Uber’s strongest growth comes in depressed Argentina – minus commissions

Uber driver Juan Carlos, who wished not to give his last name, uses his application map on his cellphone as he drives his car in Buenos Aires, Argentina September 19, 2018. Picture taken September 19, 2018. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci

BUENOS AIRES/SAO PAULO: Uber's fastest-growing market in the world is now Argentina, company executives say, attributing the expansion to the nation's sudden economic unravelling, which has boosted unemployment and sliced the purchasing power of Argentines.

Twenty percent of its drivers in Buenos Aires, the only city where it operates in Argentina, were jobless immediately before joining Uber.