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Argentina’s Informal Work Climbs to 43.2% in Q2, With Youth Hardest Hit

Researchers call it a structural labor‑market problem that concentrates in youth and low‑paid sectors, deepening poverty.

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La precariedad laboral volvió a marcar un récord en Argentina: el 43,2% de los trabajadores se encuentra en la informalidad, según un estudio de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas de la UBA.
La caída del empleo informal y del cuentapropismo impactó en el crecimiento del desempleo.

Overview

  • A UBA IIEP/EDIL analysis of INDEC’s household survey reports a 43.2% informal employment rate in Q2 2025, up 1.6 percentage points year over year.
  • Informality among salaried workers reached 37.7%, matching late‑2008 levels and marking the highest since then except for Q2 2022.
  • Young workers face the greatest exposure, with 63% of those aged 16–24 in informal jobs.
  • The study links informality to poverty, noting 42% of informal workers live in poor households and 40% earn below the basic consumption basket versus 5% of formal workers.
  • Rates vary widely, running below average in Greater Buenos Aires, the Pampeana and Patagonian regions but above 48% in NOA, Cuyo and NEA, and the informal workforce is composed mainly of salaried employees (63%) followed by the self‑employed (34%).