Argentina and Senegal Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Argentina	Senegal
Leader
President: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner	President: Macky Sall
Population
42,192,494	12,969,606
Life Expectancy
77.140 years	60.180 years
Capital City
Buenos Aires	Dakar
Largest city
Buenos Aires (population: 13,076,300)	Dakar (population: 2,476,400)
Human Development Index
0.86	0.502
GDP per capita
$17,700 US	$1,900 US
Literacy Rate
97.2%	39.3%
Corruption Perception Index
2.9	3.4
Percentage of Women in Parliament
39.8%	29.2%
Wealthiest Citizens
Gregorio Perez Companc & family ($1.8bn US)	NA
Unemployment Rate
7.200%	48.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Abolished

Political System
republic	republic
Independence date
9 July 1816 (from Spain)	4 April 1960 (from France); note - complete independence achieved upon dissolution of federation with Mali on 20 August 1960
Religions
nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%	Muslim 94%, Christian 5% (mostly Roman Catholic), indigenous beliefs 1%
Languages
Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French	French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka
Exports
soybeans and derivatives, petroleum and gas, vehicles, corn, wheat	fish, groundnuts (peanuts), petroleum products, phosphates, cotton
External Debt
$136,800,000,000 $	$4,429,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Argentine pesos (ARS) per US dollar - 3.1636 (2008 est.), 3.1105 (2007), 3.0543 (2006), 2.9037 (2005), 2.9233 (2004)	Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar 438.77 (2008 est.), 481.83 (2007), 522.89 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004) note: since 1 January 1999, the XOF franc has been pegged to the euro at a rate of 655.957 XOF francs per euro
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
0.800%	1.400%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
6	0
Location
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania
Area
2,780,400 km sq	196,722 km sq
Coastline
4,989 km	531 km
Climate
mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest	tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind

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Argentina vs Senegal