Inflation Rate in Argentina decreased to 31.30 percent in October from 31.80 percent in September 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 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.

Inflation in Argentina was 54 percent in 2019, before falling to 42 percent in 2020. Despite Argentina's fluctuating economic instability over the twentieth century, the largest factor in its current economic status is the legacy of poor fiscal discipline left by the economic depression from 1998 to 2002. Although data is not available from 2014 to 2016, Argentina's inflation rate has been among the highest in the world for the past five years. What causes inflation? Inflation is a rise in price levels for all goods. Major causes of inflation include an increase in money supply, low central bank interest rates, and expectation of inflation. In a country such as Argentina, the expectation can be one of the biggest obstacles. People expect inflation to be high and demand increasing wages, and firms continue raising prices because they expect the costs of inputs to increase. Banks follow suit, charging high interest rates on fixed deposits. Effects of inflation Inflation negatively affects savers. 100 Argentinian pesos in 2018 was worth just under 75 pesos in 2019, after adjusting for the 34 percent inflation rate. Similarly, frequently changing prices has its own inherent cost, called “menu cost” after the price of printing new menus. Inflation will also have a positive effect on national debt when that debt is denominated in Argentinian pesos, because the pesos will be cheaper when the loan matures. However, the majority of Argentina’s debts are in foreign currency, which means that inflation will make these debts larger in peso terms.

Monthly and long-term Argentina Inflation data: historical series and analyst forecasts curated by FocusEconomics.

The data and programs replicate tables and figures from "From Hyperinflation to Stable Prices: Argentina's Evidence on Menu Cost Models", by Alvarez, Beraja, Gonzalez-Rozada, and Neumeyer. Please see the Readme file for additional details.

In 2024, only two Latin American or Caribbean country registered deflation in their average consumer prices. St Lucia and Costa Rica had the lowest change compared to the previous year with -0.45 and -0.41 percent, respectively. In contrast, the average inflation rate in Argentina amounted to about 219.89 percent.

Latin America among the highest inflation rates in the world In 2023, the average inflation rate of the region was around 14.41 percent. Which is significantly higher than the global average of 6.78 percent. Some of that is explained by countries such as Venezuela, Argentina, and Suriname ranking in the top then of countries with the highest inflation rate in the world.

Chronic inflation in Latin America Chronic inflation is often defined as persistent high inflation throughout a long time. Some of the common examples of this problem are Venezuela and Argentina, both countries had episodes of hyperinflation, with price increases considerably over 50 percent per month in both cases. The last few years, the global crisis and economic sanctions, attenuated the situation with Argentina reaching once again three-digit inflation and Venezuela exceeding 63,000 percent inflation in 2019.

In 2023 and through 2024, the world saw inflation rates increase amid, among other things, post-COVID-19 effects and the Russia-Ukraine war. Argentina and Turkey were both plagued by hyperinflation, with over 219 and 58 percent in 2024, respectively. Except for these, Russia had the highest inflation rate, at nearly eight percent. On the other hand, China had the lowest rate of the countries included here, at 0.2 percent. Argentinian inflation crisis During the 2020s, Argentina was struck by extreme levels of inflation, which severely impacted the livelihoods of Argentinians. Specifically, the costs of goods have presented numerous challenges to Argentinian consumers. In Argentina, a basic food basket that costs around 26,000 Argentinian pesos cost over 100,000 by February 2024. Similarly, a basic consumer goods basket that cost around 57,000 Argentinian pesos in February 2023 rose to over 220,000 by February 2024. While these rising costs have been challenging for consumers, Argentina’s inflation rate is expected to decrease beginning in 2024 and is estimated to reach 8.9% by 2029.

British recession Besides the outliers of Argentina and Turkey, the United Kingdom had a comparatively high CPI rate. As of 2024, the British economy has entered a recession, the only G7 country to do so. Just before the general election held in July 2024, British voters indicated that health, mostly the lack of financial support and staff shortages, as well as the economy was the most important issue to them.

Following years of high inflation around the world, people in most countries believe that inflation will be ****** in 2025 than in 2024. Sweden and Argentina were the only two countries where less than **** of the respondents believed that inflation would be higher, with Argentina coming from a period of hyperinflation.

Im Oktober 2025 ist die Inflationsrate in Argentinien auf *****Prozent gegenüber dem Vorjahresmonat gesunken. Im Vormonat September 2025 betrug die Inflationsrate rund *****Prozent. Argentiniens Inflationsrate ist im Februar 2023 zum ersten Mal über die 100 Prozent geklettert und ist im Januar 2025 das erste Mal unter 100 Prozent gesunken. Im November 2023 hat Javier Milei die Präsidentschaftswahlen in Argentinien gewonnen. Der politische Außenseiter ist mit einem radikalen, libertären Programm angetreten und vereint rechtskonservative Sozialpolitik mit einer radikalen libertären Wirtschaftspolitik. In den ersten Monaten im Amt hat Milei Staatsausgaben und Subventionen radikal gekürzt sowie Rechte für Arbeitnehmer:innen und Mieter:innen eingeschränkt. Zudem hat Milei den Peso um rund ** Prozent abgewertet, was die Preise erst mal ansteigen ließ. Im Vergleich zum Vormonat sind die Preise zwar langsamer gestiegen als im Juni, die Anstiege sind aber auch im Monatsvergleich deutlich höher als vor Mileis Amtsantritt. Die jährliche Inflation ist bis April gestiegen, seitdem geht die Teuerungsrate etwas zurück. Inflation in Argentinien wird zu einem immer größeren Problem Die Inflationsrate bildet Veränderungen der Kosten für einen festgelegten Warenkorb ab, der eine repräsentative Auswahl an Waren und Dienstleistungen enthält. Sie wird aus dem Verbraucherpreisindex (VPI) abgeleitet. Seit 2018 gehört Argentinien zu den 20 Ländern mit der höchsten Inflationsrate weltweit. Durch die hohe Inflation muss die Zentralbank in Argentinien kontinuierlich Geld drucken, um den Haushalt zu finanzieren. Der argentinische Peso schwächt gegenüber dem US-Dollar immer weiter ab und die argentinische Staatsverschuldung erhöht sich.