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Child poverty in Argentina experienced a meaningful decline in the latter half of 2024, with a 14 percentage point drop. This improvement lifted an estimated 1.7 million children out of income-based poverty, according to a recent UNICEF report. The study indicates that 52.7% of children, or approximately 6.4 million, lived in households with incomes insufficient to cover basic food needs during this period. This decrease follows a sharp increase in the first half of 2024, when child poverty exceeded 67%, affecting over 8 million children.
Projections from UNICEF, based on data from Argentina’s National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC), suggest a continued downward trend in child poverty for the first half of 2025, with an expected rate of 47.8%. Extreme poverty is also anticipated to decrease to 9.3%. The report attributes this improvement primarily to a 21% rise in real household income between the first and second halves of 2024. Concurrently,Argentina’s economy demonstrated recovery signs in early 2025,with a 5.9% year-over-year growth in the first half. Key sectors like construction, retail, and financial services spearheaded this rebound, bolstered by increased currency stability and a deceleration in inflation, which began easing in April.
“Along with slowing inflation, social protection policies focused on children were key to reducing poverty — especially extreme poverty,” stated Sebastián Waisgrais, UNICEF Argentina’s monitoring specialist. Despite these positive developments, UNICEF cautions that child poverty levels remain “very high,” and conditions are still critical for millions of children and teenagers. The organization emphasizes the need for sustained public policies to guarantee access to essential rights, including healthcare, education, and adequate nutrition. Persistent inequality remains a significant challenge, with poverty rates disproportionately affecting children in households where the head has not completed primary school (80.9%), compared to those where the head has completed secondary education (10.6%). Children of informal workers, those in informal settlements, and those in single-mother households also face higher poverty rates.
Responding to the report, sources from Argentina’s Economy Ministry cited by La Nación attributed the results to “macroeconomic stabilization and the recovery of real wages.” These sources further noted that “responsible fiscal policy, a halt to monetary expansion and market deregulation have laid the groundwork for…”
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