Overview

• INDEC is scheduled to publish the official poverty and indigence rates for January–June 2025 today, covering 31 urban agglomerations.
• UTDT’s Martín González-Rosada projects a 31.6% poverty rate for the semester, while other trackers place it in the low‑30s.
• UNICEF expects child monetary poverty near 47.8% with extreme child poverty around 9.3% for the period.
• The last official reading was 38.1% in the second half of 2024 after 52.9% in the first half, with indigence at 8.2%.
• Methodology is under scrutiny over outdated consumption weights, as unemployment holds near 7.6% and informal work rises.