Overview

• The Índice de Confianza en el Gobierno registered 2.12 on a 0–5 scale, down 13.6% from July and 16.5% year over year.
• All five components declined, led by a steep drop in concern for the public interest (-18.2%), with notable falls in problem‑solving capacity (-14.6%), spending efficiency (-13.2%), general evaluation (-12.8%) and honesty (-9.9%).
• Women posted a much lower score than men (1.80 vs 2.42) with a larger monthly decline (-20.0% vs -8.3%), and the sharpest regional falls were in CABA (-28.2%) and Greater Buenos Aires (-23.3%) versus the interior (-7.4%).
• Higher‑educated respondents showed smaller declines (2.31, -7.6%) than those with only primary schooling (1.50, -30.2%), and by age the 18–29 group fell 24.4% to 2.11, 50+ reached 2.16 (-14.6%) and 30–49 stood at 2.08 (-8.0%).
• The drop ends four months of relative stability, with Milei’s 20‑month average at 2.48 compared with Macri’s 2.58 and Fernández’s 2.17, based on 1,000 telephone interviews across 41 localities conducted August 1–14.