Argentina's Urban Poverty Rate Rises to 34.4% in Q2 2025
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Argentina's Urban Poverty Rate Rises to 34.4% in Q2 2025
Argentina's poverty rate in urban areas rose to 34.4% in the second quarter of 2025, marking an increase from 31.4% a year earlier and 30% in the previous quarter, according to data released by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC). The extreme poverty indicator also climbed to 8% from 6.9% in the same period last year and 7% in the preceding quarter. The survey, which covered a population of approximately 30 million urban resi…
A report by a private consultant based on state data warned that real poverty is 13 points above the officially declared figure under libertarian management.
In concrete terms, it means that about 16.5 million Argentines do not have enough income to cover their basic needs. Indigence also advanced and reached 8%, which represents approximately 3.8 million people who cannot even cover the food basket. The data, prepared from the microdata of the [...] The INDEC entry: the social situation is aggravated, poverty rises again and there are already 1.4 million new poor in one year was first published in P…
There are nearly 1.4 million new poor in a year and the situation is more critical among minors.
A private survey based on the microdata from the INDEC Permanent Household Survey (EPH) warned of a marked social deterioration. The rise affected 23 of the country’s 31 urban agglomerates, with a special impact on children’s sectors and informal workers. Read more
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