List of countries by guaranteed minimum income

This is a list of countries by guaranteed minimum income. Guaranteed minimum income is the amount of money a person is entitled to from the social welfare system in the absence of any other source of income.

Methodology

The data are sourced from the OECD, and are expressed as a percentage of the national median disposable income.[1]

List

Data from 2018/9[2]
Country Single person,
no children
Single person,
2 children
Australia 34 44
Austria 42 47
Belgium 40 46
Bulgaria 12 23
Canada 21 37
Chile 4 14
Croatia 23 36
Cyprus 43 41
Czech Republic 22 29
Denmark 62 60
Estonia 28 37
Finland 53 49
France 39 46
Germany 44 51
Greece 27 27
Hungary 14 19
Iceland 50 43
Ireland 59 50
Israel 21 36
Italy 12 14
Japan 64 73
Latvia 22 29
Lithuania 18 41
Luxembourg 40 46
Malta 69 54
Netherlands 60 49
New Zealand 36 41
Norway 38 37
Poland 27 52
Portugal 21 31
Romania 9 27
Slovakia 15 21
Slovenia 36 55
South Korea 32 46
Spain 28 26
Sweden 47 39
Switzerland 48 44
Turkey 0 0
United Kingdom 54 57
United States 6 19

References

  1. "Adequacy of Guaranteed Minimum Income benefits". stats.oecd.org. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  2. "Adequacy of Guaranteed Minimum Income benefits". stats.oecd.org. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
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