Argentina Economy

80% of low-income workers face job insecurity

According to a recent study, approximately 84.8 percent of individuals in the lowest income quintile, which represents the bottom 20 percent of earners, are engaged in insecure employment in Argentina. This indicates that roughly eight out of ten workers in this group are in precarious job situations. UBA’s study, utilizing official household survey data from … Read more

Survey Shows Four in five workers are informal

In the fourth quarter of the previous year, Argentina’s labour informality rate was recorded at 43 percent, indicating that over four out of ten workers are engaged in employment that lacks the protections of applicable labour, tax, and social security laws. The INDEC national statistics bureau announced on Wednesday that the unemployment rate increased to … Read more

Job Losses Surge in 2025 Amid Economic Growth from Informal Work

In the final quarter of 2025, Argentina experienced an increase in unemployment, reaching 7.5%. The figure stands at 1.1 percentage points above the corresponding period of 2024 and nearly 2 points higher than late 2023, according to a recent report from Argentina’s statistics institute INDEC. The figure stands in stark contrast to the growth of … Read more

Argentina has greatest fourth-quarter unemployment since epidemic

Argentina’s unemployment rate increased to 7.5 percent at the conclusion of the previous year, marking the highest fourth-quarter figure since the Covid-19 pandemic, as job losses intensified prior to the passage of a significant labour reform by Javier Milei’s administration last month. The jobless rate in Argentina’s formal sector increased for the first time in … Read more