Argentina 2012

ARGENTINA

TABLE 1. INFORMATION ON POPULATION


Year	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2008	2010	From 2000 to 2010
Population (millions)	24.0	28.1	32.6	36.8	38.6	39.1	40.1	0.9
Population density (inhabitants/km²)	8.6	10.1	11.7	13.2	13.8	14.0	14.4	0.9
Urban population as part of the total %	78.9	82.9	87.2	89.2	90.1	90.3	91.4	0.2
Continental surface (1000 km²)							2791.8*

TABLE 2. GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP)

								Annual Average Rate of Growth (%)
	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2010	2011	2000 to 2011
GDP (millions of current US$)	28,178	190,661	123,274	284,204	181,967	368,399	445,620	4,2
GDP (millions of constant US$ 2000)	51,564	136,915	193,284	284,463	290,822	442,078	569,367	6,5
*GDP per capita (PPP U$S /capita)**	n/d	4,861	5,609	9,210	10,871	15,603	**	-
GDP per capita (U$S/current capita)	1,176	6,787	3,828	7,929	4,629	9,189	11,108	3,1

TABLE 3. ESTIMATE AVAILABLE ENERGY SOURCES

	Estimated Available Energy Sources
	Fossil Fuels			Nuclear	Renewable
	Solid	Liquid	Gas	Uranium	Hydro	Other renewable
Total amount in specific units*	444	401,308	358,726	17,271	40,400	2,055
Total amount in Exajoule (EJ)	10.04	14.87	12.62	10.94	0.61	0.03

TABLE 4. ENERGY STATISTICS (EXAJOULE (EJ))

									Average rate of annual growth (%)
	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2007	2009	2010*	2000 to 2010
Energy consumption**
- Total	1.28	1.79	2.04	2.74	3.00	3.37	3.22	3.11	1.28
- Solids***	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.04	2.28
- Liquids	0.91	1.12	0.98	1.12	1.10	1.26	1.15	1.11	-0.12
- Gas	0.22	0.45	0.78	1.29	1.52	1.71	1.69	1.64	2.42
- Nuclear	0.00	0.04	0.09	0.07	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.10	2.58
- Hydro	0.01	0.07	0.08	0.13	0.15	0.14	0.15	0.15	1.33
- Other renewable	0.09	0.08	0.07	0.09	0.09	0.12	0.09	0.08	-1.23
Energy production
- Total	1.24	1.75	2.07	3.43	3.48	3.38	3.27	3.15	-0.83
- Solids***	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-12.99
- Liquids	0.84	1.06	1.04	1.66	1.42	1.38	1.34	1.31	-2.32
- Gas	0.28	0.50	0.78	1.47	1.72	1.74	1.68	1.61	0.92
- Nuclear	0.00	0.04	0.09	**** 0.00	**** 0.00	**** 0.00	**** 0.00	**** 0.00	N/A
- Hydro	0.01	0.07	0.08	0.13	0.15	0.14	0.15	0.15	1.44
- Other renewable	0.09	0.08	0.07	0.09	0.09	0.12	0.09	0.08	-1.32
Net Import (Import – Export)	0.03	0.04	-0.02	-0.69	-0.48	-0.01	-0.05	-0.04	-23.94
- Total	1.28	1.79	2.04	2.74	3.00	3.37	3.27	3.19	1.54

TABLE 5. ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION AND CAPACITY

									Average rate of annual growth (%)
	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2007	2009	2010*	2000 to 2010
Capacity of electric power station (GWe)
- Thermal	6.08	8.01	9.48	15.75	17.34	18.13	21.03	21.78	3.32
- Hydro	0.61	3.63	6.61	9.60	9.94	9.97	10.04	10.05	0.45
- Nuclear	0.00	0.37	1.02	1.02	1.02	1.02	1.02	1.02	0.00
- Wind	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	7.82
- Geothermal	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
- Other renewable	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
- Total	6.69	12.00	17.11	26.35	28.33	29.14	32.13	32.88	2.24
Electricity production (TW.h)
- Thermal	20.17	22.22	25.58	53.93	63.87	75.84	78.94	84.90	4.64
- Hydro	1.55	15.14	18.14	28.84	34.25	31.65	35.18	33.90	1.63
- Nuclear	0.00	2.34	7.28	6.18	6.87	7.22	8.16	7.17**	1.50
- Wind	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.03	0.08	0.06	0.04	0.03	-3.11
- Geothermal	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
- Other renewable	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
- Total (1)	21.73	39.71	51.00	88.98	105.0	114.7	122.33	125.99	3.54
Total electricity consumption (TW.h)	18.72	33.49	40.53	75.28	90.20	101.83	106.36	111.87	4.04

TABLE 6. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS

	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005	2007	2009	2010*
Energy Consumption per capita (GJ/capita)	53.25	63.62	62.76	74.40	75.47	86.49	81.54	79.49
Electricity Consumption per capita (kW.h/capita)	745.73	1170.73	1238.24	2026.10	2337.62	2587.00	2653.66	2810.55
Electricity production/Energy Production (%)	6.29	8.16	8.59	9.34	10.95	12.22	13.25	13.98
Nuclear/Total Electricity (%)	0.00	5.89	14.28	6.94	6.54	6.29	6.67	5.71
Ratio of External Dependence (%) (1)	8.60	12.50	2.14	-27.80	-21.78	-3.86	0.12	1.27

TABLE 7. STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS