Argentina is slowly recovering from an unprecedented economic crisis.
However, enormous problems still remain. Some recent data include:
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27% of Argentines live in poverty, and 9% in extreme poverty, by the most conservative measurements;
- Childhood mortality, which has a country average of 14‰, reaches considerable higher peaks in some provinces: 25‰ in Formosa, 22‰ in Catamarca, 21‰ in Chaco and 20‰ in Tucumán.
- Each day, more than 600 babies are born into poverty in Argentina, according to UNICEF.
- 7% of the population lives off of less than 1 dollar a day.
