Argentina’s poverty rises to 32 percent under Milei with more pain forecast

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · Sep 25, 2026 · 557 words · By Al Jazeera Staff

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Argentina’s poverty rises to 32 percent under Milei with more pain forecast Estimates by the UCA suggest the poverty rate could reach 35 percent this year, reversing a sharp decline in 2025.

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What happened

Argentina’s poverty rises to 32 percent under Milei with more pain forecast Estimates by the UCA suggest the poverty rate could reach 35 percent this year, reversing a sharp decline in 2025.

Why it matters

Argentina’s poverty rate has risen, hitting 32.3 percent in the first half of 2026 under President Javier Milei, partly erasing the country’s earlier gains.

Common ground

According to figures released by the national statistics agency INDEC on Thursday, the poverty rate rose 4.1 percentage points between January and June compared with the last half of 2025, moving from 28.2 to 32.3 percent.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “reaching 28.2 percent in the second half of 2025, the lowest level since early 2018”

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Although the 'Evidence for claim 9' section was empty, the evidence provided for claim 0, 1, and 5 explicitly mentions that the poverty rate was 28.2% in the previous six months (second half of 2025) and that this was the lowest level since 2018.

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Claim 2: “A September AtlasIntel survey found disapproval among lower-income respondents, defined as those earning up to about $650 a month, had climbed to nearly 70 percent, while approval fell below 30 percent”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 3: “Poverty surged to nearly 53 percent in the first half of 2024”

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Although the 'Evidence for claim 8' section was empty, the evidence provided for claim 5 explicitly states: 'Poverty had hit nearly 53% in the first half of 2024'. This is corroborated by the context of the reporting in the provided web results.

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Claim 4: “A year earlier, those figures stood at 57 percent and 37 percent, respectively”

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Claim 5: “Extreme poverty — where households cannot afford basic food needs — also rose from 6.3 to 7.5 percent”

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Both France 24 and Anadolu Ajansı report that extreme poverty rose from 6.3% to 7.5%.

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web search NEUTRAL — The new extreme poverty line of $2.15 per person per day is based on 2017 PPPs.[7] This means that anyone living on less than $2.15 a day is considered to be living in extreme poverty. About 692 milli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_percentag…

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web search NEUTRAL — 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. Extreme poverty climbed to 7.…
https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260925-argentina-pove…

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web search NEUTRAL — Argentina's poverty rate reached 32.3% and extreme poverty hit 7.5% in the first half of 2026 as household incomes failed to cover the rising cost of basic goods.The extreme poverty rate among individ…
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/economy/argentina-reports-323-pover…

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Claim 6: “unemployment rose to 7.9 percent, the country’s highest level since 2021”

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Two independent web sources confirm the unemployment rate reached 7.9% in the second quarter of 2026 and that this is the highest level since 2021.

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

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Argentina national football team, nicknamed la Albiceleste, represents Argentina in men's international football and is administered by the Argentine Football Association, the governing body of f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina_national_football_te…

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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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Claim 7: “Estimates from the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA)... suggest the poverty rate could rise to 35 percent by the end of the year”

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Al Jazeera and two other web sources confirm that the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) estimates poverty could reach 35% by the end of 2026.

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web search NEUTRAL — Estimates by the UCA suggest the poverty rate could reach 35 percent this year, reversing a sharp decline in 2025.Argentina’s poverty rate has risen, hitting 32.3 percent in the first half of 2026 und…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/25/argentinas-poverty-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Argentina's Catholic University projects poverty could reach 35% by December 2026, while Milei's disapproval rating among lower-income voters has surged to nearly 70% — up from 57% a year ago.
https://www.latintimes.com/argentinas-poverty-rate-surged-32…

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web search NEUTRAL — Yes, UCA projections indicate the rate could reach 35 percent by the end of 2026 if economic pressures persist and no significant relief measures are introduced to support vulnerable groups.
https://ownglobal.net/news/economy/argentinas-poverty-rate-c…

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Claim 8: “the cost of necessities used to calculate the poverty line rose nearly 20 percent”

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While sources mention that incomes failed to keep pace with rising prices, none of the provided evidence specifically mentions a 'nearly 20 percent' increase in the cost of necessities used for the poverty line.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Javier Gerardo Milei (born 22 October 1970) is an Argentine politician and economist who has served as the president of Argentina since 2023. He previously served as a member of the Chamber of Deputie…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier_Milei

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Claim 9: “the poverty rate rose 4.1 percentage points between January and June compared with the last half of 2025, moving from 28.2 to 32.3 percent”

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France 24 and another web source confirm the poverty rate rose from 28.2% in the previous six months (second half of 2025) to 32.3% in the first half of 2026, a difference of 4.1 percentage points.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Copa Argentina (officially the Copa Argentina AXION energy 2025 for sponsorship reasons) was the fifteenth edition of the Copa Argentina, and the thirteenth since the relaunch of the tourname…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Copa_Argentina

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 9 October 2025, United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the United States purchased Argentine pesos and agreed to a currency swap worth 20 billion US dollars, of which only 2.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States–Argentina_c…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Legislative elections were held in Argentina on 26 October 2025. Nearly half of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies (127 of 257) and a third of the seats in the Senate (24 of 72) were contested. The …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Argentine_legislative_ele…

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Claim 10: “Average salaries are still below where they stood in real terms when Milei took office in December 2023”

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Claim 11: “Argentina’s poverty rate has risen, hitting 32.3 percent in the first half of 2026 under President Javier Milei”

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Multiple independent news sources (Al Jazeera, France 24, and another web source) explicitly state that Argentina's poverty rate hit 32.3% in the first half of 2026.

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Claim 12: “Milei, elected in 2023”

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Wikipedia and cross-references confirm Javier Milei was elected President of Argentina in 2023.

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web search NEUTRAL — Argentina president elect Javier Milei waves Israeli flag and not Argentina’s flag after winning the election, an indication that he puts Israel before those that voted for him.
https://occidentaldissent.com/2023/11/26/javier-milei-electe…

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web search NEUTRAL — As no presidential candidate won a majority in the first round, a run-off was held on 19 November, in which Buenos Aires Deputy Javier Milei defeated Economy Minister Sergio Massa by 11% of the votes,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Argentine_general_electio…

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web search NEUTRAL — Fascistic candidate Javier Milei won Sunday’s presidential election in Argentina, defeating Peronist Sergio Massa in a runoff by the wide margin of 55.69 percent against 44.30 percent, or 3 million vo…
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/11/21/gnkb-n21.html

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Claim 13: “Household income per person rose 11.5 percent in the first six months of the year”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about Argentina and does not mention household income statistics for 2026.

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