Over 42 percent of Argentine households located in large metropolitan areas were found to live under the poverty line in the first half of 2023, 12.9 percentage points more in comparison to the same period a year earlier. When compared to the first semester of 2018, the share of urban households living under the poverty line in the South American country rose over 20 percentage points. According to the latest data available, 2.54 percent of the Argentinian population is living on less than 3.65 U.S. dollars per day.

Argentina Poverty Line: Total Basic Basket data was reported at 334,535.800 USD in Jan 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 331,532.430 USD for Dec 2024. Argentina Poverty Line: Total Basic Basket data is updated monthly, averaging 14,998.970 USD from Apr 2016 (Median) to Jan 2025, with 106 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 334,535.800 USD in Jan 2025 and a record low of 3,663.660 USD in Apr 2016. Argentina Poverty Line: Total Basic Basket 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.G011: Indigence and Poverty Lines: National Statistics & Census Institute.

In 2002, almost 24 percent of the urban population in Argentina were living on less than 3.65 dollars per day, the highest figure at least since 1980. The figure decreased significantly in recent years to less than 2.6 percent of the population in 2022. In nominal terms, excluding the impact of inflation, household income per capita in Argentina has increased since 2015.

Argentina Poverty: Under Poverty Line: Percentage of Households: Urban: Interior Agglomerate data was reported at 42.100 % in Jun 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 32.400 % for Dec 2023. Argentina Poverty: Under Poverty Line: Percentage of Households: Urban: Interior Agglomerate data is updated semiannually, averaging 27.550 % from Dec 2016 (Median) to Jun 2024, with 16 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 42.100 % in Jun 2024 and a record low of 18.400 % in Dec 2017. Argentina Poverty: Under Poverty Line: Percentage of Households: Urban: Interior Agglomerate 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.G015: Below Poverty Line.

During the second quarter of 2023, approximately three out of ten people living in urban areas in Argentina were below the poverty line. And more than one out of ten individuals were considered to live below the indigence line. Even though poverty and indigence rates were lower among households, it was estimated that over 23 percent of urban households in Argentina were below the poverty line.

Regardless of the employment status, the percentage of the population in Argentina whose average per capita income was below the poverty line experienced a downward trend between 2002 and 2017. In the case of the unemployed population, the share fell from 75.2 to 33.3 percent. However, the share of people living under the poverty line grew from 2017 and 2020 across all groups. In 2023, 30.8 percent of the economically inactive population was living in poverty. That year, 18 percent of employees in Argentina, the group with the lowest share throughout the whole analyzed period, was living under the poverty line.

4,9 (%) in 2019. Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.20 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Poverty ratio at $5.5 a day of Argentina soared by 17.07% from 12.3 % in 2018 to 14.4 % in 2019. Since the 13.91% drop in 2017, poverty ratio at $5.5 a day rocketed by 45.45% in 2019. Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Argentina AR: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: Urban: % of Urban Population data was reported at 4.700 % in 2013. This records a decrease from the previous number of 5.400 % for 2012. Argentina AR: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: Urban: % of Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 15.300 % from Dec 2003 (Median) to 2013, with 11 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 47.800 % in 2003 and a record low of 4.700 % in 2013. Argentina AR: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: Urban: % of Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Argentina – Table AR.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Urban poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the urban population living below the national poverty lines.; ; World Bank, Global Poverty Working Group. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.; ; This series only includes estimates that to the best of our knowledge are reasonably comparable over time for a country. Due to differences in estimation methodologies and poverty lines, estimates should not be compared across countries.

Argentina Poverty: Under Poverty Line: Percentage of Population: Urban: Agglomerate: less than 500000 Inhabitant data was reported at 56.000 % in Jun 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 43.700 % for Dec 2023. Argentina Poverty: Under Poverty Line: Percentage of Population: Urban: Agglomerate: less than 500000 Inhabitant data is updated semiannually, averaging 36.400 % from Dec 2016 (Median) to Jun 2024, with 16 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 56.000 % in Jun 2024 and a record low of 26.300 % in Dec 2017. Argentina Poverty: Under Poverty Line: Percentage of Population: Urban: Agglomerate: less than 500000 Inhabitant 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.G015: Below Poverty Line.

