Argentina Poverty Rate 1980-2023
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Argentina poverty rate for 2020 was 14.10%, a 2.9% increase from 2019.
- Argentina poverty rate for 2019 was 11.20%, a 1.5% increase from 2018.
- Argentina poverty rate for 2018 was 9.70%, a 1.8% increase from 2017.
- Argentina poverty rate for 2017 was 7.90%, a 0.9% decline from 2016.
| Argentina Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2020 |
14.10% |
2.90% |
| 2019 |
11.20% |
1.50% |
| 2018 |
9.70% |
1.80% |
| 2017 |
7.90% |
-0.90% |
| 2016 |
8.80% |
-0.30% |
| 2014 |
9.10% |
0.60% |
| 2013 |
8.50% |
0.00% |
| 2012 |
8.50% |
-0.50% |
| 2011 |
9.00% |
-2.20% |
| 2010 |
11.20% |
-1.60% |
| 2009 |
12.80% |
-1.30% |
| 2008 |
14.10% |
-1.30% |
| 2007 |
15.40% |
-1.40% |
| 2006 |
16.80% |
-4.00% |
| 2005 |
20.80% |
-3.90% |
| 2004 |
24.70% |
-4.90% |
| 2003 |
29.60% |
-14.80% |
| 2002 |
44.40% |
13.30% |
| 2001 |
31.10% |
4.80% |
| 2000 |
26.30% |
2.10% |
| 1999 |
24.20% |
0.90% |
| 1998 |
23.30% |
2.00% |
| 1997 |
21.30% |
-1.10% |
| 1996 |
22.40% |
1.90% |
| 1995 |
20.50% |
4.80% |
| 1994 |
15.70% |
0.60% |
| 1993 |
15.10% |
0.20% |
| 1992 |
14.90% |
0.60% |
| 1991 |
14.30% |
6.70% |
| 1987 |
7.60% |
2.80% |
| 1986 |
4.80% |
-0.70% |
| 1980 |
5.50% |
-0.70% |
