Photo: Marina Balasini & Juan Montiel from Argentina, Argentina · CC BY 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale
Topic 17 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Argentina: Digital & Technology
How ready is a country to use, make and trade technology?
Argentina is placed 53rd of 198 countries on digital & technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GovTech Maturity Index 0.753 (2025); Government AI Readiness Index 58.25 (2025).
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Digital & Technology
53rd
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 0.753GovTech Maturity Index, 2025GTMI score (0–1)
- 58.25Government AI Readiness Index, 2025AI readiness score (0–100)
- 0.721Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2025Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
- 47.81Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, 2024Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Argentina on digital & technology — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
0.753
GTMI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Argentina: 0.753. Across the 196 countries in this edition, values run from 0.01 (North Korea) to 0.997 (South Korea); the world median is 0.63.
- World median
- 0.63
- Best in South America
- 0.986 Brazil
- Land neighbours
- Bolivia 0.572 · Brazil 0.986 · Chile 0.872 · Paraguay 0.718 · Uruguay 0.908
58.25
AI readiness score (0–100)
Higher is better
Ranked 56th of 195 by Oxford Insights
Argentina: 58.25. Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 12.12 (Guinea-Bissau) to 88.36 (United States); the world median is 40.19.
- World median
- 40.19
- Best in South America
- 69.55 Brazil
- Land neighbours
- Bolivia 27.48 · Brazil 69.55 · Chile 59.3 · Paraguay 36.84 · Uruguay 58.47
Key 3 of 4
Government Cyber Security Capacity
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
0.721
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
Higher is better
Argentina: 0.721. Across the 176 countries in this edition, values run from -2.66 (Liberia) to 3.715 (Estonia); the world median is 0.196.
- World median
- 0.196
- Best in South America
- 1.601 Chile
- Land neighbours
- Bolivia -0.381 · Brazil 1.422 · Chile 1.601 · Paraguay -1.023 · Uruguay 0.346
Key 4 of 4
Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
47.81
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
Higher is better
Argentina: 47.81. Across the 170 countries in this edition, values run from 0.377 (Gambia) to 87.15 (Ireland); the world median is 25.42.
- World median
- 25.42
- Best in South America
- 63.26 Brazil
- Land neighbours
- Bolivia 6.58 · Brazil 63.26 · Chile 33.07 · Paraguay 1.352 · Uruguay 55.23
02Over time
Which way Argentina is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Government AI Readiness Index
AI readiness score (0–100) · higher is better
ArgentinaWorld median
Argentina rose from 50.75 in 2020 to 58.25 in 2025; the world median went from 39.58 to 40.19.
Every year’s figures
Year Argentina World median 2025 58.3 40.2 2024 56.4 43.3 2023 57.7 41.4 2022 57.4 40.3 2021 54.4 44.1 2020 50.8 39.6 Government Cyber Security Capacity
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity · higher is better
ArgentinaWorld median
Argentina rose from -0.178 in 2000 to 0.721 in 2025; the world median went from -0.514 to 0.196.
Every year’s figures
Year Argentina World median 2025 0.721 0.20 2024 0.871 0.11 2023 0.928 0.14 2022 0.928 0.16 2021 0.933 0.12 2020 0.933 0.12 2019 0.933 0.10 2018 0.933 -0.05 2017 0.933 -0.08 2016 0.933 -0.10 2015 0.837 -0.17 2014 0.744 -0.21 2013 0.744 -0.21 2012 0.744 -0.25 2011 0.744 -0.32 2010 0.744 -0.31 2009 0.632 -0.50 2008 0.632 -0.51 2007 0.596 -0.51 2006 -0.075 -0.55 2005 -0.075 -0.55 2004 -0.075 -0.55 2003 -0.075 -0.55 2002 -0.178 -0.51 2001 -0.178 -0.51 2000 -0.178 -0.51 Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) · higher is better
ArgentinaWorld median
Argentina rose from 37.12 in 2010 to 47.81 in 2024; the world median went from 19.88 to 25.42.
Every year’s figures
Year Argentina World median 2024 47.8 25.42 2023 45.5 26.03 2022 51.8 26.04 2021 66.7 29.80 2020 60.0 29.47 2019 43.0 18.36 2018 43.5 20.09 2017 45.1 18.32 2016 38.7 18.15 2015 38.3 19.57 2014 37.3 21.00 2013 40.5 20.50 2012 39.7 19.56 2011 38.9 19.21 2010 37.1 19.88
03In context
Argentina beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 198 countries on digital & technology, never a place within the region.
