Argentina estimated poverty rate today (UTDT nowcast)
The latest figure for Argentina estimated poverty rate today (UTDT nowcast) is 31.3%, for March to August 2026. Source: Universidad Torcuato Di Tella — Nowcast de pobreza. Updated October 14, 2026. Next release: October 15, 2026 (estimated date).
Monthly estimate of the share of people in poverty for the rolling half-year: the six months through the report (the data point is placed on the first month). Uses microsimulations of the EPH and the total basic basket (M. González-Rozada, UTDT). Not the official figure: it anticipates it.
- Source
- Universidad Torcuato Di Tella — Nowcast de pobreza
- Period of the latest data point
- March to August 2026
- Release schedule
- Monthly, no announced date (estimated)
- Next release
- October 15, 2026 (estimated)
- Updated
- October 14, 2026
- Data
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Latest data
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| March to August 2026 | 31.3% |
| February to July 2026 | 31.3% |
| H1 2026 | 31.6% |
| December 2025 to May 2026 | 29.6% |
| November 2025 to April 2026 | 29.2% |
| October 2025 to March 2026 | 29.0% |
| September 2025 to February 2026 | 30.6% |
| August 2025 to January 2026 | 30.2% |
| H2 2025 | 30.6% |
| June to November 2025 | 31.0% |
| May to October 2025 | 30.7% |
| April to September 2025 | 30.7% |
More from Poverty and income
- Argentina poverty rate: 32.3% (H1 2026)
- Argentina extreme poverty rate: 7.5% (H1 2026)
- Argentina total basic basket, poverty line: ARS 528,319 (September 2026)
- Total basic basket, monthly change: 1.7% (September 2026)
- Total basic basket, year-over-year change: 38.7% (September 2026)
- Argentina basic food basket, extreme-poverty line: ARS 239,058 (September 2026)
- Basic food basket, monthly change: 1.7% (September 2026)
- Real total basic basket (vs. prices): ARS 4,222 (September 2026)
- Real total basic basket (vs. prices), monthly change: −0.2% (September 2026)
- Real basic food basket (vs. prices): ARS 1,910 (September 2026)
- Real basic food basket (vs. prices), monthly change: −0.2% (September 2026)
- Real total basic basket (vs. wages): 5,125.4 (July 2026)