Data from the 3rd quarter of 2025 confirms the economic turnaround in the capital.

Poverty has fallen drastically and the middle class has started to grow again.

The reality check in the newly released figures!

1️⃣ Brutal Drop in Poverty

According to the Buenos Aires Institute of Statistics, the poverty rate fell from 28.1% (in the same period of the previous year) to 17.3% in the third quarter of 2025.

In two years, more than 10 percentage points of the population left the poverty line.

2️⃣ End of Mass Indigence

The most impactful data concerns extreme poverty (indigence).

The rate has halved, falling from 11.0% to 5.3% in the same period.

According to the methodology, this means that many more people are now able to afford a basic food basket.

3️⃣ The Reason: Salary > Inflation

It wasn't magic, it was real gain.

Research indicates that the improvement is due to income (salaries and pensions) growing at a rate higher than inflation.

For the first time in a long time, an Argentinian's money is worth more at the end of the month than at the beginning.

4️⃣ Purchasing Power

The numbers don't lie:

📈 Average family income rose 69.3%.

📉 The city's inflation (CPI) was 37.7%.

In other words: the increase in income was 31.6 percentage points higher than the increase in prices.

This is the fourth consecutive year-on-year decrease in poverty.

5️⃣ The Return of the Middle Class

With stabilization, social mobility returned.

The number of households considered middle class grew by 19 percentage points, reaching 51.4% of homes in Buenos Aires.

The middle class once again became the absolute majority in the capital.

6️⃣ The Milei Effect

Data for 2025 consolidates the results of economic reforms that brought the country risk down to its lowest level in 7 years.

By controlling inflation and allowing wages to recover, the real economy began to react.

7️⃣ Conclusion

While many predicted social chaos with the fiscal adjustment, the data from Buenos Aires show the opposite: the reduction in inflation was the greatest social program possible.