Argentina Poverty Headcount

Current and historical poverty headcount data for Argentina, including latest value (38.1), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Argentina
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T20:26:32+02:00
Economy Data Rating
Argentina · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
B
50 / 100
Elevated risk · limited data
Fiscal stability 16.2 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 7.1 / 20
External stability 13.9 / 15
Financial robustness 3 / 15
Structural stability n/a
Future capacity n/a
Demographic capacity n/a
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 58% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 2016–2024 20162024
2016 2024
Selected year: 2024 · Value: n/a 2024

Argentina · poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines.

2016–2024
38.1 percent
41.7 percent
35.76 percent
3 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
poverty headcount rate reference line

Countries by poverty headcount

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Nigeria 56.2 high
Kenya 39.8 high
Argentina 38.1 high
South Africa 37.9 high
Egypt 33.5 high
Ethiopia 33.1 medium
Colombia 31.8 medium
Mexico 29.6 medium

Interpretation

short note

This social and demographic indicator helps place economic development in population context.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Chile 6.5
Colombia 31.8
Peru 27.6
China 0
Germany 14.8

Related indicators

internal links
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Inflation FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Unemployment SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Current Account Balance BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS

Source layer

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SI.POV.NAHC

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T20:26:32+02:00

Argentina Snapshot

country profile
Population 45.7 m
GDP 638.37 bn
Debt/GDP n/a
Inflation 219.88%
Unemployment 7.15%
Currency n/a
Region Latin America
Income group Upper middle income

Argentina Poverty Headcount: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Poverty Headcount for Argentina. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

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