IDESA publishes indicators on the main Argentine macroeconomic variables.
CPI interannual variation in August 2023
1st Trimester 2023
In individuals, 4th Trimester 2022
In households, 4th Trimester 2022
People poverty rate 40.98% * 4th Trimester 2022
People indigence rate 7.80% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household poverty rate 30.79% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household indigence rate 6.17% * 4th Trimester 2022
Basic food basket $ 111,642.16 * July 2023
Total basic basket $ 248,962.01 * July 2023
Employment rate 45.0% * 1st Trimester 2023
Activity rate 48.3% * 1st Trimester 2023
Unemployment rate 6.9% * 1st Trimester 2023
Informality rate 36.6% * 1st Trimester 2023
Manufacturing Industrial Production Index (Manufacturing IPI) -4,2% * Interannual variation in July 2023
Monthly Estimator of Economic Activity (EMAE) -4.4% * Interannual variation in June 2023
Synthetic Indicator of Construction Activity (ISAC) -5.8% * Interannual variation in July 2023
CPI monthly variation 12.4% * Monthly variation in August 2023
CPI accumulated annual variation 80.2% * Accumulated annual variation to August 2023
CPI interannual variation 124.4% * Interannual variation in August 2023
Primary balance in millions of $ -$611,743 * June 2023
Primary balance in millions of $ 90.2% * Year-on-year cumulative percentage change to June 2023
Primary balance as a % of GDP -6.5% * January-December 2020
Financial balance in millions of $ -$708,603 * June 2023
Financial balance in millions of $ 78.7% * Year-on-year cumulative percentage change to June 2023
Financial balance as a % of GDP -8.5% * January-December 2020
People poverty rate 44.33% * 4th Trimester 2022
People indigence rate 8.34% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household poverty rate 34.86% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household indigence rate 7.25% * 4th Trimester 2022
Employment rate 44.1% * 1st Trimester 2023
Activity rate 48.0% * 1st Trimester 2023
Unemployment rate 8.0% * 1st Trimester 2023
Informality rate 37.8% * 1st Trimester 2023
Number of public employees per 1000 inhabitants 41 * December 2016. Source: IDESA based on MTSS
People poverty rate 47.73% * 4th Trimester 2022
People indigence rate 8.21% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household poverty rate 36.03% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household indigence rate 6.08% * 4th Trimester 2022
Employment rate 43.7% * 1st Trimester 2023
Activity rate 46.0% * 1st Trimester 2023
Unemployment rate 4.9% * 1st Trimester 2023
Informality rate 38.9% * 1st Trimester 2023
Number of public employees per 1000 inhabitants 68 * December 2016. Source: IDESA based on MTSS
People poverty rate 56.69% * 4th Trimester 2022
People indigence rate 15.91% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household poverty rate 45.82% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household indigence rate 11.76% * 4th Trimester 2022
Employment rate 41.7% * 1st Trimester 2023
Activity rate 43.6% * 1st Trimester 2023
Unemployment rate 4.3% * 1st Trimester 2023
Informality rate 45.7% * 1st Trimester 2023
Number of public employees per 1000 inhabitants 90 * December 2016. Source: IDESA based on MTSS
People poverty rate 36.54% * 4th Trimester 2022
People indigence rate 8.96% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household poverty rate 28.36% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household indigence rate 5.91% * 4th Trimester 2022
Employment rate 42.6% * 1st Trimester 2023
Activity rate 44.3% * 1st Trimester 2023
Unemployment rate 3.9% * 1st Trimester 2023
Informality rate 22.8% * 1st Trimester 2023
Number of public employees per 1000 inhabitants 68 * December 2016. Source: IDESA based on MTSS
People poverty rate 41.05% * 4th Trimester 2022
People indigence rate 6.61% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household poverty rate 28.46% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household indigence rate 4.33% * 4th Trimester 2022
Employment rate 45.2% * 1st Trimester 2023
Activity rate 49.2% * 1st Trimester 2023
Unemployment rate 8.2% * 1st Trimester 2023
Informality rate 43.5% * 1st Trimester 2023
Number of public employees per 1000 inhabitants 56 * December 2016. Source: IDESA based on MTSS
People poverty rate 49.78% * 4th Trimester 2022
People indigence rate 10.86% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household poverty rate 40.26% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household indigence rate 8.1% * 4th Trimester 2022
Employment rate 43.9% * 1st Trimester 2023
Activity rate 46.8% * 1st Trimester 2023
Unemployment rate 6.1% * 1st Trimester 2023
Informality rate 46.2% * 1st Trimester 2023
