According to INDEC, In the second semester of 2024 poverty reached 38.1% of the Argentine population. In the same semester of 2023 the figure had been 41.7%.
At the age level, the most affected segment was again that of the youngest. Official figures indicated that For the population between 0 and 14 years, poverty was 51.9%less than 58.4% of a year ago.
How many people came out of poverty in the last year
According to official data, the Poverty reached about 17.9 million people, while some 3.9 million are in destitution. Therefore, About 1.6 million people left poverty between the second semester of 2023 and 2024.
Resistance exhibited the worst poverty rate
Regarding the regions, the greatest incidents of poverty were observed in the Northeast (NEA) with 47%; and Northwest (NOA) with 42.8%. The minors, meanwhile, were recorded in the regions Patagonia, 33.5%; and Pampeana, 35.6%.
Among the cities, the most affected was Great resistance with the 60.8% of people under the line of poverty, of which 22.4% are in indigence. It follows Concord with the 57.1% and the 13.9%, while escorting them Santiago del Estero-La Banda with the 48.6% and the 11.1%, respectively.
What is expected for 2025?
The perspectives regarding poverty at the close of the first quarter of 2025 awaken a feeling of stagnation in poverty levels. On the one hand, the Difficulties of inflation to drill 2% monthly It generates a first barrier.
As for income, a stagnation in private sector salaries. State salaries remained strongly beatenwhile for informal workers the situation is more difficult to estimate due to the lack of information.
Source: Ambito