1.5 (%) in 2019. Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Argentina Poverty: Under Poverty Line: Percentage of Households: Urban: Agglomerate: less than 500000 Inhabitant data was reported at 45.200 % in Jun 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 33.400 % for Dec 2023. Argentina Poverty: Under Poverty Line: Percentage of Households: Urban: Agglomerate: less than 500000 Inhabitant data is updated semiannually, averaging 27.700 % from Dec 2016 (Median) to Jun 2024, with 16 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 45.200 % in Jun 2024 and a record low of 18.800 % in Dec 2017. Argentina Poverty: Under Poverty Line: Percentage of Households: Urban: Agglomerate: less than 500000 Inhabitant 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.G015: Below Poverty Line.

Argentina Poverty: Under Poverty Line: Percentage of Population: Urban: Agglomerate: More than 500000 Inhabitant data was reported at 52.200 % in Jun 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 41.200 % for Dec 2023. Argentina Poverty: Under Poverty Line: Percentage of Population: Urban: Agglomerate: More than 500000 Inhabitant data is updated semiannually, averaging 37.050 % from Dec 2016 (Median) to Jun 2024, with 16 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 52.200 % in Jun 2024 and a record low of 25.500 % in Dec 2017. Argentina Poverty: Under Poverty Line: Percentage of Population: Urban: Agglomerate: More than 500000 Inhabitant 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.G015: Below Poverty Line.

In November 2024, the main problem for the country detected by the population in Argentina was poverty with an overall 38 percent answering it as one of the main problems, followed by low wages, crime, and job shortage. During this survey, other issues like climate change dropped to the bottom of the list, with less than one percent of people mentioning them as problem. Inflation in Argentina For the first month of 2023, one of the categories with the highest consumer price index (CPI) was clothing and footwear recording an inflation rate of 120.6. Some basic basket products also recorded high year-on-year price increases, like the food and non-alcoholic drinks sector recorded between 50 and 70 index points increases from January to June 2022. Overall, the price increase has been exponential when considering previous years, for example, the health services industry recorded an increase of 1,231.5 points in approximately six years. Crime in Argentina Other most common worries for the Argentinian population were crime and violence. In 2020, the country registered around 2,416 cases of intentional murders and, in 2022, approximately 212 femicides. Nonetheless, Argentina ranks as one of the Latin American countries with the lowest homicide rate, only with more than its western neighbor, Chile. Property crimes are actually the main concern for the country, only in 2021 more than a quarter of a million thefts were registered.

Abstract Since the 1990s various Latin American countries have adopted public polices to reduce poverty and social exclusion, highlighted by the income transfer programs that compose the central core of government actions in various countries. The objective of this study is to conduct a comparative analysis of the evolution of poverty in Brazil and Argentina in the early 21st century, as well as the public policies of the time. The analysis focused on secondary data about the two themes found in both countries. It concludes that these programs contribute decisively to reducing the levels of poverty in the two countries, yet emphasizes that the eradication of poverty requires greater articulation between the various social policies and emphasizes the need for the construction and consolidation of a broad social protection system.

From 2008 onwards, the share of employees in Argentina whose average per capita income was below the extreme poverty line has stayed below the landmark of two percent, making it the group with the lowest percentage of people living under such line. By contrast, since 2001, the share of unemployed people living in extreme poverty reached its lowest value in 2017 at 8.8 percent. By 2022, it had increased to 13.3 percent.

0,60 (%) in 2022. Population below $1.9 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.9 a day at 2005 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Argentina Poverty: Under Poverty Line: Percentage of Households: Urban: Agglomerate: More than 500000 Inhabitant data was reported at 41.900 % in Jun 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 31.400 % for Dec 2023. Argentina Poverty: Under Poverty Line: Percentage of Households: Urban: Agglomerate: More than 500000 Inhabitant data is updated semiannually, averaging 27.800 % from Dec 2016 (Median) to Jun 2024, with 16 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 41.900 % in Jun 2024 and a record low of 17.700 % in Dec 2017. Argentina Poverty: Under Poverty Line: Percentage of Households: Urban: Agglomerate: More than 500000 Inhabitant 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.G015: Below Poverty Line.

Unemployment Rate in Argentina decreased to 6.40 percent in the fourth quarter of 2024 from 6.90 percent in the third quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - Argentina Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

0.6 (million persons) in 2019. Number of people, in millions, living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 PPP is calculated by multiplying the poverty rate and the population. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.