Number of public employees per 1000 inhabitants 112 * December 2016. Source: IDESA based on MTSS
People poverty rate 49.03% * 4th Trimester 2022
People indigence rate 10.15% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household poverty rate 36.89% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household indigence rate 7.33% * 4th Trimester 2022
Employment rate 42.1% * 1st Trimester 2023
Activity rate 44.8% * 1st Trimester 2023
Unemployment rate 5.9% * 1st Trimester 2023
Informality rate 32.2% * 1st Trimester 2023
Number of public employees per 1000 inhabitants 68 * December 2016. Source: IDESA based on MTSS
People poverty rate 34.69% * 4th Trimester 2022
People indigence rate 17.33% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household poverty rate 25.79% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household indigence rate 11.1% * 4th Trimester 2022
Employment rate 39.4% * 1st Trimester 2023
Activity rate 40.1% * 1st Trimester 2023
Unemployment rate 1.7% * 1st Trimester 2023
Informality rate 41.9% * 1st Trimester 2023
Number of public employees per 1000 inhabitants 52 * December 2016. Source: IDESA based on MTSS
People poverty rate 47.91% * 4th Trimester 2022
People indigence rate 9.88% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household poverty rate 38.0% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household indigence rate 6.34% * 4th Trimester 2022
Employment rate 43.6% * 1st Trimester 2023
Activity rate 46.4% * 1st Trimester 2023
Unemployment rate 6.1% * 1st Trimester 2023
Informality rate 37.8% * 1st Trimester 2023
Number of public employees per 1000 inhabitants 58 * December 2016. Source: IDESA based on MTSS
People poverty rate 39.81% * 4th Trimester 2022
People indigence rate 17.15% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household poverty rate 29.36% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household indigence rate 10.45% * 4th Trimester 2022
Employment rate 45.4% * 1st Trimester 2023
Activity rate 48.0% * 1st Trimester 2023
Unemployment rate 5.3% * 1st Trimester 2023
Informality rate 29.4% * 1st Trimester 2023
Number of public employees per 1000 inhabitants 100 * December 2016. Source: IDESA based on MTSS
People poverty rate 46.87% * 4th Trimester 2022
People indigence rate 9.09% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household poverty rate 36.43% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household indigence rate 6.79% * 4th Trimester 2022
Employment rate 43.6% * 1st Trimester 2023
Activity rate 45.7% * 1st Trimester 2023
Unemployment rate 4.5% * 1st Trimester 2023
Informality rate 36.0% * 1st Trimester 2023
Number of public employees per 1000 inhabitants 45 * December 2016. Source: IDESA based on MTSS
People poverty rate 42.92% * 4th Trimester 2022
People indigence rate 9.24% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household poverty rate 31.34% * 4thTrimester 2022
Household indigence rate 6.76% * 4th Trimester 2022
Employment rate 46.8% * 1st Trimester 2023
Activity rate 49.6% * 1st Trimester 2023
Unemployment rate 5.6% * 1st Trimester 2023
Informality rate 42.2% * 1st Trimester 2023
Number of public employees per 1000 inhabitants 53 * December 2016. Source: IDESA based on MTSS
People poverty rate 41.48% * 4th Trimester 2022
People indigence rate 7.58% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household poverty rate 30.3% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household indigence rate 5.35% * 4th Trimester 2022
Employment rate 46.0% * 1st Trimester 2023
Activity rate 48.3% * 1st Trimester 2023
Unemployment rate 4.7% * 1st Trimester 2023
Informality rate 41.5% * 1st Trimester 2023
Number of public employees per 1000 inhabitants 75 * December 2016. Source: IDESA based on MTSS
People poverty rate 38.02% * 4th Trimester 2022
People indigence rate 5.87% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household poverty rate 26.84% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household indigence rate 4.74% * 4th Trimester 2022
Employment rate 46.2% * 1st Trimester 2023
Activity rate 49.1% * 1st Trimester 2023
Unemployment rate 5.9% * 1st Trimester 2023
Informality rate 23.7% * 1st Trimester 2023
Number of public employees per 1000 inhabitants - * December 2016. Source: IDESA based on MTSS
People poverty rate 37.22% * 4th Trimester 2022
People indigence rate 3.84% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household poverty rate 29.29% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household indigence rate 2.53% * 4th Trimester 2022
Employment rate 38.7% * 1st Trimester 2023
Activity rate 38.8% * 1st Trimester 2023
Unemployment rate 0.3% * 1st Trimester 2023
Informality rate 26.2% * 1st Trimester 2023
Number of public employees per 1000 inhabitants 72 * December 2016. Source: IDESA based on MTSS
People poverty rate 44.13% * 4th Trimester 2022
People indigence rate 7.53% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household poverty rate 33.02% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household indigence rate 6.53% * 4th Trimester 2022
Employment rate 44.0% * 1st Trimester 2023
Activity rate 47.1% * 1st Trimester 2023
Unemployment rate 6.6% * 1st Trimester 2023
Informality rate 47.7% * 1st Trimester 2023
Number of public employees per 1000 inhabitants 79 * December 2016. Source: IDESA based on MTSS
People poverty rate 36.21% * 4th Trimester 2022
People indigence rate 2.29% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household poverty rate 27.34% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household indigence rate 2.33% * 4th Trimester 2022
Employment rate 46.2% * 1st Trimester 2023
Activity rate 47.6% * 1st Trimester 2023
Unemployment rate 3.0% * 1st Trimester 2023
Informality rate 50.1% * 1st Trimester 2023
Number of public employees per 1000 inhabitants 38 * December 2016. Source: IDESA based on MTSS
People poverty rate 43.2% * 4th Trimester 2022
People indigence rate 4.42% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household poverty rate 34.71% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household indigence rate 4.47% * 4th Trimester 2022
Employment rate 45.2% * 1st Trimester 2023
Activity rate 46.5% * 1st Trimester 2023
Unemployment rate 2.7% * 1st Trimester 2023
Informality rate 40.0% * 1st Trimester 2023
Number of public employees per 1000 inhabitants 72 * December 2016. Source: IDESA based on MTSS
People poverty rate 40.23% * 4th Trimester 2022
People indigence rate 5.75% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household poverty rate 34.42% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household indigence rate 6.0% * 4th Trimester 2022
Employment rate 45.3% * 1st Trimester 2023
Activity rate 46.5% * 1st Trimester 2023
Unemployment rate 2.6% * 1st Trimester 2023
Informality rate 14.4% * 1st Trimester 2023
Number of public employees per 1000 inhabitants 72 * December 2016. Source: IDESA based on MTSS
People poverty rate 37.68% * 4th Trimester 2022
People indigence rate 7.51% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household poverty rate 28.4% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household indigence rate 5.53% * 4th Trimester 2022
Employment rate 45.4% * 1st Trimester 2023
Activity rate 49.2% * 1st Trimester 2023
Unemployment rate 7.8% * 1st Trimester 2023
Informality rate 36.2% * 1st Trimester 2023
Number of public employees per 1000 inhabitants 35 * December 2016. Source: IDESA based on MTSS
People poverty rate 51.26% * 4th Trimester 2022
People indigence rate 7.55% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household poverty rate 39.79% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household indigence rate 4.8% * 4th Trimester 2022
Employment rate 45.0% * 1st Trimester 2023
Activity rate 45.4% * 1st Trimester 2023
Unemployment rate 1.0% * 1st Trimester 2023
Informality rate 45.3% * 1st Trimester 2023
Number of public employees per 1000 inhabitants 133 * December 2016. Source: IDESA based on MTSS
People poverty rate 31.58% * 4th Trimester 2022
People indigence rate 2.6% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household poverty rate 22.2% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household indigence rate 2.07% * 4th Trimester 2022
Employment rate 48.2% * 1st Trimester 2023
Activity rate 49.9% * 1st Trimester 2023
Unemployment rate 3.4% * 1st Trimester 2023
Informality rate 10.8% * 1st Trimester 2023
Number of public employees per 1000 inhabitants 110 * December 2016. Source: IDESA based on MTSS
People poverty rate 49.33% * 4th Trimester 2022
People indigence rate 8.15% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household poverty rate 38.53% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household indigence rate 6.1% * 4th Trimester 2022
Employment rate 42.6% * 1st Trimester 2023
Activity rate 45.1% * 1st Trimester 2023
Unemployment rate 5.5% * 1st Trimester 2023
Informality rate 44.6% * 1st Trimester 2023
Number of public employees per 1000 inhabitants 66 * December 2016. Source: IDESA based on MTSS
People poverty rate 17.7% * 4th Trimester 2022
People indigence rate 3.88% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household poverty rate 11.9% * 4th Trimester 2022
Household indigence rate 2.98% * 4th Trimester 2022
Employment rate 51.7% * 1st Trimester 2023
Activity rate 54.6% * 1st Trimester 2023
Unemployment rate 5.4% * 1st Trimester 2023
Informality rate 22.7% * 1st Trimester 2023
Number of public employees per 1000 inhabitants - * December 2016. Source: IDESA based on MTSS