Total Population: 40.9 million

Source: CIA World Factbook, July 2009

Gross Domestic Product: 328.3 billion US dollars
Source: World Bank, 2009

Gross Domestic Product (PPP): 571.5 billion international dollars
Source: World Bank, 2009

Gross National Income Per Capita (Atlas Method): 7,200 US dollars
Source: World Bank, 2009

Gross National Income Per Capita (PPP): 14,020 international dollars
Source: World Bank, 2009

Software Engineer / Web Developer: 19.1 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, February 2010

Senior Software Engineer / Web Developer: 21 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, March 2010

IT Project Manager: 32.5 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, March 2010

Junior BPO Resource: 14.8 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, March 2010

Skilled BPO Resource: 32.6 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, March 2010

Office Occupancy Cost (CBD): 37.1 US$/sf/yr
Source: CB Richard Ellis, Colliers International, SourcingLine, March 2010

Office Occupancy Cost (Suburbs): 24.3 US$/sf/yr
Source: Colliers International, 2009

Note: Occupancy costs are for Buenos Aires. Note, costs in the central business district vary dramatically.

Corporate Tax Rates: 35 percent
Source: KPMG, October 2009

Indirect Tax Rates: 21 percent
Source: KPMG, October 2009

SMB Effective Tax Rate: 108.1 percent
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Total Workforce: 16.5 million
Source: CIA World Factbook, 2009

Note: Urban areas only (2009 estimate)

Exports of Computer & Information Services: 896.5 million US dollars
Source: IMF, 2008

Exports of Misc. Business Services: 3,068.3 million US dollars
Rank: 14 of 24
Source: IMF, 2008

Adult Literacy: 97.6 percent of population
Source: UNESCO, 2009

Reading Achievement: 374 PISA literacy scale
Source: OECD PISA, 2006

Math Achievement: 381 PISA mathematics scale
Source: OECD PISA, 2006

Science Achievement: 391 PISA science scale
Source: OECD PISA, 2006

University Educated Population: 11.1 percent of population
Source: UNESCO, 2009

Annual University Graduates: 223 thousands
Source: UNESCO, 2009

Annual Science & Technology Graduates: 14 percent of total
Source: UNESCO, 2009

Internet Access: 28.1 users per 100 inhabitants
Source: International Telecommunications Union, 2009

Broadband Internet Access: 8.9 subscribers per 100 inhabitants
Rank: 9 of 26
Source: International Telecommunications Union, 2009

Economic Competitiveness: 3.9 GCI score
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report, 2009

Macroeconomic Stability: 4.8 GCI Score
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report, 2009

Quality of Roads: 3.2 index (1-7)
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report, 2009

Quality of Electric Supply: 3.5 index (1-7)
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report, 2009

Mobile Phone Penetration: 116.6 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
Source: International Telecommunications Union, 2009

Rigidity of Employment: 21 index (0-100)
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Cost of Firing Employees: 95 weeks of salary
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Overall Ease of Doing Business: 118 rank (1-183)
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Complexity of Starting a Business: 27 days to register a start-up
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Complexity of Paying Taxes: 453 hours per year
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Corruption Perceptions: 2.9 CPI index
Source: Transparency International, 2009

Procedures to Enforce Contracts: 36 number
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Time to Enforce Contracts: 590 days
Source: Doing Business (World bank), 2010

Cost to Enforce Contracts: 16.5 percent of claim
Source: Doing Business (World bank), 2010

Intellectual Property Protection: 2.5 index (1-7)
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report, 2009

Software Piracy: 73 percent
Source: BSA-IDC Global Software Piracy Study, 2009