Consumer prices in Argentina rose by 2.4% month-on-month in February 2025, slightly rebounding from the lowest reading since July 2020 of 2.2% in January and matching market expectations. Costs accelerated for education (2.3% vs. 0.5% in January), food and non-alcoholic beverages (3.2% vs. 1.8%), transportation (1.7% vs. 1.2%), and clothing and footwear (0.4% vs. -0.7%). Conversely, price increases slowed for health (2.1% vs. 2.4%), restaurants and hotels (2.3% vs. 5.3%), housing and utilities (3.7% vs. 4.0%), and communication (2.3% vs. 2.3%). Annually, consumer prices eased to 66.9% in February, marking the tenth consecutive month of disinflation and the softest increase since June 2022, down from 84.5% in January and matching forecasts. source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC)

Inflation Rate in Argentina averaged 190.17 percent from 1944 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 20262.80 percent in March of 1990 and a record low of -7.00 percent in February of 1954. This page provides the latest reported value for - Argentina Inflation Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Argentina Inflation Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on March of 2025.

Inflation Rate in Argentina is expected to be 49.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Argentina Inflation Rate is projected to trend around 25.00 percent in 2026 and 19.00 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-02-13 07:00 PM
Inflation Rate YoY
Jan 84.5% 117.8% 84.7% 85.0%
2025-03-14 07:00 PM
Inflation Rate YoY
Feb 66.9% 84.5% 66.8% 67.0%
2025-04-11 07:00 PM
Inflation Rate YoY
Mar 66.9% 49.0%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Consumer Price Index CPI 8051.67 7862.96 points Feb 2025
Core Consumer Prices 8229.45 7995.94 points Feb 2025
Core Inflation Rate 60.40 75.00 percent Feb 2025
CPI Housing Utilities 8043.77 7756.77 points Feb 2025
CPI Transportation 8351.60 8212.00 points Feb 2025
Export Prices 181.60 178.10 points Dec 2024
Food Inflation 52.00 64.70 percent Feb 2025
GDP Deflator 89362.30 77010.60 points Sep 2024
Import Prices 127.90 135.70 points Dec 2024
Inflation Rate YoY 66.90 84.50 percent Feb 2025
Inflation Rate MoM 2.40 2.20 percent Feb 2025
Producer Prices 10945.56 10754.23 points Jan 2025
Producer Prices Change 41.50 63.30 percent Jan 2025

Argentina Inflation Rate
The most important categories in the CPI basket in the Great Buenos Aires area are food and beverages (23 percent of the total weight), transport (12 percent) and restaurants and hotels (11 percent). Housing and utilities (11 percent); health (9 percent);clothing and footwear (9 percent); recreation and culture (8 percent); household maintenance and equipment (6 percent); miscellaneous goods and services (4 percent); alcoholic beverages and tobacco (3 percent); education (3 percent); and communication (3 percent) for the remaining. The CPI index has a base of 100 as of December of 2016 and covers the Buenos Aires metropolitan area and its 24 districts.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
66.90 84.50 20262.80 -7.00 1944 - 2025 percent Monthly
2016=100