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Inicio > Estadísticas > ARGENTINA - The Judicial System in numbers
ARGENTINA - The Judicial System in numbers
(Spanish version - Version en Español)
The information presented below comprises the entire country except where specified.
| Data year 2000 | Data year 1996 | |
| GENERAL DATA | ||
| Population of Argentina 1 | 36,037,933 | 35,219,612 |
| Gross Domestic Product 2 | $ 290,344,575,000 | $ 258,032,000,000 |
| Consolidated Public Expenditure | $ 86,975,230,505 | |
| LAW PROFESSION | ||
| Number of Attorneys in practice 3 | 128,000 | |
| JUDICIAL PERSONNEL | ||
| Total Magistrates | 5,280 | |
| Judges 4 | 4,106 | 4,029 |
| Prosecutors | 674 | |
| Public Defenders | 406 | |
| Total Officers and Clerks | 11,661 | |
| of the Judiciary | 9,646 | |
| for the Prosecution | 1,225 | |
| for the Public Defender's Office | 160 | |
| Total Employees | 39,769 | |
| of the Judiciary | 32,761 | |
| for the Prosecution | 2,831 | |
| for the Public Defender's Office | 546 | |
| CASELOAD | ||
| Total Cases started 5 | 3,580,531 | 2,715,332 |
| Criminal | 1,613,108 | 1,174,123 |
| Civil | 1,448,994 | 1,401,737 |
| Commercial | 242,969 | |
| Labor | 119,579 | 140,553 |
| Administrative | 157,813 | |
| Electoral | 314 | |
| Inconstitutional writs | 128 | |
| LAW ENFORCEMENT | ||
| Total Reported Crimes 6 | 1,129,873 | |
| Total crimes against people | 202,820 | |
| Total crimes against honesty and honor | 9,293 | |
| Total crimes against personal liberty | 108,454 | |
| Total crimes against property | 753,727 | |
| Total crimes against the State and the community | 22,801 | |
| Delitos contra el estado civil | 615 | |
| Drug posession and Drug Trafficking | 15,967 | |
| Other Crimes | 16,196 | |
| Law Enforcement Officers 9 | 31,706 | |
| CORRECTIONS STATISTICS | ||
| Adult Correctional Population 7 | 39,917 | |
| BUDGET | ||
| Total Budget of the Judicial System 8 | $ 2,542,310,049 | $ 2,082,230,404 |
| CALCULATED INDICATORS | ||
| Cases started per 100,000 inhabitants | 9,935 | 7,710 |
| Cases started per judge | 872 | 674 |
| Number of employees per judge | 8 | |
| Number of employees per judge (Federal Judicial Branch) | 18.4 | 17.5 |
| Justice Sector Budget per Judge | $ 619,170 | $ 516,811 |
| Justice Sector Budget per Case filed | $ 710 | $ 767 |
| Justice Sector Budget per Inhabitant | $ 71 | $ 59 |
| Number of Judges per 100,000 inhabitants | 11.39 | 11.44 |
| Number of attorneys per 100,000 inhabitants | 355.2 | |
| Ratio (%) - Justice Sector Budget as part of Gross Domestic Product | 0.9% | 0.8% |
| Ratio (%) - Justice Sector Budget as part of Public Sector Expenditure | 2.9% | |
| Civil Cases filed per 100,000 inhabitants | 4,021 | 3,980 |
| Criminal Cases started per 100,000 inhabitants | 4,476 | 3,334 |
| Crimes committed per 100,000 inhabitants | 3,135 | |
| Number of people incarcerated per 100,000 inhabitants | 111 | |
| Criminal cases started per Prosecutor | 2,393 |
[1] Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos (INDEC) Año 2000
[2] Source: Ministerio de Economía de la Nación, Año 2000
[3] Source: Colegio Público de Abogados de la Capital Federal y Federación Argentina de Colegios de Abogados
[4] Source: Provincial Judiciaries and of the City of Buenos Aires, Programa Integral de Reforma Judicial and the Junta Federal de Cortes y Superiores Tribunales de Justicia de las Provincias Argentinas (JUFEJUS). The information corresponding to the following provinces is from 1996 : Entre Ríos, Jujuy, Misiones, Neuquén, San Juan, Santiago del Estero
[5] Source: Poderes Judiciales de las Provincias y de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Programa Integral de Reforma Judicial y Junta Federal de Cortes y Superiores Tribunales de Justicia de las Provincias Argentinas (JUFEJUS). The information corresponding to the following provinces is from 1996: Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Misiones
[6] Source: Dirección Nacional de Política Criminal, Ministerio de Justicia, Seguridad y Derechos Humanos. Año 2000
[7] Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos (INDEC) Año 2000
[8] Source: Programa Integral de Reforma Judicial, Provincial Judiciaries and of the City of Buenos Aires, Ministerio de Economía de la Nación
[9] This number is for the Policía Federal Argentina (Federal Police), information on provincial law enforcement officers is unavailable, therefore they have not been included