Argentina Poverty Rate 1980-2020
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 9.60%, a 1.9% increase from 2017.
- Argentina poverty rate for 2017 was 7.70%, a 0.8% decline from 2016.
- Argentina poverty rate for 2016 was 8.50%, a 0.4% decline from 2014.
- Argentina poverty rate for 2014 was 8.90%, a 0.7% increase from 2013.
| Argentina Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2018 |
9.60% |
1.90% |
| 2017 |
7.70% |
-0.80% |
| 2016 |
8.50% |
-0.40% |
| 2014 |
8.90% |
0.70% |
| 2013 |
8.20% |
-0.20% |
| 2012 |
8.40% |
-0.40% |
| 2011 |
8.80% |
-3.90% |
| 2010 |
12.70% |
-0.60% |
| 2009 |
13.30% |
-1.40% |
| 2008 |
14.70% |
-1.50% |
| 2007 |
16.20% |
-1.10% |
| 2006 |
17.30% |
-3.80% |
| 2005 |
21.10% |
-3.90% |
| 2004 |
25.00% |
-5.00% |
| 2003 |
30.00% |
-14.20% |
| 2002 |
44.20% |
13.20% |
| 2001 |
31.00% |
4.70% |
| 2000 |
26.30% |
2.10% |
| 1999 |
24.20% |
1.00% |
| 1998 |
23.20% |
1.90% |
| 1997 |
21.30% |
-1.00% |
| 1996 |
22.30% |
1.80% |
| 1995 |
20.50% |
4.80% |
| 1994 |
15.70% |
0.70% |
| 1993 |
15.00% |
0.10% |
| 1992 |
14.90% |
0.70% |
| 1991 |
14.20% |
5.90% |
| 1987 |
8.30% |
3.40% |
| 1986 |
4.90% |
-0.60% |
| 1980 |
5.50% |
-0.60% |
