Argentina and Zimbabwe Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Argentina	Zimbabwe
Leader
President: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner	President: Robert Mugabe
Population
42,192,494	12,619,600
Life Expectancy
77.140 years	51.820 years
Capital City
Buenos Aires	Harare
Largest city
Buenos Aires (population: 13,076,300)	Harare (population: 1,542,810)
Human Development Index
0.86	NA
GDP per capita
$17,700 US	$500 US
Literacy Rate
97.2%	90.7%
Corruption Perception Index
2.9	1.8
Percentage of Women in Parliament
39.8%	18.2%
Wealthiest Citizens
Gregorio Perez Companc & family ($1.8bn US)	NA
Unemployment Rate
7.200%	95.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Legal

Political System
republic	parliamentary democracy
Independence date
9 July 1816 (from Spain)	18 April 1980 (from UK)
Religions
nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%	syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1%
Languages
Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French	English (official), Shona, Sindebele (the language of the Ndebele, sometimes called Ndebele), numerous but minor tribal dialects
Exports
soybeans and derivatives, petroleum and gas, vehicles, corn, wheat	platinum, cotton, tobacco, gold, ferroalloys, textiles/clothing
External Debt
$136,800,000,000 $	$6,440,000,000 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)	Zimbabwean dollars (ZWD) per US dollar - NA (2008 est.), 30,000 (2007), 162.07 (2006), 77.965 (2005), 5.729 (2004) note: these are official exchange rates; non-official rates vary significantly
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
0.800%	3.800%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
6	4
Location
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay	Southern Africa, between South Africa and Zambia
Area
2,780,400 km sq	390,757 km sq
Coastline
4,989 km	0 km
Climate
mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest	tropical; moderated by altitude; rainy season (November to March)

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Argentina vs Zimbabwe