Overview
- INDEC set December’s poverty basket for a four‑person household at $1,308,713 and the food basket at $589,510, with both up 4.1% month over month.
- UTDT’s monthly estimate places poverty at 28.7% in the third quarter and 32.5% in the fourth quarter of 2025, interrupting the earlier decline.
- UTDT’s Martín Rozada attributes the reversal to baskets rising faster than overall inflation since October and to lower fourth‑quarter incomes in the EPH due to the absence of the aguinaldo.
- Jujuy’s Dipec reported December increases of 3.7% for the food basket and 3.2% for the total basket, with a four‑member household needing $1,204,925 to avoid poverty.
- Food prices were a key driver in 2025, climbing about 32.2% against a 31.5% general CPI, and INDEC’s official poverty reading for the second half of 2025 is due in March.