: Int$32,587 (2025) · Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Argentina than in Ireland (Gini 13.4 points higher)

Argentina: 42.4 (2024) · Ireland: 29 (2023)

1.0% of people in Argentina live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Ireland

Argentina: 1% (2024) · Ireland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 7.1% in Argentina, versus 4.6% in Ireland

Argentina: 7.1% (2025) · Ireland: 4.6% (2025)

Argentina and Ireland are practically level

Argentina: 0.6% (2025) · Ireland: 0.2% (2025)

Ireland’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Argentina’s 10%

Argentina: 10.4% (2024) · Ireland: 17.9% (2024)

Ireland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Argentina’s

Argentina: 46% (2025) · Ireland: 85% (2025)

Ireland spends 5.1 times as much on health per person as Argentina

Argentina: $1,457 (2023) · Ireland: $7,395 (2024)

A baby in Argentina is 2.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Ireland

Argentina: 8 per 1,000 (2024) · Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Argentina has 32% more doctors per person than Ireland

Argentina: 5.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Argentina has 14% more hospital beds per person than Ireland

Argentina: 3.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Argentina is 56% higher than in Ireland

Argentina: 11.2 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023)

38% of adults in Argentina are obese, versus 31% in Ireland

Argentina: 38.1% (2024) · Ireland: 30.6% (2024)

24% of adults in Argentina smoke, versus 18% in Ireland

Argentina: 23.5% (2024) · Ireland: 18.2% (2024)

People in Ireland rate their lives 0.50 points higher than in Argentina

Argentina: 6.43 (2025) · Ireland: 6.93 (2025)

Adults in Ireland drink 45% more alcohol than in Argentina

Argentina: 7.1 litres (2023) · Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023)

Argentina has 17% more meat per person than Ireland

Argentina: 115 kg (2023) · Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023)

Ireland has 560 kcal more food per person per day than Argentina

Argentina: 3,360 kcal (2023) · Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023)

Workers in Ireland put in 42 more hours a year than in Argentina

Argentina: 1,612 hours (2023) · Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023)

Adults in Ireland went to school 0.54 years longer than in Argentina

Argentina: 11.2 years (2023) · Ireland: 11.7 years (2023)

Ireland welcomed 15 times as many tourists per resident as Argentina (2019)

Argentina: 0.14 (2024) · Ireland: 2.2 (2019)

Argentina has 10 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (12 against 2)

Argentina: 12 (2026) · Ireland: 2 (2026)

Argentina has won 80 Olympic medals, Ireland 42

Argentina: 80 (2026 edition) · Ireland: 42 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 90% in Argentina

Argentina: 90% (2024) · Ireland: 97% (2024)

Home internet in Ireland is 56% faster than in Argentina

Argentina: 192 Mbps (2026) · Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Ireland have electricity, versus 98% in Argentina

Argentina: 98.4% (2024) · Ireland: 100% (2024)

92% of people in Argentina live in cities, versus 65% in Ireland

Argentina: 92% (2025) · Ireland: 65% (2025)

Argentina has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

Argentina: 140 (2024) · Ireland: 113 (2024)

Argentina’s railway network is 11 times as long as Ireland’s

Argentina: 17,866 km (2019) · Ireland: 1,650 km (2021)

Airlines from Ireland fly 76 times as many passengers per resident as those from Argentina

Argentina: 0.46 (2023) · Ireland: 35.11 (2023)

Forest covers 17% of Argentina, but only 12% of Ireland

Argentina: 17.1% (2024) · Ireland: 12% (2024)

The average person in Ireland emits 69% more CO₂ than someone in Argentina

Argentina: 3.7 t (2024) · Ireland: 6.3 t (2024)

48% of Ireland’s electricity is renewable, versus 35% in Argentina

Argentina: 34.6% (2025) · Ireland: 48.1% (2025)

The air in Argentina carries 2 times as much fine dust as in Ireland

Argentina: 14.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 6.9 times as likely to be murdered in Argentina as in Ireland

Argentina: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Argentina are 3.1 times as deadly as in Ireland

Argentina: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023)

Argentina is on average 4.9 °C warmer than Ireland

Argentina: 15.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ireland gets 70% more rain than Argentina

Argentina: 670 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg)