Buenos Aires, March 31 (NA) – The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) released the poverty and indigence index for the second half of 2025, which closed at under 30 points. In this regard, Minister of Economy Luis 'Toto' Caputo stated that 'poverty is the lowest in more than 7 years'. According to information from the Argentine News Agency (NA), this is the lowest level in the last eight years. The strong drop in poverty and indigence is based on economic growth, the disinflation process, and the reinforcement of social programs without intermediaries since the beginning of the administration'. In this way, the general index reached more than 8 million people and, in households, it was 21%. Poverty fell in the second half and closed 2025 at 28.2%. In the second half of 2024, poverty was at 28.2%, while indigence was 6.3%. Compared to the second half of 2023, the incidence of poverty and indigence decreased by 9.9 p.p. and 1.9 p.p., respectively. Regarding the first half of 2024, when poverty and indigence rose to 52.9% and 18.1%, the reduction was 24.7 p.p. What was Minister Caputo's full message about the drop in poverty?
