Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Argentina

2.8% of people in Argentina lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2017.

Measure: Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1980 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Argentina, 2024 2.8% % of population
Change from 2023 −0.3percentage points 2023: 3.1%
World, 2024 18.2% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2024 4.1% Middle value of 5 countries

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Argentina over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period ArgentinaWorld
2024 2.8% 18.2%
2023 3.1% 19.3%
2022 2.9% 20.5%
2021 3.3% 21.4%
2020 4.2% 22.1%
2019 3.8% –
2018 3.2% 22.3%
2017 2.5% 23.6%
2016 2.6% 24.9%
2015 – 26.3%
2014 2.5% 27.9%
2013 2.2% 29.3%
2012 2.5% 32.0%
2011 2.3% 33.6%
2010 3.5% 35.8%
2009 4.5% 38.1%
2008 5.3% 39.3%
2007 5.6% 40.5%
2006 6.8% 42.2%
2005 8.7% 43.7%
2004 10.6% 45.4%
2003 13.8% 47.2%
2002 25.4% 48.6%
2001 17.0% 49.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 3.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2013, when it was 2.2%, the figure has changed by +0.6 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 18.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.LMIC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1980 to 2024 for Argentina
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform