Unemployment Benefits by Country

Who pays an unemployment benefit

A benefit paid to people who lost their job, as each government's own website describes it. Press a country to open its page.

• Pays an unemployment benefit (90)
• Has one we could not confirm this month (4)
• No unemployment insurance found on official sites (95)
• Not covered yet

Small islands and territories are too small to draw at this size: every one is in the list below.

The highest share of a person's past pay the benefit pays, in the agency's own words: 40 countries state one. Highest: Denmark, 90%.

1. 1 Denmark 90%
2. 2 Faroe Islands 80%
3. 3 Liechtenstein 80%
4. 4 Luxembourg 80%
5. 5 Slovenia 80%
6. 6 Sweden 80%
7. 7 Switzerland 80%
8. 8 Ukraine 80%
9. 9 Italy 75%
10. 10 Netherlands 75%
11. 11 New Caledonia 75%
12. 12 Russia 75%
13. 13 Uzbekistan 75%
14. 14 Chile 70%
15. 15 Spain 70%
16. 16 Belgium 65%
17. 17 Czechia 65%
18. 18 Latvia 65%
19. 19 Portugal 65%
20. 20 Norway 62.4%
21. 21 Barbados 60%
22. 22 Bulgaria 60%
23. 23 Germany 60%
24. 24 Hungary 60%
25. 25 Indonesia 60%
26. 26 Ireland 60%
27. 27 Laos 60%
28. 28 Malta 60%
29. 29 Taiwan 60%
30. 30 Turks & Caicos Islands 60%
31. 31 Vietnam 60%
32. 32 Austria 55%
33. 33 Canada 55%
34. 34 North Macedonia 50%
35. 35 Philippines 50%
36. 36 Thailand 50%
37. 37 France 40.4%
38. 38 Moldova 40%
39. 39 Turkey 40%
40. 40 Lithuania 38.79%

Caps, fixed parts and what is added for children are left out, and so is a share of a minimum or national wage; most benefits also fall the longer they are paid. Where an agency states the amount only in money, or in its own terms, the country is not in this chart. Each country's page has the whole rule.

