Overview
- Argentina’s INDEC reported a four‑person household needed $1,308,713.26 in December 2025 to avoid poverty, with the indigence line at $589,510.
- Both Argentina’s basic baskets rose 4.1% month over month in December; for 2025 the CBT increased 27.7% and the CBA 31.2%, versus 2.8% monthly CPI and 31.5% annual inflation.
- In Buenos Aires City, IDECBA set the poverty threshold at $1,346,876, indigence at $726,569, and the middle‑class floor at $2,128,461, with canastas rising slightly less than the city’s 2.7% CPI.
- Local variation was marked: Bahía Blanca’s CBT reached $1,498,874 for a typical family, while Mendoza’s was $1,180,842.79, according to CREEBBA and DEIE.
- Mexico’s INEGI put the poverty‑by‑income line at 4,818.14 pesos per person in urban areas and 3,451.13 in rural zones, with urban canastas up 3.8% annually, driven by meals out, beef (~17.6%) and milk (~9.4%).