Argentina Progress for Every Child in the SDG Era

Country Profile
UNICEF Region: Latin America & Caribbean
World Bank’s income classification: Upper middle income

This Country Profile is based on an assessment of 44 indicators concerning children in the 2030 agenda. These indicators are grouped into five broad dimensions
of child rights that cut across the Sustainable Development Goals. The five dials below illustrate the country’s status in each dimension, based on an assessment
of indicator performance against global targets. Each dial reveals what proportion of country indicators have met the global target, are on track to meet the target
by 2030, require acceleration to reach the global target by 2030, or have no data, or insufficient data to plot trends. A more detailed breakdown for each indicator
is provided overleaf. Data quality varies across countries, as indicated by the National Statistical Capacity score and the source year for indicators. Indicator
sources and the methodology for defining indicator status can be found in the report, Progress for Every Child in the SDG Era, at uni.cf/sdgreport.

Survive + thrive Learning Protection Environment Fair chance

No data Insufficient trend data Acceleration needed On track Target met

National Statistical Capacity score Country rank

(Source: World Bank, 2017)
85.6% of 146 countries assessed
19

Population: 43,847,430 (total)

by age groups, 2016
(Source: United Nations Population Division)

Age (yrs)
Male Female
Women of
reproductive age:
15 - 49 yrs

Adolescents:
10 - 19 yrs

Children:
0 - 17 yrs
Women of reproductive age
10,909,308

Male adolescents Female adolescents

3,585,810 3,469,368

Male children Female children

6,649,551 6,426,534

Share of total
population (%)

Note: The global targets used in this assessment may deviate from localized SDG targets. While all 44 indicators relate to the SDG agenda, some marginally differ from those adopted in the SDG
monitoring framework. Indicators may be classified as “no data” or “insufficient trend data” if data are not available in internationally comparable form or publicly available global databases. This
is especially common in industrialized countries, which were historically often excluded from global databases during the MDG era. UNICEF is committed to working with countries to improve the
inclusion of their data in all databases with which it is involved.
 Child-focused indicators related to SDGs Latest year
Progress
towards
Source: UNICEF global databases or as defined in the methodological notes available on the report webpage,
Value with data global target
Progress for Every Child in the SDG Era, at uni.cf/sdgreport.

2.2.1 Prevalence of stunting among children under 5 (%) 8 2005

2.2.2.a Prevalence of wasting among children under 5 (%) 1 2005

2.2.2.b Prevalence of overweight among children under 5 (%) 10 2005

3.1.1 Maternal mortality ratio (maternal deaths per 100,000 live births) 52 2015 N/A

3.1.2 Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel (%) 100 2014

3.2.1 Under-five mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) 11 2016

3.2.2 Neonatal mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) 6 2016

3.3.1 Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population (children under 5) 0.02 2016

3.3.1 Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population (adolescent girls 15-19) 0.23 2016

3.3.1 Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population (adolescent boys 15-19) 0.33 2016
Survive + thrive

3.3.3 Malaria incidence per 1,000 population 0 2015 N/A

3.7.2 Adolescent birth rate (births per 1,000 girls 15-19) 70 2011 N/A

3.8.1 Population coverage of essential health services (%) – –

3.b.1 Proportion of the target population covered by all vaccines included in their national programme – MCV1 (%) 90 2016

3.b.1 Proportion of the target population covered by all vaccines included in their national programme – DTP3 (%) 92 2016

4.1.1.c.i Proportion of children at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading (%) 58 2015

4.1.1.c.ii Proportion of children at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics (%) 44 2015
Learning

4.2.1  roportion of children 36-59 months who are developmentally on track in health, learning and
P
85 2012
psychosocial well-being (%)

4.2.2 Participation rate in organized learning one year before the official primary entry age 99 2014

4.a.1 Proportion of schools with access to WASH (%) – –

5.2.1  P
 roportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15-19 subjected to physical, sexual or
– –
psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner (%)

5.2.2  Proportion of women and girls aged 15-19 subjected to sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner (%) – –

5.3.1 Proportion of women aged 20-24 who were married or in union before age 18 (%) – –

5.3.2 Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting (%) – –

8.7.1 Proportion of children aged 5-17 engaged in child labour (%) d 2012
4

16.1.1 Number of victims aged 0-19 of intentional homicide per 100,000 population – –

16.1.2 Conflict-related deaths per 100,000 population – – N/A

16.2.1 P
 roportion of children aged 1-14 who experienced any physical punishment and/or psychological
72t 2012
Protection

aggression by caregivers in the past month (%)

16.2.3 Proportion of young women aged 18-29 who experienced sexual violence by age 18 (%) – –

16.2.3 Proportion of young men aged 18-29 who experienced sexual violence by age 18 (%) – –

16.9.1 Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority (%) d 2012
100

3.9.1 Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution per 100,000 population 18 2012

6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services (%) 99 2015

6.2.1.a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services (%) 26 2015

6.2.1.b Proportion of population with a basic handwashing facility with soap and water available on premises (%) – –

6.2.1.c Proportion of population practising open defecation (%) 1 2015

Environment

1.4.1.a Proportion of the population using basic drinking water services (%) 100 2015

1.4.1.b Proportion of the population using basic sanitation services (%) 95 2015

7.1.2 Proportion of population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technology (%) s 2014
>95

13.1.1 Number of deaths caused by disaster per 100,000 population 407 2009 N/A

1.1.1 Children living in households in extreme poverty (%) a 2013

–
Fair chance

1.2.1 Children living below the national poverty line (%) – –

1.2.2 Children living in poverty in all its dimensions according to Global MPI (%) – –

1.3.1 Proportion of child population covered by social protection floors/systems (%) 60 2016

Note: A complete description of footnotes can be found in the methodological notes available on the report webpage, Progress for Every Child in the SDG Era, at uni.cf/sdgreport.