World Bank Enterprise Survey 2025

Argentina, 2025 - 2026

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Reference ID

ARG_2025_WBES_v01_M

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World Bank Group (WBG)

Collection(s)

Enterprise Surveys

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Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

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Jul 13, 2026

Last modified

Jul 16, 2026

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How Much of An Obstacle: The cost of hiring new workers? (l30c)

Data file: Argentina-2026-full_data

Overview

Valid: 797

Invalid: 0

Minimum: -9

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Width: 24

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-9	Don't know (spontaneous)	6	0.8%
-7	Does not apply	0
0	No obstacle	42	5.3%
1	Minor obstacle	153	19.2%
2	Moderate obstacle	315	39.5%
3	Major obstacle	232	29.1%
4	Very severe obstacle	49	6.1%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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