Argentina - Poverty headcount ratio

Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Argentina was 1.60 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16.90 in 2002 and a minimum value of 0.50 in 1980.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1980 0.50
1986 1.20
1987 1.40
1991 1.30
1992 2.50
1993 2.80
1994 2.70
1995 4.90
1996 5.30
1997 4.80
1998 5.60
1999 5.50
2000 6.80
2001 10.70
2002 16.90
2003 7.90
2004 5.70
2005 4.20
2006 3.30
2007 2.60
2008 2.50
2009 2.30
2010 1.40
2011 1.10
2012 1.20
2013 1.00
2014 0.90
2016 1.10
2017 0.90
2018 1.40
2019 1.30
2020 1.60

Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Argentina was 5.80 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 30.30 in 2002 and a minimum value of 1.80 in 1980.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.20 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1980 1.80
1986 2.30
1987 3.30
1991 5.50
1992 6.10
1993 7.00
1994 6.80
1995 10.20
1996 12.00
1997 11.20
1998 12.50
1999 13.10
2000 15.10
2001 19.20
2002 30.30
2003 17.30
2004 13.90
2005 11.20
2006 8.80
2007 7.20
2008 7.00
2009 6.10
2010 4.90
2011 3.30
2012 3.50
2013 3.20
2014 3.60
2016 3.60
2017 3.10
2018 4.00
2019 4.80
2020 5.80

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

Definition: National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty lines. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.

Source: World Bank, Global Poverty Working Group. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.

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Year Value
2016 30.30
2017 25.70
2018 32.00
2019 35.50
2020 42.00

Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Argentina was 18.20 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 49.90 in 2002 and a minimum value of 6.40 in 1986.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1980 7.60
1986 6.40
1987 10.30
1991 19.00
1992 18.40
1993 17.80
1994 20.60
1995 24.60
1996 26.30
1997 25.10
1998 27.90
1999 28.50
2000 31.50
2001 36.90
2002 49.90
2003 33.70
2004 29.20
2005 25.00
2006 20.30
2007 19.20
2008 17.10
2009 15.60
2010 14.10
2011 11.60
2012 10.70
2013 10.80
2014 11.80
2016 11.50
2017 9.80
2018 12.40
2019 14.50
2020 18.20

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates