Buenos Aires, November 30 (NA) — A report on the composition of the Argentine social pyramid revealed a slight improvement in the lowest strata, but confirmed the acute dispersion in consumption patterns, with a marked distance between the elite and the base that lives under the "'culture of 'no'".
According to what Agencia Noticias Argentinas learned, the main change detected between the second and third quarter of the year is the "rise" at the base of the pyramid: the stratum called "Lower class, in poverty" (households with incomes of less than $1.18 million monthly) shrank from 26% to 24% of the population.
In parallel, the "Lower upper class, not poor" segment grew, rising from 24% to 28%.
However, the income gap between the highest echelons is extreme:
MONTHLY INCOME THRESHOLDS
Upper Class (5%): Needs a minimum of $7 million per month (average of $12 million). Upper Middle Class (17%): Needs at least $3.7 million. Lower Middle Class (26%): The floor is $2.05 million.
CONSUMPTION: WINNERS AND THE "'CULTURE OF 'NO'"
The consumption analysis reflects polarization:
Elite: The Upper Class focuses on luxury goods like cars and foreign travel, sectors that registered growth above 50%. Middle Class: The Upper Middle Class "settled" after the 2024 shock, but its members do "juggling" to not regress in their lifestyle. The Base: The Lower Middle Class and the Upper Lower Class directly experience the "'culture of 'no'" ("there's no money").
This contraction in purchasing power is reflected in mass consumption: supermarket sales, according to sector data, fell by 5.1% year-on-year between January and October 2025.
