Argentina vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Portfolio investment, bonds (PPG + PNG)

Argentina
2.14 billion NFL, current US$
in 2024
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
-1.51 billion NFL, current US$
in 2024
Argentina rank
12th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
10th

Portfolio investment, bonds (PPG + PNG) over time

  • Argentina
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
-10.0B010.0B20.0B30.0B40.0B197019972024

How they compare

Argentina currently reports 2.14 billion NFL, current US$ against -1.51 billion NFL, current US$ in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 3.65 billion NFL, current US$.

That makes Argentina's figure about 1.4 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Argentina ahead.

Argentina ranks 12th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 10th of 78 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 2 and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Argentina Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1990s 8.91 billion NFL, current US$ 1.04 billion NFL, current US$ 7.88 billion NFL, current US$ Argentina
2000s 1.21 billion NFL, current US$ 1.68 billion NFL, current US$ 466.59 million NFL, current US$ Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2010s 10.92 billion NFL, current US$ 8.07 billion NFL, current US$ 2.85 billion NFL, current US$ Argentina
2020s 178.51 million NFL, current US$ 5.01 billion NFL, current US$ 4.83 billion NFL, current US$ Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher portfolio investment, bonds (ppg + png), Argentina or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Argentina, at 2.14 billion NFL, current US$ against -1.51 billion NFL, current US$ in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in portfolio investment, bonds (ppg + png) between Argentina and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
3.65 billion NFL, current US$, with Argentina ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
24 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2024.
How do Argentina and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for portfolio investment, bonds (ppg + png)?
Argentina ranks 12th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 10th of 78 countries.
Where does this data come from?
International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as Portfolio investment, bonds (PPG + PNG) (NFL, current US$). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Portfolio investment, bonds (PPG + PNG) (NFL, current US$)
Unit
NFL, current US$
Source
International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
89 places, 2,314 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

Bonds are securities issued with a fixed rate of interest for a period of more than one year. They include net flows through cross-border public and publicly guaranteed and private nonguaranteed bond issues. Data are in current U.S. dollars.