Poverty Grew Again in the City of Buenos Aires: It Affects 21.1% of the Population and Indigence Reached Its Highest Level in a Year

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During the first quarter of 2026, the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) recorded an increase in the poverty rate by income, while the percentage that occupies the “average class” continues to decline. At the end of the January-March period, poverty reached 236,000 households (17.2%) and 651,000 people (21.1%). MACRI'S CABA: MORE POVERTY and LESS “CLASE MEDIA” by Manuel Caballero Indigence also increased and reached 93,000 ...

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The work carried out by the Institute of Statistics and Censuses of the City of Buenos Aires (IDECBA) reflected that poverty covered 17.2 per cent of households (236,000) and 21.1 per cent of persons (651,000), while indigence reached 6.8 per cent of households (93,000) and 8.9 per cent of persons (274,000). Read more

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Buenos Aires, 26 June (NA) -- During the first quarter of 2026, the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires recorded an increase in the poverty rate by income and the percentage that occupies the "average class" continues to decline. At the end of the January-March period, poverty reached 236,000 households (17.2 per cent) and 651,000 persons (21.1 per cent). Thus, the index increased again after five quarters of year-on-year reduction. Indigence also i…

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The IDECBA report for the first quarter of 2026 revealed that 651,000 people live in poverty in the City of Buenos Aires and 274,000 are destitute. The study recorded an increase in poverty and the vulnerable population compared to a year ago, while the participation of the middle class and the fragile middle sector was reduced. Continue reading in Pura Ciudad: Poverty re-growing in the City of Buenos Aires: affects 21.1% of the population and i…