Since the basket determines the indigence line, a “type” family composed of two adults and two children needed $ 500,281 so as not to fall into destitution.
The cost of the basic food basket (CBA) fell 0.4% in Mayan unprecedented value since INDEC resumed the data series in 2016. The strong drop in the price of fruits and vegetables had an incidence.
You have to go back to 2020 to find a negative variation of the CBA. Since the basket determines the indigence line, a “type” family composed of two adults and two children needed $ 500,281 so as not to fall into destitution.
Strong price drops in fruits and vegetables
It happened on a day in which INDEC also reported that general inflation slowed 1.5%. The Division of Food and Non -Alcoholic Beverages, the one with the highest incidence in the Consumer Price Index (IPC) climbed just 0.5%.
In Greater Buenos Aires they stood out Great descents in fruits and vegetables for seasonal reasons. The lettuce yielded 25.3%, the lemon -23%and the orange -10.5%, to put some of the most relevant examples. In addition, there were casualties in other products such as sugar, salt, wine, hake fillet or packaged water cookies.
A family needed more than $ 1,100,000 to not be poor in May
In parallel, the total basic basket (CBT), which measures the poverty line, It rose just 0.1%. In this way, a family had to obtain income from $ 1,110,624 to not be poor in the fifth month of 2025.
It is worth remembering that INDEC builds the CBA taking into account what an adult male needs between 30 and 60 years old, of moderate activity (equivalent adult), to meet their essential nutritional needs. In turn, food and their quantities were selected according to the population’s consumption habits based on the information provided by the National Household Expenses Survey (ENGHO).
To determine the CBT, the CBA is expanded considering non -food goods and services. The estimate is obtained by applying the Engel coefficient (CDE), defined as the relationship between food expenses and total expenses observed in the reference population.
Source: Ambito
