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 2019 was 14.40%, a 2.1% increase from 2018.
- Argentina poverty rate for 2018 was 12.30%, a 2.4% increase from 2017.
- Argentina poverty rate for 2017 was 9.90%, a 1.6% decline from 2016.
- Argentina poverty rate for 2016 was 11.50%, a 0.3% decline from 2014.
| Argentina Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2019 |
14.40% |
2.10% |
| 2018 |
12.30% |
2.40% |
| 2017 |
9.90% |
-1.60% |
| 2016 |
11.50% |
-0.30% |
| 2014 |
11.80% |
1.00% |
| 2013 |
10.80% |
0.10% |
| 2012 |
10.70% |
-0.90% |
| 2011 |
11.60% |
-2.50% |
| 2010 |
14.10% |
-1.50% |
| 2009 |
15.60% |
-1.50% |
| 2008 |
17.10% |
-2.10% |
| 2007 |
19.20% |
-1.10% |
| 2006 |
20.30% |
-4.70% |
| 2005 |
25.00% |
-4.20% |
| 2004 |
29.20% |
-4.50% |
| 2003 |
33.70% |
-16.20% |
| 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% |
8.70% |
| 1987 |
10.30% |
3.90% |
| 1986 |
6.40% |
-1.10% |
| 1980 |
7.50% |
-1.10% |
