Consumer Price Index CPI in Argentina increased to 8714.49 points in May from 8585.61 points in April of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Argentina Consumer Price Index (CPI) - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Key information about Argentina Consumer Price Index CPI growth

• Argentina Consumer Price Index (CPI) growth was measured at 84.5 % YoY in Jan 2025, compared with a rate of 117.8 % in the previous month.
• Argentina Consumer Price Index growth data is updated monthly, available from Dec 2017 to Jan 2025, with an averaged number of 53.2 % YoY.
• The data reached an all-time high of 289.4 % YoY in Apr 2024 and a record low of 24.8 % YoY in Dec 2017.

CEIC calculates Consumer Price Index Growth from monthly Consumer Price Index. The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses provides Consumer Price Index with base December 2016=100. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Argentina, May, 2025 The most recent value is 8649.3365 index points as of May 2025, an increase compared to the previous value of 8521.5138 index points. Historically, the average for Argentina from December 2016 to May 2025 is 1627.0338 index points. The minimum of 100 index points was recorded in December 2016, while the maximum of 8649.3365 index points was reached in May 2025. | TheGlobalEconomy.com

Inflation Rate in Argentina decreased to 43.50 percent in May from 47.30 percent in April of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Argentina Inflation Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

The annual average consumer price index in Argentina amounted to about 11.84 thousand points in 2024. Between 1997 and 2024, the index rose by approximately 11.81 thousand points, though the increase followed an uneven trajectory rather than a consistent upward trend. The index will steadily rise by around 13.20 thousand points over the period from 2024 to 2030, reflecting a clear upward trend.As defined by the International Monetary Fund, this indicator measures inflation on the basis of the average consumer price index. This index measure expresses a country's average level of prices based on a typical basket of consumer goods and services during a certain year. Typically a reference year exists for which a value of 100 had been assigned.

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Argentina AR: Consumer Price Index (CPI): YoY data was reported at 25.109 % in 2026. This records a decrease from the previous number of 29.783 % for 2025. Argentina AR: Consumer Price Index (CPI): YoY data is updated yearly, averaging 28.577 % from Dec 1961 (Median) to 2026, with 66 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3,079.454 % in 1989 and a record low of -1.167 % in 1999. Argentina AR: Consumer Price Index (CPI): YoY data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Argentina – Table AR.OECD.EO: Consumer and Wholesale Price Index: Forecast: Non OECD Member: Annual. CPI_YTYPCT- Headline inflation The CPI year-on-year changes is a measure of inflation

The Consumer Price Index gauges the price changes in a basket of goods and services in a defined time period. During August 2024, the product category with the highest Consumer Price Index (CPI) increase compared with the previous month in Argentina was household, water, electricity, gas and other fuels with a ***** percent increase. Followed by education with a *** percent increase. Nonetheless, when compared with the previous year, communications registered the highest price increase with over *** percent year-over-year. The expectation of inflation Despite Argentina’s efforts to reduce inflation, the country ranks in the top three Latin American countries with the highest rate, only with a lower figure than Venezuela and Suriname. The situation is not a recent one, the inflation rate has been reaching double digits every year since 2012, reaching over ** percent in 2019, making the constant rising prices nothing out of the ordinary for Argentinian families. The expectation of inflation is one of the main causes of inflation with low central bank interest-rates and increases in the money supply, which helps to explain the chronic inflation of the country. Both firms and people expect inflation in their lives, workers demand increasing wages to coop with inflation, while companies increase prices of goods and services because they expect production costs to grow, creating a vicious circle in the economy. Inflation and poverty Inflation negatively affects consumers and savers alike. For the latter, 100 Argentinian pesos in 2020 was worth just under ** pesos in 2021, after adjusting for the ***** percent inflation rate. For the consumers, rising prices of the basic products increase the vulnerability of the population. In January 2023, the value of the basic food basket, which establishes the extreme poverty line, stood at ****** pesos, more than ten times higher than during the same month in 2018. Between the first half of 2018 and the first half of 2022, the share of households under the poverty line increased by over * percentage points reaching **** percent.

This statistic represents the annual growth rate of the consumer price index (CPI) in Argentina between 2009 and 2023. In 2023 a CPI growth rate of **** percent was forecasted. The last reported CPI growth rate from 2017 was at ***** percent.

