The Ministry of Human Capital stated on Thursday that in the third quarter of 2025, poverty incidence was 26.9%, representing an annual decrease of 11.4 percentage points compared to the third quarter of 2024, when it reached 38.3%. This calculation was made by the ministry led by Sandra Pettovello through the National Council for the Coordination of Social Policies (CNCPS), based on the publication of the Household Permanent Survey (EPH) microdata for the third quarter of 2025 by INDEC. "Poverty continues to decline thanks to the economic policies implemented by the Government, which have contributed to reducing inflation and stabilizing the economy, added to the actions carried out by this Ministry, focused on the most vulnerable people in the country," Human Capital said in a statement accessed by the Argentine News Agency. In this regard, it noted that "this projection ratifies the firm downward trend in poverty incidence, which peaked in the first quarter of 2024 at 54.8%". INDEC publishes the official poverty measurement semi-annually, twice a year, and the latest record showed an incidence of 31.6% for the first half of 2025, while the next official measurement will be in March 2026, referring to the second half of 2025. Meanwhile, according to the Ministry of Human Capital's estimate, the incidence of extreme poverty (indigence) for the third quarter of 2025 stood at 6.0%, marking an annual drop of 3.2 percentage points compared to the same period in 2024 (9.2%). "Balancing the macroeconomy, putting a brake on inflation, and focusing transfers on the most vulnerable sectors, directly and transparently, without intermediaries, is allowing us to continue reducing poverty in Argentina," the Ministry concluded in its message.
