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Argentina
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)

National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. For economies for which the data are from EU-SILC, the reported year is the income reference year, which is the year before the survey year.

Global rank#2out of 24 countries
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Historical trend

42.037.933.929.825.7201620202024Argentina · 2024: 38Argentina

Analytical takeaways

  • Argentina records 38 for Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) in 2024, ranking #2 globally out of 24 countries.
  • Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) increased from 30 in 2016 to 38 in 2024, a gain of 8.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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