Main problems of Argentina 2024

In January 2024, the main problem for the country detected by the population in Argentina was inflation with an overall 57 percent answering it as one of the main problems, followed by low wages, crime, and corruption. During this survey, other problems like epidemics and diseases dropped to the bottom of the list, with less than one percent of people mentioning them as problems.

Inflation in Argentina

For the first month of 2023, one of the categories with the highest consumer price index (CPI) was clothing and footwear recording an inflation rate of 120.6. Some basic basket products also recorded high year-on-year price increases, like the food and non-alcoholic drinks sector recorded between 50 and 70 index points increases from January to June 2022. Overall, the price increase has been exponential when considering previous years, for example, the health services industry recorded an increase of 1,231.5 points in approximately six years.

Crime in Argentina

Other most common worries for the Argentinian population were crime and violence. In 2020, the country registered around 2,416 cases of intentional murders and, in 2022, approximately 212 femicides. Nonetheless, Argentina ranks as one of the Latin American countries with the lowest homicide rate, only with more than its western neighbor, Chile. Property crimes are actually the main concern for the country, only in 2021 more than a quarter of a million thefts were registered.