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Venezuelan Argentines
Venezolano-argentinos (Spanish)
	People born in Venezuela by province according to RENAPER in 2023; (Not including descendants of Venezuelans)
Total population
	161,495 (by birth, 2022); 272,000 (by ancestry, 2022); 0.6% of the Argentine population
Regions with significant populations
	Predominantly the Greater Buenos Aires, Córdoba, and Santa Fe
Languages
	Spanish;
Religion
	Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
	Venezuelans; Venezuelan Uruguayans · Venezuelan Brazilians · Venezuelan Americans

Venezuelan Argentines (Spanish: venezolano-argentinos) are Argentine citizens of predominantly or total Venezuelan descent, or Venezuelan citizens who have migrated to and settled in Argentina. As of 2022, there are 272,000 Venezuelans living in Argentina,^[7]^[2] most of whom migrated during the latter half of the 2010s as part of the Venezuelan refugee crisis.^[3]^[8] The last census held in Argentina, in 2010, registered only 6,000 Venezuelan migrants living in the country.^[9]

As of 2018, Venezuelans were the fourth-largest expat community in Argentina, behind Paraguayans, Bolivians and Chileans.^[10] According to IOM figures, Argentina granted 170,223 residency permits to Venezuelan citizens alone from 2018 to 2020, nearly twice as many as to Paraguayan citizens.^[11] This makes Venezuelans the fastest-growing expat community in the country.^[12]^[13]

Characteristics

Venezuelans in Buenos Aires supporting students from their country.

The Venezuelan community in Argentina has grown considerably since 2015 due to a number of factors, most notably, the ongoing socioeconomic crisis experienced by the Caribbean country.^[9] Despite the geographical distance between the two countries (there are 1920 miles between Venezuela's southernmost city and Argentina's northernmost), Argentina's lax migration laws have made the country a major destination for Venezuelans.^[13]^[14]

According to a 2019 IOM report studying Venezuelan migrants in Buenos Aires, 80.4% of respondents had jobs at the time the study was conducted (August–September 2019): 55% as employees and 25.4% as independent workers; 15.6% were unemployed. Around 70% of the surveyed migrants counted with a monthly salary ranging between Argentina's mandated minimum wage and twice that amount. By business sector, 43% were active in commerce, 26% in transport (taxi cabs and mobility apps and services such as Uber), 6% in health, and 3% in IT. Nearly 71% of the surveyed migrants worked in the informal economy, while 29% worked in registered jobs.^[15]

The Venezuelan diaspora in Argentina has been politically active, being overwhelmingly supportive for Argentina’s far-right president, elected in 2023, Javier Milei.^[16]