Rents in Argentina compared to Latin America

This is a comparison of median monthly rental prices in the most expensive region of the capital/most important city for a 1-bedroom apartment. The numbers are based on our in-house research.

Brazil, Rio De Janeiro $ 2,270
Mexico, Mexico city $ 1,267
Uruguay, Montevideo $ 847
Colombia, Medellin $ 829
Peru, Lima $ 715
Argentina, Buenos Aires $ 459
Chile, Santiago $ 377

No house price statistics are published in Argentina. Inmobiliario, a private firm, produces house price statistics but they are not publicly available. General statistics come from the Banco Central de la Republica Argentina, the Secretary of Economic Policy, the Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Censos (INDEC), and the Direccion Nacional de Cuentas Internacionales (the last three under the Ministerio de Economia y Produccion (MECON)).