[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:what-we-do\u002Fnews-stories\u002Fargentina-cost-of-living-crisis-app-drivers":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":8,"meta_description":9,"seo_title":10,"path":11,"content_type":12,"locale":13,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":14,"page_created_at":15,"published_at":14,"edit_url":16,"breadcrumbs":17,"seo":25,"body_blocks":32,"call_to_action":143,"categories":149,"labels":151,"show_table_of_contents":87,"show_page_categories":87,"owner":153,"authors":160,"image":91,"show_related_pages":87,"related_pages":162,"related_sites":173,"in_subsite":55,"contact_page_url":174,"banner_message":175},39550,"argentina-cost-of-living-crisis-app-drivers","Cost of Living Crisis: Why Argentina’s App Drivers Must Deliver  450+ Orders Monthly Just to Stay Out of Poverty",null,"\u003Cp>A study by the Encuentro Foundation revealed that between December 2025 and March 2026, the number of deliveries needed to meet the basic food basket requirements for a four-person household only decreased by one. Gig workers earned $3165 per shipment.\u003C\u002Fp>","In Q1 of 2026, a delivery driver in Argentina had to make an average of 453 deliveries to cover the basic food basket.","Argentina: Cost of Living Crisis for App Drivers","\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fnews-stories\u002Fargentina-cost-of-living-crisis-app-drivers","pages.newspage","en","2026-08-20T05:38:24.423899+00:00","2026-08-20T05:38:24.348845+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F39550\u002Fedit\u002F",[18,21,24],{"title":19,"slug":20},"What We Do","what-we-do",{"title":22,"slug":23},"News and Stories","news-stories",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":10,"description":9,"image":26,"canonical":27,"robots":28,"og_type":29,"twitter_card":30,"locale":13,"created_at":31,"last_modified_at":31},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fwageindicator_50106934.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fnews-stories\u002Fargentina-cost-of-living-crisis-app-drivers\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","2026-08-20T07:38:24.423899+02:00",[33,79,134],{"type":34,"data":35},"composed_content_block",{"blocks":36},[37,42,58,61,72,75],{"type":38,"data":39},"text_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\u003Cp>\u003Cb>\u003Ci>20 August 2026\u003C\u002Fi>\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>During the first quarter of 2026,\u003Cb> a delivery driver in Argentina had to make 453 deliveries a month to cover the basic food basket and avoid falling into poverty. That’s 15 deliveries daily without any off days!\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A study, conducted by the\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fundacionencuentro.com\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Encuentro Foundation\u003C\u002Fa>, showed that delivery drivers earned an average $3,165.2 per delivery, based on data from Rappi and Pedidos Ya.\u003C\u002Fp>","light",{"type":43,"data":44},"images_block",{"title":45,"variant":41,"selected_images":46,"num_cols":54,"show_as_slider":55,"image_fit":56,"image_align":57},"",[47],{"id":48,"title":49,"alt":49,"src":50,"srcset":51,"width":52,"height":53,"caption":45},2461,"wageindicator_50106934","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fwageindicator_50106934.width-300.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fwageindicator_50106934.width-300.jpg 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fwageindicator_50106934.width-600.jpg 600w, https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fwageindicator_50106934.width-1200.jpg 1200w",5262,4032,1,false,"cover","middle",{"type":38,"data":59},{"content":60,"variant":41},"\u003Cp>In\u003Cb> June, a typical four-person household required $1,531,473\u003C\u002Fb> based on the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses' (INDEC) Total Basic Food Basket (CBT) – to cover this, a delivery driver had to fulfill 453 orders. This was just a marginal reduction of one order compared to 454 orders in 2025.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The report emphasises that when per-delivery earnings don't keep pace with price increases, the cost-to-income ratio steadily rises. In other words, steep inflation in Argentina is forcing app delivery workers to work longer hours just to cover basic living costs.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In line with the previous quarter, the gap between platforms continued to widen during the first quarter of 2026. While Rappi driver pay unchanged since October 2025, PedidosYa raising the average driver payout per delivery from $3,659 to $3,924 in March. That contributed to the rise in As a result, the average driver payout in Encuentro’s study from $3,033 to $3,165, partially offsetting the increase in reference prices.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"type":43,"data":62},{"title":45,"variant":41,"selected_images":63,"num_cols":54,"show_as_slider":55,"image_fit":56,"image_align":57},[64],{"id":65,"title":66,"alt":66,"src":67,"srcset":68,"width":69,"height":70,"caption":71},7095,"Deliverers Argentina","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FDeliverers_Argentina.width-300.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FDeliverers_Argentina.width-300.jpg 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FDeliverers_Argentina.width-600.jpg 600w, https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FDeliverers_Argentina.width-1200.jpg 1200w",1536,864,"A delivery driver must fulfill 453 orders to support a four-person household. Just a marginal reduction compared to 454 orders in 2025. Source: Fundación Encuentro",{"type":38,"data":73},{"content":74,"variant":41},"\u003Ch2>An Increasingly Harsh Reality\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>In an increasingly difficult economy, where job insecurity is a reality, platform workers face multiple and complex problems. On the one hand, the decrease in orders and the increase in gig workers on the streets have created a bottleneck. Added to this is another adversity: delivery workers must go into debt even before starting gig work and to continue covering their expenses.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A recent report from the\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bcra.gob.ar\u002Farchivos\u002FPdfs\u002FPublicacionesEstadisticas\u002Finformes\u002Finforme-proveedores-no-financieros-credito-junio-2026.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Central Bank of Argentina\u003C\u002Fa> revealed that\u003Cb> gig workers have accumulated an average debt of nearly $900,000.\u003C\u002Fb> Workers access these loans mainly \u003Cb>to acquire bicycles and motorcycles to start delivery work, or to carry out repairs necessary to continue their activity.\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This gap between workers' income and the inflation of basic goods, rent, and vehicle maintenance sets the tone for the increasing precarity in today's gig economy. To fully understand this phenomenon, analyzing operating costs versus driver earnings per delivery has become an essential indicator of the loss of purchasing power and the regulatory challenges facing the urban labor sector in the country.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"type":76,"data":77},"author_info_block",{"title":78,"description":45},"Blog post by:",{"type":80,"data":81},"latest_page_items_block",{"title":82,"link":83,"link_description":82,"variant":86,"show_item_images":87,"show_categories":55,"show_as_slider":55,"items":88},"Read More",{"id":84,"short_title":7,"title":22,"url":85},24642,"\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fnews-stories","dark",true,[89,103,117],{"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":8,"link":90,"categories":92,"labels":97,"image":102,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":14,"page_created_at":15,"published_at":14},{"id":4,"short_title":7,"title":6,"url":11,"image":91},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fwageindicator_50106934.width-400.jpg",[93],{"id":94,"slug":95,"name":96},6,"platform-economy","Platform Economy",[98],{"id":99,"slug":100,"name":101},3,"blogs","Blogs","\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fwageindicator_50106934.width-400.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fwageindicator_50106934.width-400.jpg 400w, https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fwageindicator_50106934.width-800.jpg 800w, https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fwageindicator_50106934.width-1200.jpg 1200w\" alt=\"wageindicator_50106934\">",{"title":104,"short_title":7,"intro_text":105,"link":106,"categories":110,"labels":112,"image":114,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":115,"page_created_at":116,"published_at":115},"Working time in the platform economy","\u003Cp>Many questions arise around working time in the platform economy: what are the current debates, and where do solutions lie?\u003C\u002Fp>",{"id":107,"short_title":7,"title":104,"url":108,"image":109},39546,"\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fnews-stories\u002Fworking-time-platform-economy","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fwageindicator_383209213.width-400.jpg",[111],{"id":94,"slug":95,"name":96},[113],{"id":99,"slug":100,"name":101},"\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fwageindicator_383209213.width-400.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fwageindicator_383209213.width-400.jpg 400w, https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fwageindicator_383209213.width-800.jpg 800w, https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fwageindicator_383209213.width-1200.jpg 1200w\" alt=\"wageindicator_383209213\">","2026-08-13T16:47:10.745224+00:00","2026-08-18T08:28:53.237651+00:00",{"title":118,"short_title":7,"intro_text":119,"link":120,"categories":124,"labels":129,"image":131,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":132,"page_created_at":133,"published_at":132},"How Much Time Off Do You Get? It Depends Where You Work","\u003Cp>How much time off we get - and whether we are paid during this time - very much depends on where we work.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"id":121,"short_title":7,"title":118,"url":122,"image":123},39543,"\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fnews-stories\u002Fhow-much-time-off","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fwageindicator_369890609.width-400.jpg",[125],{"id":126,"slug":127,"name":128},2,"labour-law","Labour Law",[130],{"id":99,"slug":100,"name":101},"\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fwageindicator_369890609.width-400.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fwageindicator_369890609.width-400.jpg 400w, https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fwageindicator_369890609.width-800.jpg 800w, https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fwageindicator_369890609.width-1200.jpg 1200w\" alt=\"wageindicator_369890609\">","2026-08-11T06:59:51.086483+00:00","2026-08-11T06:59:51.029313+00:00",{"type":135,"data":136},"newsletter_block",{"title":137,"description":138,"variant":41,"link_to_terms":139},"Never miss an update","Get updates on new posts, projects, and things worth sharing. 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