Overview
- UCA places income poverty at 36.3–36.6% and indigence at 6.8% in Q3 2025, marking the lowest poverty level in its series since 2018.
- Correcting for stronger income capture in the EPH reduces the net decline since 2023 to roughly 2.1 percentage points, according to the observatory.
- Modeling suggests social transfers are decisive, with indigence rising to about 12.8% and poverty to roughly 41.8% in their absence.
- Poverty remains highly concentrated in households with children, at 48.8% versus 10.8% in households without minors.
- UCA challenges INDEC’s use of 2004/05 spending weights for the poverty basket and reports high non-monetary hardship including economic stress and food insecurity.