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Implementation of the ITU-T International Standards for the Sustainable Management of
Electrical and Electronic Equipment: On the road to a circular economy in Argentina

2 Sustainable management of WEEE in Argentina: On the road

to a Circular Economy

2.1 Demographic and economic indicators

The Argentine Republic is made up of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (the capital of
the Republic and seat of the Federal Government) and 23 provinces. It is part of the American
continent, between 22° and 55° south latitude. It is bordered to the north by Bolivia (Plurinational
State of); to the northeast by the Republic of Paraguay; to the west by the Republic of Chile;
and to the east by the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, and the
South Atlantic Ocean. It covers a total area of 3 761 274 km , of which 2 791 810 km correspond
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to the American continent (including the Falkland Islands) and 969 464 km to the Antarctic
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continental territory (including the South Orkney Islands and Austral Islands).
In the world ranking of the Human Development Index (HDI) carried out by the United
Nations Development Programme in 2020, it is ranked 46 out of 189 countries, with a human
development index of 0.85.

Argentina has 45 376 763 inhabitants: 23 103 631 female, and 22 273 132 male. 1

Figures 4 and 5 show the country’s main demographic and economic indicators.

Figure 4: Demographic information of the Argentine Republic 2

Source: Own elaboration, 2021.

1 The latest census was conducted on 18 May 18 2022. At the time of the census, data analysis had already
been completed. Final results are not available as of the date of this report.
2 The designations employed and the presentation of material on this map do not imply the expression of any
opinion whatsoever on the part of ITU and of the Secretariat of the ITU concerning the legal status of the
country, territory, city or area or its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

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