Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Argentina

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Argentina in 2024 — 15.2%. Ranked 7 in the world out of 25. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 7.7 pp.

2024 15.2% −1.2 pp vs 2023
World rank 7of 25
Period maximum 49.1%2002
Period minimum 6%1986

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Argentina, 1980–2024020406019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 7.5%1986: 6%1987: 9.6%1991: 17.3%1992: 17.9%1993: 17.4%1994: 18.5%1995: 24%1996: 25.8%1997: 24.8%1998: 27%1999: 28%2000: 30.9%2001: 34.3%2002: 49.1%2003: 33.1%2004: 28.6%2005: 24.5%2006: 19.9%2007: 18.9%2008: 16.7%2009: 15.2%2010: 13.6%2011: 11.3%2012: 10.3%2013: 10.4%2014: 11.7%2016: 11.5%2017: 9.8%2018: 12.5%2019: 14.9%2020: 18.3%2021: 14.2%2022: 13.9%2023: 16.4%2024: 15.2%
Change over the period: +7.7 pp Annual average: 0.18 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Argentina

Argentina 15.2%
World 46.1%
South America computed 22.98%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Argentina, by year Argentina All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 15.2 −1.2 pp
2023 16.4 +2.5 pp
2022 13.9 −0.3 pp
2021 14.2 −4.1 pp
2020 18.3 +3.4 pp
2019 14.9 +2.4 pp
2018 12.5 +2.7 pp
2017 9.8 −1.7 pp
2016 11.5
2014 11.7 +1.3 pp
2013 10.4 +0.1 pp
2012 10.3 −1 pp
2011 11.3 −2.3 pp
2010 13.6 −1.6 pp
2009 15.2 −1.5 pp
2008 16.7 −2.2 pp
2007 18.9 −1 pp
2006 19.9 −4.6 pp
2005 24.5 −4.1 pp
2004 28.6 −4.5 pp
2003 33.1 −16 pp
2002 49.1 +14.8 pp
2001 34.3 +3.4 pp
2000 30.9 +2.9 pp
1999 28 +1 pp
1998 27 +2.2 pp
1997 24.8 −1 pp
1996 25.8 +1.8 pp
1995 24 +5.5 pp
1994 18.5 +1.1 pp
1993 17.4 −0.5 pp
1992 17.9 +0.6 pp
1991 17.3
1987 9.6 +3.6 pp
1986 6
1980 7.5

South America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $6.85 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity — the highest of the three international lines of the World Bank. It is this line that shows how much more modest the fall in world poverty looks than the extreme line suggests: nearly half the population of the planet lives below this level, and over recent decades that share has been falling more slowly than the share of the destitute.

Important: It matches the typical national poverty lines of upper-middle-income countries. For rich countries even this line is low — there poverty is measured relative to median income rather than by an absolute amount.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.