Poverty and living standards in Concordia, Argentina: official figures
56.2% of people in Concordia lived below the poverty line in the first half of 2026 (INDEC EPH), the highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; across the 31 survey areas the rate was 32.3%. That is about 94,000 people.
Is poverty rising in Concordia?
The poverty rate in Concordia was 49.2% in the first half of 2025 and 56.2% in the first half of 2026, up 7.0 percentage points; for all 31 survey areas it moved from 31.6% to 32.3%.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC) · saved copyHow many households in Concordia are poor?
43.6% of households in Concordia were below the poverty line in the first half of 2026, the highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site (all 31 survey areas: 24.4%). People in poor households were a larger share of residents (56.2%) than poor households were of households, because poor households are larger.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC) · saved copyWhat is the extreme poverty rate in Concordia?
12.7% of people in Concordia (about 21,000) were below the extreme-poverty line, which only counts food, in the first half of 2026, 2nd highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; the 31-area rate was 7.5%; a year earlier Concordia's rate was 12.3%.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC) · saved copyHow many households in Concordia are in extreme poverty?
9.7% of households in Concordia were below the extreme-poverty line in the first half of 2026 (all 31 survey areas: 5.6%).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC) · saved copyHow many people in Concordia live in informal settlements?
1.8% of households in Concordia were in a "villa de emergencia" (informal settlement) in the first quarter of 2026, 5th highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; across the 31 survey areas the share was 1.1%.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC) · saved copyHow many homes in Concordia are overcrowded?
4.2% of households in Concordia had critical overcrowding (more than three people per room) in the first quarter of 2026, the highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site (all 31 survey areas: 1.8%).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC) · saved copyHow many homes in Concordia are near rubbish dumps or flood zones?
4.2% of households in Concordia were within three blocks of a rubbish dump and 3.4% were in a flood-prone area in the first quarter of 2026 (INDEC EPH); the 31-area shares were 5.1% and 7.8%.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC) · saved copyHow Concordia compares with other cities in Argentina
People below the poverty line (H1 2026)
Concordia ranks 1 of 30, highest first.
| Rank | City | People below the poverty line |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Concordia | 56.2% |
| 2 | Resistencia | 48.6% |
| 3 | Posadas | 42.2% |
| 4 | Corrientes | 41.0% |
| 5 | Santa Fé | 38.6% |
| 6 | Santiago del Estero-La Banda | 38.5% |
| 7 | La Rioja | 38.4% |
Change in the poverty rate since H1 2025 (percentage points) (H1 2026 vs H1 2025)
Concordia ranks 2 of 30, highest first.
| Rank | City | Change in the poverty rate since H1 2025 (percentage points) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comodoro Rivadavia-Rada Tilly | +10.3 pts |
| 2 | Concordia | +7.0 pts |
| 3 | Santiago del Estero-La Banda | +6.0 pts |
| 4 | La Rioja | +6.0 pts |
| 5 | San Luis - El Chorrillo | +5.4 pts |
| 6 | Rawson-Trelew-Playa Unión | +5.0 pts |
| 7 | Paraná | +4.4 pts |
People below the extreme-poverty line (H1 2026)
Concordia ranks 2 of 30, highest first.
| Rank | City | People below the extreme-poverty line |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Resistencia | 17.3% |
| 2 | Concordia | 12.7% |
| 3 | San Nicolás-Villa Constitución | 10.3% |
| 4 | Rawson-Trelew-Playa Unión | 10.0% |
| 5 | Santa Fé | 9.8% |
| 6 | La Plata | 9.2% |
| 7 | Corrientes | 8.6% |
Households in informal settlements (Q1 2026)
Concordia ranks 5 of 30, highest first.
| Rank | City | Households in informal settlements |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Rosario | 2.7% |
| 3 | Córdoba | 2.5% |
| 4 | Paraná | 2.3% |
| 5 | Concordia | 1.8% |
| 6 | Buenos Aires | 1.0% |
| 7 | San Nicolás-Villa Constitución | 1.0% |
| 8 | Mendoza | 0.9% |
Households with critical overcrowding (Q1 2026)
Concordia ranks 1 of 30, highest first.
| Rank | City | Households with critical overcrowding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Concordia | 4.2% |
| 2 | Catamarca | 3.4% |
| 3 | Tucumán-Tafí Viejo | 2.7% |
| 4 | La Plata | 2.6% |
| 5 | Córdoba | 2.6% |
| 6 | Formosa | 2.5% |
| 7 | La Rioja | 2.5% |
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Sources
- Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC): Encuesta Permanente de Hogares (EPH): bases de microdatos usuarias, individual y hogar, primer trimestre de 2026 (figures computed with the survey weights), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 d9d23945d4b1…)
- Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC): Incidencia de la pobreza y la indigencia en 31 aglomerados urbanos, primer semestre de 2026 (Tables 4.1 and 4.2), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 d944f84c823a…)
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