BA by numbers

39 million Population of Argentina in 2005
12.3 million Population of metropolitan BA in 2005
12th Ranking in list world’s biggest cities
142nd Ranking (out of 144) in list of world’s most expensive cities
4th Ranking in list of world’s noisiest cities
1:30 Rate of psychoanalysts to population in Argentina
1:100 Same ration in developed countries
20 Percentage of porteños who define themselves as unhappy
1 in 30 Number of Argentineans who have undergone plastic surgery since 1970
1 in 10 Number of adolescent girls in Argentina who suffer from a eating disorder
40 Percentage of Argentinean population living below poverty line in 2005
41 Percentage of young Argentineans who say they would accept a bribe
3 Number of Presidents 1914 to complete a full term and hand power to elected successor
6 Number of Argentinean Presidents since the 2001 crisis
20 Percentage of Argentineans who are practicing Roman Catholics
15 Age of sexual consent in Argentina
1986 Year that divorce became legal in Argentina
2003 Year that same-sex civil unions was legalized in Buenos Aires
14.000 Number of left-winged dissidents “disappeared” under military rule from 1976 to 1983 according to official reports.
30.000 Number of left-winged dissidents “disappeared” according to most human right groups
1st Argentina’s world ranking for soy meal and soy oil exports
4th Argentina’s world ranking for beef exports in 2004
60kg Amount of beef consumed per year per capita in Argentina
7th Argentina’s world ranking for wine consumption
92 Percentage of Argentinean households in which mate is drunk
50.000 Estimated Number of tangos composed (and counting)
20 Percentage of city streets still cobbled

Quelle: Time Out Buenos Aires 2006