List of countries by guaranteed minimum income explained

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Adequacy of Guaranteed Minimum Income benefits. 2020-06-06. stats.oecd.org.
2. Web site: Adequacy of Guaranteed Minimum Income benefits. 2020-06-06. stats.oecd.org.