Argentina and the countries it borders
Standing among all 198; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | GovTech Maturity IndexGTMI score (0–1) | Government AI Readiness IndexAI readiness score (0–100) | Government Cyber Security CapacityOriginal latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity | Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsDigitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brazilcompare | 4th | 0.986 | 69.55 | 1.422 | 63.26 |
 Chile | 38th | 0.872 | 59.3 | 1.601 | 33.07 |
 Uruguay | 43rd | 0.908 | 58.47 | 0.346 | 55.23 |
| Argentina | 53rd | 0.753 | 58.25 | 0.721 | 47.81 |
 Bolivia | 140th | 0.572 | 27.48 | -0.381 | 6.58 |
 Paraguay | =143rd | 0.718 | 36.84 | -1.023 | 1.352 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across South America
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
Placed either side on digital & technology
The countries immediately above and below Argentina in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Argentina is ahead of the world, and behind
20 more statistics filed under digital & technology, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median9
Statistics on which Argentina does better than the middle country measured.
Firms with Their Own WebsiteWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 62.3986.9762.39No earlier reading
Argentina: 86.97 · world median 62.39 · Firms with their own website (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 1.824 to 97.88; higher is better.
Position 30th of 181 · derived.
Made or Received a Digital PaymentWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 51.6572.2151.65▲ Improved since 2014
Argentina: 72.21 · world median 51.65 · Adults who made or received a digital payment in the past year (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 12.26 to 94.91; higher is better.
Position 19th of 98 · derived.
ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.47416.247.474No real change since 2014
Argentina: 16.24 · world median 7.474 · ICT services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 56.25; higher is better.
Position 25th of 118 · derived.
Frontier Technology Readiness IndexUNCTAD · 2023 · world median 0.4850.6310.485▼ Worsened since 2013
Argentina: 0.631 · world median 0.485 · Frontier Technology Readiness Index (0–1). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1; higher is better.
Position 53rd of 170 · derived.
Internet Use Among AdultsWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 83.0588.1383.05No earlier reading
Argentina: 88.13 · world median 83.05 · Adults who used the internet in the past three months (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 11.06 to 99.12; higher is better.
Position 46th of 140 · derived.
AI User Share of the Working-Age PopulationMicrosoft AI Economy Institute · 2026 · world median 15.4523.415.45No real change since 2025
Argentina: 23.4 · world median 15.45 · Generative-AI users (% of population aged 15–64). Microsoft AI Economy Institute, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 6.1 to 73.3; higher is better.
Government Social Media CensorshipV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.5051.1640.505▼ Worsened since 2015
Argentina: 1.164 · world median 0.505 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4.5 to +2.4); higher = less censorship. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.721 to 2.295; higher is better.
Position 59th of 176 · derived.
Share of Firms' Payments Made ElectronicallyWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 64.2277.8464.22No earlier reading
Argentina: 77.84 · world median 64.22 · Payments made electronically in a typical month, excluding payroll and payments to government (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 2.172 to 99.91; higher is better.
Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic)V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median -0.1140.593-0.114▲ Improved since 2015
Argentina: 0.593 · world median -0.114 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.2); higher = less disinformation. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.392 to 2.93; higher is better.
Position 62nd of 176 · derived.
Behind the world median6
Statistics on which Argentina does worse than the middle country measured.
Mobile Phone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 91.6890.4791.68No earlier reading
Argentina: 90.47 · world median 91.68 · Adults who own a mobile phone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 45.83 to 100; higher is better.
Position 76th of 140 · derived.
Government Internet ShutdownsV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.0230.5371.023▼ Worsened since 2015
Argentina: 0.537 · world median 1.023 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4 to +2); higher = fewer shutdowns. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.547 to 2.081; higher is better.
Position 103rd of 176 · derived.
Smartphone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 78.7867.7778.78No earlier reading
Argentina: 67.77 · world median 78.78 · Adults whose main mobile phone is a smartphone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 8.663 to 97.36; higher is better.
Position 89th of 140 · derived.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.30.206▼ Worsened since 2015
Argentina: 0.3 · world median 0.206 · Digital STRI (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.021 to 0.649; lower is better.
Position 37th of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
ICT Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 0.9750.020.975▼ Worsened since 2014
Argentina: 0.02 · world median 0.975 · ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 61.45; higher is better.
Position 112th of 119 · derived.
