BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s poverty rate rocketed to 52.9% in the first half of 2024, the government’s INDEC statistics agency said on Thursday, surging from 40.1% a year earlier.
For the second half of last year, INDEC had reported a rate of 41.7%.
(Reporting by Hernan Nessi and Sarah Morland; Editing by Kylie Madry)
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