Argentina's poverty rate climbs to nearly one in three under Milei

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · Sep 25, 2026 · 478 words

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Argentina's poverty rate climbs to nearly one in three under Milei Argentina’s poverty rate rose to 32.3% in the first half of 2026 from 28.2% in the previous six months, official data showed on Thursday, as incomes lagged rising prices.

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Among children aged 14 and under, 44.5% were poor.

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Argentina's poverty rate increased to 32.3 percent in the first half of 2026, partly erasing gains made under President Javier Milei as incomes fail to keep step with rising prices, official statistics showed Thursday.

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Claim 1: “From a high of 52.9 percent in the first half of 2024... the rate fell to 28.2 percent in the second half of 2025.”

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The high of 52.9% is reported in a web search result regarding poverty climbing to that level, and the 28.2% figure for H2 2025 is corroborated by the data in Claim 0's evidence.

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web search NEUTRAL — Poverty rate has climbed 11.2 points from the second half of 2023. Destitution soars to 18.1% with two-thirds of kids aged under 15 poverty-stricken.
https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/poverty-climbs-to-…

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web search NEUTRAL — 2025 Jan 30. Reviews of the best mid-range Android phones in early 2025, boasting the greatest camera tech, top gaming performance and the longest battery life.
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web search NEUTRAL — Argentina releases 2024 second half poverty rate.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/poverty-hit-argentine…

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Claim 2: “Some 30,000 companies have closed since he took office”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the closure of 30,000 companies.

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Claim 3: “Extreme poverty climbed to 7.5% from 6.3%.”

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The increase in extreme poverty from 6.3% to 7.5% is confirmed by Al Jazeera and Anadolu Ajansı (which notes a 1.2 percentage point growth, matching 7.5-6.3).

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web search NEUTRAL — Argentina, [C] officially the Argentine Republic, [D][E] is a country in the far south of South America. It covers an area of 2,780,085 km2 (1,073,397 mi2), [B] making it the second-largest country in…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina

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web search NEUTRAL — Argentina, oficialmente República Argentina, g es un país soberano ubicado en el extremo sur y sudeste de América del Sur. Adopta la forma de gobierno democrática, federal, representativa y republican…
https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina

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web search NEUTRAL — Prehistory in the present territory of Argentina began with the first human settlements on the southern tip of Patagonia around 13,000 years ago. Written history began with the arrival of Spanish chro…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Argentina

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Claim 4: “Indec considers adults who cannot afford a basic basket of goods and services valued at around $340 to be poor.”

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The specific value of $340 for the basic basket is mentioned in a Yahoo News Canada result, but other sources (Buenos Aires Herald, Argentina Reports) discuss the concept of the basket without confirming this specific dollar amount.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a demography of Argentina including population density, ethnicity, economic status, age and other aspects of the population. As of the 2022 census [INDEC], Argentina had a population of 46,044…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Argentina

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — indecs (an acronym of "interoperability of data in e-commerce systems"; written in lower case) was a project partly funded by the European Community Info 2000 initiative and by several organisations r…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, mostly known by the acronym INDEC) is an Argentine decentralized public body that operates withi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institute_of_Statisti…

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Claim 5: “a new decline to 1.7 percent in August, the lowest level in 14 months.”

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Multiple independent sources (Buenos Aires Times, and two other web search results) confirm that monthly inflation fell to 1.7% in August, the lowest in 14 months.

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web search NEUTRAL — Argentina inflation rate for 2025 was 41.92%, a 177.96% decline from 2024.In Argentina, monthly inflation amounted to 1.7% in August, the lowest figure in the past 14 months.
https://soboly.com/inflation-data-argentina

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web search NEUTRAL — Argentina's inflation rate slowed to 14-month low in August. Monthly inflation falls to 1.7%, annual rate now standing at 33.5%; Figure marks a return to the government's hoped-for downward trajectory…
https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/economy/inflation-slows-agai…

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web search NEUTRAL — Argentina’s monthly inflation fell to 1.7% in August, its lowest level in 14 months, giving President Javier Milei a boost as unemployment and weak growth weigh on his economic record.
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/markets/argentine…

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Claim 6: “unemployment rose to 7.9 percent in the second quarter of this year, the highest level since 2021.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the unemployment rate reaching 7.9% in Q2 2026.

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Claim 7: “Argentina’s poverty rate rose to 32.3% in the first half of 2026 from 28.2% in the previous six months”

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The claim that Argentina's poverty rate rose to 32.3% in H1 2026 from 28.2% is reported by both Anadolu Ajansı and a Yahoo News/web search result.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Group H of the 2026 FIFA World Cup took place from June 15 to 26, 2026. The group consisted of Spain, Cape Verde, Saudi Arabia, and Uruguay. Spain finished at the top of the group with two group game …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Pilatus PC-6 Porter is a single-engined STOL utility aircraft designed by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland. First flown in 1959, the PC-6 was produced at Pilatus Flugzeugwerke in Stans, Switzerland…
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Claim 8: “Milei claims that he has lifted 14 million people out of poverty”

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Claim 9: “Among children aged 14 and under, 44.5% were poor.”

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The poverty rate of 44.5% for children aged 14 and under is reported by Anadolu Ajansı and a web search result citing official data.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Argentines, also known as Argentinians or Argentineans, are people associated with Argentina. These ties may be legal, historical, ancestral, or cultural. For most Argentines, several of these connect…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentines

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mestizo Argentines (Spanish: Argentinos mestizos), also known as Mixed Argentines (Spanish: Argentinos de origen mixto), are Argentines who do not have a predominant ancestry due to their mixed origin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mestizo_Argentines

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — White Argentines (Spanish: Argentinos blancos) are Argentines of total or predominantly European and West Asian ancestry. Individuals within this group tend to have light or olive skin tones and vario…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Argentines

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Claim 10: “It considers those who cannot afford a more basic food-only basket worth around $150 to be extremely poor.”

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The specific value of $150 for the food-only basket is mentioned in a Yahoo News Canada result, but not corroborated by other provided sources.

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Claim 11: “10.8 percent as extremely poor [among children aged 14 and under]”

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The extreme poverty rate of 10.8% for children aged 14 and under is explicitly reported by Anadolu Ajansı and corroborated by the context of the poverty report in web search results.

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