Firms Experiencing Internet DisruptionsWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 32.3572.3232.35No earlier reading
Argentina: 72.32 · world median 32.35 · Firms that experienced internet outages or slow-downs (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.735 to 82.39; lower is better.
Position 9th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
No better end5
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
GitHub Git PushesGitHub · 2025 · world median 148,7142,767,950148,714Moved since 2020
Argentina: 2,767,950 · world median 148,714 · Git pushes during the quarter. GitHub, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1,967 to 40,768,192.
GitHub RepositoriesGitHub · 2026 · world median 141,4543,598,412141,454No real change since 2020
Argentina: 3,598,412 · world median 141,454 · Public repositories located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 142 to 77,284,974.
GitHub DevelopersGitHub · 2026 · world median 84,6701,599,35584,670No real change since 2020
Argentina: 1,599,355 · world median 84,670 · Developer accounts located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 110 to 32,410,529.
Anthropic AI Usage IndexAnthropic · 2026 · world median 0.961.480.96No earlier reading
Argentina: 1.48 · world median 0.96 · Claude usage index (1 = in proportion to working-age population). Anthropic, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.07 to 6.4.
Share of Graduates from ICT ProgrammesUIS · 2023 · world median 5.6012.1475.601Moved since 2016
Argentina: 2.147 · world median 5.601 · Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (% of all graduates). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 17.19.
No current reading for Argentina
Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching (last 2023). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Digital & Technology among Argentina’s 15 topics
Digital & Technology is Argentina’s 3rd best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Peace & Securityjoint 30th of 1774/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge47th of 1984/4 keys
- Digital & Technology53rd of 1984/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital61st of 1963/3 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties76th of 1984/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions75th of 1944/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation71st of 1764/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture76th of 1844/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing88th of 2004/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainabilityjoint 91st of 1864/4 keys
- Work & Labourjoint 92nd of 1824/4 keys
- Gender & Equality101st of 1834/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality100th of 1592/3 keys
- Risk & Resilience123rd of 1934/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade116th of 1774/4 keys
No standing on Energy: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on digital & technology
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders Argentina can most readily be measured against.
=1
EstoniaNorthern Europe
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee, greyscale
=1
South KoreaEastern Asia
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
3
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
3rd of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Americas
Brazil4th4/4 keysThis page
Argentina53rd4/4 keys
Positions out of 198 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Argentina on digital & technology: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Argentina rank on digital & technology?
Argentina is placed 53rd of 198 countries on Digital & Technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (GovTech Maturity Index, Government AI Readiness Index, Government Cyber Security Capacity and Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest GovTech Maturity Index figure for Argentina?
0.753 in 2025 (gTMI score (0–1)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 0.63.
What is the latest Government AI Readiness Index figure for Argentina?
58.25 in 2025 (aI readiness score (0–100)), according to Oxford Insights. The world median in the same edition was 40.19.
How does Argentina compare with Brazil on digital & technology?
Brazil is placed 4th of 198, and Argentina 53rd. GovTech Maturity Index: Brazil 0.986, Argentina 0.753; Government AI Readiness Index: Brazil 69.55, Argentina 58.25; Government Cyber Security Capacity: Brazil 1.422, Argentina 0.721; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports: Brazil 63.26, Argentina 47.81.
How have Argentina’s digital & technology figures changed?
Government AI Readiness Index rose from 50.75 in 2020 to 58.25 in 2025; Government Cyber Security Capacity rose from -0.178 in 2000 to 0.721 in 2025; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports rose from 37.12 in 2010 to 47.81 in 2024.
Which digital & technology statistics are missing for Argentina?
No current reading is published for Argentina on Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Broadband and mobile subscriptions, connection speeds and the cost of getting online are absent, for the licence reason above; internet use and phone ownership, from the World Bank’s own household survey, and firms’ websites and internet disruptions, from its Enterprise Surveys, are published here as context. The ICT share of goods exports votes under Mobility & Trade. Digital public services and data-protection law are not held yet. Research and development spending is filed under Education & Knowledge, and what an economy knows how to make is under Economy & Innovation.
How the Digital & Technology standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The digital & technology method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- GovTech Maturity Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Government AI Readiness Index — Oxford Insights, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Government Cyber Security Capacity — V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 20 statistics on this page come from 8 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Argentina’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Argentina (banner) — Marina Balasini & Juan Montiel from Argentina, Argentina, CC BY 2.0
- Estonia — Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
- South Korea — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Argentina: Digital & Technology — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/argentina/digital