Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Argentina

15.2% of people in Argentina lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2024.

Measure: Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1980 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Argentina, 2024 15.2% % of population
Change from 2023 −1.2percentage points 2023: 16.4%
World, 2024 46.2% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2024 20.6% Middle value of 5 countries

Poverty rate at $8.30 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 $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period ArgentinaWorld
2024 15.2% 46.2%
2023 16.4% 47.1%
2022 13.9% 48.3%
2021 14.2% 48.7%
2020 18.3% 50.4%
2019 14.9% –
2018 12.5% 50.4%
2017 9.8% 51.5%
2016 11.5% 52.4%
2015 – 53.5%
2014 11.7% 54.7%
2013 10.4% 55.8%
2012 10.3% 57.5%
2011 11.3% 58.8%
2010 13.6% 60.2%
2009 15.2% 61.7%
2008 16.7% 62.5%
2007 18.9% 63.6%
2006 19.9% 65.0%
2005 24.5% 66.2%
2004 28.6% 67.4%
2003 33.1% 68.7%
2002 49.1% 69.3%
2001 34.3% 70.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.2 percentage points from 16.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2013, when it was 10.4%, the figure has changed by +4.8 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 46.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.UMIC · 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