Poverty in Argentina rose to 32.3% in the first half of 2026

Poverty in Argentina in the first six months of 2026 rose from 28.2% to 32.3%, according to data from the republic’s institute of statistics and census, TASS reports.

The share of households below the poverty line reached 24.4%, and they account for 32.3% of the population. Of these, 5.6% of households are below the extreme poverty line, and 7.5% of the population lives in them.

The statistics institute studied the situation in 31 urban agglomerations of Argentina. According to its data, 9.7 million people there live below the poverty line.

At the end of 2025, the number of such residents was 8.5 million.

In September 2025, researchers at the Catholic University of Argentina questioned the scale of the reduction in poverty. They pointed to changes in the methodology for collecting income data and to the formula for calculating the basic basket, based on the consumption structure of 2004–2005.