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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Contains data from the World Bank's data portal. There is also a consolidated country dataset on HDX.

For countries with an active poverty monitoring program, the World Bank—in collaboration with national institutions, other development agencies, and civil society—regularly conducts analytical work to assess the extent and causes of poverty and inequality, examine the impact of growth and public policy, and review household survey data and measurement methods. Data here includes poverty and inequality measures generated from analytical reports, from national poverty monitoring programs, and from the World Bank’s Development Research Group which has been producing internationally comparable and global poverty estimates and lines since 1990.

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.

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The HDI was created to emphasize that people and their capabilities should be the ultimate criteria for assessing the development of a country, not economic growth alone. The HDI can also be used to question national policy choices, asking how two countries with the same level of GNI per capita can end up with different human development outcomes. These contrasts can stimulate debate about government policy priorities. The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of average achievement in key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, being knowledgeable and have a decent standard of living. The HDI is the geometric mean of normalized indices for each of the three dimensions.

The 2019 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) data shed light on the number of people experiencing poverty at regional, national and subnational levels, and reveal inequalities across countries and among the poor themselves.Jointly developed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) at the University of Oxford, the 2019 global MPI offers data for 101 countries, covering 76 percent of the global population. The MPI provides a comprehensive and in-depth picture of global poverty – in all its dimensions – and monitors progress towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 1 – to end poverty in all its forms. It also provides policymakers with the data to respond to the call of Target 1.2, which is to ‘reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women, and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definition'.

Argentina AR: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $1.90 a Day: 2011 PPP: % of Population data was reported at 1.600 % in 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.300 % for 2019. Argentina AR: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $1.90 a Day: 2011 PPP: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 2.500 % from Dec 1980 (Median) to 2020, with 32 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 16.900 % in 2002 and a record low of 0.500 % in 1980. Argentina AR: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $1.90 a Day: 2011 PPP: % of 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. 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.; ; World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.; ; The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from around 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

14,4 (%) 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 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.

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This table contains subnational multidimensional poverty data from the data tables published by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford. The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) measures multidimensional poverty in over 100 developing countries, using internationally comparable datasets and is updated annually. The measure captures the severe deprivations that each person faces at the same time using information from 10 indicators, which are grouped into three equally weighted dimensions: health, education, and living standards. The global MPI methodology is detailed in Alkire, Kanagaratnam & Suppa (2023).

Argentina Poverty: Under Indigence Line: Percentage of Population: Urban: Gran Buenos Aires data was reported at 19.800 % in Jun 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 12.500 % for Dec 2023. Argentina Poverty: Under Indigence Line: Percentage of Population: Urban: Gran Buenos Aires data is updated semiannually, averaging 9.100 % from Dec 2016 (Median) to Jun 2024, with 16 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 19.800 % in Jun 2024 and a record low of 5.400 % in Jun 2018. Argentina Poverty: Under Indigence Line: Percentage of Population: Urban: Gran Buenos Aires 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.G013: Below Poverty Indigence Line.

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.

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.