Poverty & Inequality in Argentina

54 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Argentina.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.5 live births per woman 2023 down 35.8% 170th
Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,854 kg per hectare 2024 up 5.1% 48th
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 13.3% 150th
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 21.57 % change on previous year 2024 up 1,086.7% 15th
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 29.56 2022 down 3.5% 44th
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 29.6% 2022 down 3.5% 44th
Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2022 down 16.9% 151st
Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 1.5 % change on previous year 2022 down 67.2% 101st
Gender Inequality Index 0.264 2023 down 25.0% 101st
Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 23.7% 2023 down 8.3% 54th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1027 2023 down 2.5% 117th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1027 2023 down 2.5% 117th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1156 2023 down 8.1% 136th
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 1.0% 2024 down 9.1% 67th
Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.3% 2024 down 25.0% 70th
Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 2.8% 2024 up 12.0% 65th
Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 15.2% 2024 up 29.9% 70th
Prosperity gap 2.1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2024 up 5.0% 74th
Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.226 2023 up 0.8% 104th
Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.7% 2024 down 12.5% 70th
Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 24.1% 2024 up 0.4% 43rd
Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 4.4% 2024 up 18.9% 69th
Population living in slums 14.5% 2022 down 9.0% 90th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.761 2023 up 2.7% 45th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.761 2023 up 2.7% 45th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.761 2023 up 2.7% 45th
Proportion of population below international poverty line 1.0% 2024 down 9.1% 70th
Three metrics of inequality 57.21 2022 up 5.6% 46th
Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.5721 2022 up 5.6% 46th
Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 356.52 2023 down 5.6% 48th
Income share held by second 20% 9.7% 2024 unchanged 106th
Income share held by third 20% 14.8% 2024 down 2.0% 98th
Income share held by fourth 20% 22.5% 2024 down 2.6% 37th
Income share held by highest 20% 47.9% 2024 up 1.9% 21st
Income share held by highest 10% 31.2% 2024 up 3.7% 24th
Income share held by lowest 10% 1.9% 2024 up 5.6% 103rd
Income share held by lowest 20% 5.1% 2024 up 2.0% 106th
Gini index 42.4 2024 up 1.4% 20th
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 19.6% 2024 down 3.4% 14th
Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0011 2024 up 301.8% 148th
Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.5242 2022 up 7.6% 51st
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.5242 2022 up 7.6% 51st
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.0% 2024 129th
Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 19,201 2017 up 25.1% 53rd
Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 43.2% 2022 up 11.4% 60th
Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 12.5% 2022 up 36.7% 74th
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 50.5% 2024 up 29.2% 1st
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 38.1% 2024 up 25.7% 6th
Share of population living below national poverty lines 38.1% 2024 up 25.7% 6th
Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) 1.0% 2024 down 9.1% 40th
Employed population below international poverty line, by sex and age 0.0% 2023 down 60.0% 43rd
Share of population living in extreme poverty 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% 20th
Interpersonal trust vs. income inequality 19.2% 2022 up 10.4% 30th
Proportion of population below the international poverty line of 0.4% 2017 down 86.2% 49th