From December 2016 to January 2025, the has been a general increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Argentina for housing, water and energy. Having more of a steady growth through time, it ended with a registered figure of *******.

CPI Housing Utilities in Argentina increased to 8641.55 points in May from 8435.10 points in April of 2025. This dataset provides - Argentina Cpi Housing- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The transportation sub-index of the CPI basket in Argentina increased to 8676 points in May of 2025 from 8644.56 points in April of 2025. This dataset provides - Argentina Cpi Transportation- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Argentina Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: Cuyo: Communications data was reported at 2.530 % in 2024. This stayed constant from the previous number of 2.530 % for 2023. Argentina Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: Cuyo: Communications data is updated yearly, averaging 2.530 % from Dec 2016 (Median) to 2024, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.530 % in 2024 and a record low of 2.530 % in 2024. Argentina Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: Cuyo: Communications data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Institute of Statistics and Censuses. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Argentina – Table AR.I022: Consumer Price Index: by Region: Weights.

Graph and download economic data for Consumer Price Index: All Items: Total for Argentina (ARGCPALTT01GPM) from Jan 2017 to Feb 2024 about Argentina, all items, CPI, price index, indexes, and price.

The Consumer Price Index in Argentina increased 1.50 percent in May of 2025 over the previous month. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Argentina Inflation Rate MoM - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Argentina Consumer price indicators , Index, 2010 = 100

Consumer price index (2010 = 100) in Argentina was reported at 233 in 2019, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Argentina - Consumer price index (2010 = 100) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Argentina Consumer Price Index (CPI): Urban: Education: Services: Formal data was reported at 119.570 4Q2013=100 in Sep 2014. This records an increase from the previous number of 118.740 4Q2013=100 for Aug 2014. Argentina Consumer Price Index (CPI): Urban: Education: Services: Formal data is updated monthly, averaging 111.330 4Q2013=100 from Dec 2013 (Median) to Sep 2014, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 119.570 4Q2013=100 in Sep 2014 and a record low of 98.790 4Q2013=100 in Feb 2014. Argentina Consumer Price Index (CPI): Urban: Education: Services: Formal data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Institute of Statistics and Censuses. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Argentina – Table AR.I007: Consumer Price Index: Urban: Q42013=100.

Argentina Consumer Price Index (CPI): Regulated Prices data was reported at 8,129.994 Dec2016=100 in Mar 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 7,877.310 Dec2016=100 for Feb 2025. Argentina Consumer Price Index (CPI): Regulated Prices data is updated monthly, averaging 384.780 Dec2016=100 from Dec 2016 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 100 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8,129.994 Dec2016=100 in Mar 2025 and a record low of 100.000 Dec2016=100 in Dec 2016. Argentina Consumer Price Index (CPI): Regulated Prices data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Institute of Statistics and Censuses. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Argentina – Table AR.I002: Consumer Price Index: National: Dec2016=100.

The Consumer Price Index gauges the price changes in a basket of goods and services in a defined time period. In Argentina, the CPI in April 2024 was 289 percent higher than the one registered the same month of the previous year, with this figure being the largest monthly inflation rate since, at least, the beginning of 2018. The Argentinian inflation rate has been experiencing a steep increase from December 2020 onwards, when the decreasing trend witnessed since December 2019 came to an end. Long history of inflation in Latin America High inflation rates are nothing new in Latin America. In 2023, the region's inflation rate was 14.41 percent, while the global average was much lower at 6.78 percent. Nonetheless, the main drivers of this are Venezuela and Argentina, both being in the upper table of countries with the highest inflation rates in the world. During the last few years, Venezuela entered a period with five-digits inflation rates, having to issue a new currency and implementing new policies to control price increases.

A history of hyperinflation During the last couple of years, inflation has been a constant among the main problems the Argentine society faces. The country returned to a three-digit inflation rate with former president Alberto Fernández, and the constant price increases took a toll on households across the board. Nevertheless, the problem is far from a recent one or the worst it's ever been, in 1989 and 1990, the inflation rate was over 2,000 percent, reaching for the status of hyperinflation. Commonly, hyperinflation is defined as price increases with over 50 percent per month.