News of statistics

Nearly one million people are poor or destitute in Buenos Aires

04-10-2024 11:07 City Hall statistics bureau reveals that there are 159,000 more poor people than one year ago.

Social indicators cast doubt over Milei's 'catastrophe' averted claim

04-07-2024 13:09 President Javier Milei recently stated that the government’s social policy is “extremely good” and it had help prevent a “catastrophe.” Yet the government's own data and reports produced by private institutions indicate most social indicators have recorded a step backwards since he took office.

by Agustina Bordigoni

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation leaving more than a million Argentines poor per month

19-02-2024 13:45 Over the past three months, over 3.6 million people have slipped into poverty, new data shows.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation surpassed 211% in 2023, reveals INDEC

11-01-2024 16:45 Prices jumped 25.5% in December last year following devaluation of peso; Food prices soared an incredible 251.3% over the last 12 months, says statistics bureau.

Society

Argentina is the world's most pet-rich country

24-09-2023 16:25 According to various surveys carried out to date, the vast majority of Argentines have at least one pet in their homes.

by Dante Gabriel Bogani Sandez

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

UCA report: Poverty rate would be 50% without welfare support

03-09-2023 10:24 New report from the Catholic University of Argentina’s Social Debt Observatory concludes poverty affects 38.9% of the population; Those under 17 most affected; Without child benefit and welfare support payments from the government, half of Argentina would be poor.

Brazil's economy

Lula to tap ally to run Brazil statistics agency, raising concerns of its future

27-07-2023 12:21 Lula's appointment of economist Marcio Pochmann to head Brazil's IBGE statistics agency raises credibility concerns due to his controversial left-wing views and past budget cuts affecting data accuracy.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC: 1.2 million in Argentina live in ‘critically overcrowded’ homes

10-05-2023 22:56 Government data reveals that more than one million people in Argentina are living in “critically overcrowded” households.

News of statistics

Nearly one million people are poor or destitute in Buenos Aires

Social indicators cast doubt over Milei's 'catastrophe' averted claim

Inflation leaving more than a million Argentines poor per month

Inflation surpassed 211% in 2023, reveals INDEC

Argentina is the world's most pet-rich country

UCA report: Poverty rate would be 50% without welfare support

Lula to tap ally to run Brazil statistics agency, raising concerns of its future

INDEC: 1.2 million in Argentina live in ‘critically overcrowded’ homes

Trump rides global wave of anti-incumbency

Trump and Argentina – Business leaders hope political affinity will prompt commercial resurgence

Police charge trio in connection with Liam Payne’s death

Cattle rancher accused of mass penguin slaughter found guilty

Wanted: Republican-friendly name for Argentina's vacant post in Washington

Fin de semana largo de noviembre: cuándo es, qué se conmemora y cuántos feriados quedan hasta fin de año

Se pinchó Mercado Libre en Wall Street: por qué sus acciones cayeron más de 15% en Nueva York

Alitalia: el plan espejo que tiene Milei para Aerolíneas

Una médica denunció a un conocido polista por el hurto de su mochila en el aeropuerto de Ezeiza

Paro de Intercargo: el Gobierno oficializó la desregulación del servicio de rampas en los aeropuertos