Argentina Poverty Rate 1980-2021
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 2018 was 12.20%, a 2.4% increase from 2017.
- Argentina poverty rate for 2017 was 9.80%, a 1.3% decline from 2016.
- Argentina poverty rate for 2016 was 11.10%, a 0.4% decline from 2014.
- Argentina poverty rate for 2014 was 11.50%, a 1.1% increase from 2013.
| Argentina Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2018 |
12.20% |
2.40% |
| 2017 |
9.80% |
-1.30% |
| 2016 |
11.10% |
-0.40% |
| 2014 |
11.50% |
1.10% |
| 2013 |
10.40% |
-0.10% |
| 2012 |
10.50% |
-1.00% |
| 2011 |
11.50% |
-3.80% |
| 2010 |
15.30% |
-0.90% |
| 2009 |
16.20% |
-1.50% |
| 2008 |
17.70% |
-2.10% |
| 2007 |
19.80% |
-1.10% |
| 2006 |
20.90% |
-4.60% |
| 2005 |
25.50% |
-3.90% |
| 2004 |
29.40% |
-4.80% |
| 2003 |
34.20% |
-15.70% |
| 2002 |
49.90% |
13.00% |
| 2001 |
36.90% |
5.40% |
| 2000 |
31.50% |
3.00% |
| 1999 |
28.50% |
0.60% |
| 1998 |
27.90% |
2.80% |
| 1997 |
25.10% |
-1.20% |
| 1996 |
26.30% |
1.70% |
| 1995 |
24.60% |
4.00% |
| 1994 |
20.60% |
2.80% |
| 1993 |
17.80% |
-0.60% |
| 1992 |
18.40% |
-0.60% |
| 1991 |
19.00% |
8.10% |
| 1987 |
10.90% |
3.80% |
| 1986 |
7.10% |
-0.40% |
| 1980 |
7.50% |
-0.40% |