Every country

• Afghanistan No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Albania Has one we could not confirm this month
• Angola No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Argentina Unemployment benefit (Seguro por Desempleo / Prestación por Desempleo)
• Armenia No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Aruba Severance payment (Cesantia)
• Australia JobSeeker Payment
• Austria Unemployment benefit (Arbeitslosengeld)
• Azerbaijan No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Bahrain Unemployment benefit and unemployment compensation (إعانة التعطل / تعويض التعطل)
• Bangladesh No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Barbados Unemployment Benefit
• Belarus Unemployment benefit (пособие по безработице)
• Belgium Unemployment benefit (allocations de chômage / werkloosheidsuitkering)
• Belize No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Bermuda No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Bolivia No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Bosnia & Herzegovina Cash benefit during unemployment (Новчана накнада)
• Brazil Unemployment insurance (Seguro-Desemprego)
• British Virgin Islands No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Bulgaria Cash unemployment benefit (парично обезщетение за безработица)
• Cambodia No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Cameroon No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Canada Employment Insurance (EI) regular benefits
• Cape Verde Unemployment benefit (Subsídio de Desemprego)
• Caribbean Netherlands No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Cayman Islands No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Chad No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Chile Unemployment insurance (Seguro de Cesantía): Individual Account (CIC) and Solidarity Fund (FCS)
• China Has one we could not confirm this month
• Christmas Island No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Cocos (Keeling) Islands No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Colombia Mechanism for Protection of the Unemployed (Mecanismo de Protección al Cesante)
• Congo - Brazzaville No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Congo - Kinshasa No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Cook Islands No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Costa Rica No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Croatia Unemployment benefit (naknada za nezaposlenost)
• Cuba No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Curaçao Cessantia (severance insurance, Cessantia-uitkering)
• Cyprus Unemployment benefit
• Czechia Unemployment benefit (podpora v nezaměstnanosti)
• Côte d'Ivoire No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Denmark Unemployment benefit (arbejdsløshedsdagpenge)
• Djibouti No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Dominican Republic No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Ecuador Unemployment insurance (Seguro de Desempleo)
• Egypt Unemployment compensation (تعويض البطالة)
• El Salvador No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Estonia Has one we could not confirm this month
• Eswatini No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Ethiopia No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Faroe Islands Unemployment benefits (arbeiðsloysisstuðul)
• Fiji No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Finland Earnings-related unemployment allowance (ansiosidonnainen työttömyyspäiväraha) / general social security benefit (yleistuki)
• France Return-to-work allowance (allocation d'aide au retour à l'emploi, ARE)
• French Guiana No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• French Polynesia No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Gambia No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Georgia No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Germany Unemployment benefit (Arbeitslosengeld)
• Ghana No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Gibraltar Unemployment Benefit
• Greece Regular (ordinary) unemployment benefit (τακτικό επίδομα ανεργίας)
• Greenland Job search benefit (jobsøgningsydelse)
• Grenada No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Guadeloupe No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Guam No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Guatemala No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Guernsey Unemployment Benefit
• Guinea No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Guinea-Bissau No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Guyana No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Honduras No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Hong Kong No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Hungary Job-seeker benefit (Álláskeresési járadék)
• Iceland Unemployment benefits (atvinnuleysisbætur)
• India No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Indonesia Job Loss Insurance (Jaminan Kehilangan Pekerjaan, JKP)
• Ireland Jobseeker's Pay-Related Benefit
• Isle of Man Jobseeker's Allowance, contribution-based (JSA(Cont))
• Israel Unemployment benefit (Dmei Avtala)
• Italy NASpI (Nuova Assicurazione Sociale per l'Impiego)
• Jamaica No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Japan Basic Allowance (基本手当), employment insurance
• Jersey No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Jordan No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Kazakhstan Social payment for loss of work (социальная выплата на случай потери работы)
• Kenya No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Kiribati No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Kosovo No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Kuwait Unemployment insurance (التأمين ضد البطالة)
• Kyrgyzstan Unemployment benefit (жумушсуздук боюнча жөлөкпул)
• Laos Unemployment benefit (ການອຸດໜູນຫວ່າງງານ)
• Latvia Unemployment benefit (Bezdarbnieka pabalsts)
• Lebanon No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Lesotho No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Liechtenstein Unemployment compensation (Arbeitslosenentschädigung)
• Lithuania Unemployment insurance benefit (nedarbo draudimo išmoka)
• Luxembourg Full unemployment benefits (indemnités de chômage complet)
• Macao Unemployment Allowance (失業津貼)
• Malawi No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Malaysia Has one we could not confirm this month
• Maldives No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Mali No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Malta Unemployment Benefit (Benefiċċju għal Diżimpjieg)
• Martinique No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Mauritania No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Mauritius No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Mayotte No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Mexico No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Micronesia No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Moldova Unemployment benefit (indemnizație de șomaj)
• Monaco Unemployment benefit paid by Pôle Emploi (France Travail)
• Mongolia Unemployment benefit (ажилгүйдлийн тэтгэмж)
• Montenegro Cash benefit (novčana naknada)
• Montserrat No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Mozambique No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Myanmar (Burma) No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Netherlands Unemployment benefit (WW-uitkering)
• New Caledonia Total unemployment allowance (Allocation de chômage total)
• New Zealand Jobseeker Support
• Niger No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Nigeria No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Niue No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Norfolk Island No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• North Macedonia Cash benefit for unemployment (Паричен надоместок)
• Northern Mariana Islands No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Norway Unemployment benefit (dagpenger)
• Oman No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Pakistan No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Palau No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Palestinian Territories No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Paraguay No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Peru No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Philippines Unemployment Insurance or Involuntary Separation Benefit
• Poland Unemployment benefit (zasiłek dla bezrobotnych)
• Portugal Unemployment benefit (Subsídio de Desemprego)
• Puerto Rico Unemployment insurance (Seguro por Desempleo)
• Romania Unemployment benefit (indemnizație de șomaj)
• Russia Unemployment benefit (пособие по безработице)
• Rwanda No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Réunion No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Samoa No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• San Marino Unemployment benefit (Indennità di disoccupazione)
• Saudi Arabia Unemployment Insurance (SANED)
• Senegal No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Serbia Unemployment cash benefit (новчана накнада за случај незапослености)
• Seychelles Unemployment Relief Scheme
• Singapore SkillsFuture Jobseeker Support
• Slovakia Unemployment benefit (dávka v nezamestnanosti)
• Slovenia Unemployment benefit (denarno nadomestilo)
• Solomon Islands SINPF Redundancy / Unemployment withdrawal
• South Africa UIF unemployment benefits
• South Korea Unemployment benefit / job-seeking benefit (실업급여 / 구직급여)
• Spain Contributory unemployment benefit (prestación contributiva por desempleo)
• Sri Lanka No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• St. Barthélemy No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• St. Helena No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• St. Kitts & Nevis No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• St. Martin No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• St. Pierre & Miquelon No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• St. Vincent & Grenadines No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Suriname No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Svalbard & Jan Mayen No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Sweden Unemployment insurance benefit (arbetslöshetsersättning, a-kassa)
• Switzerland Unemployment compensation (Arbeitslosenentschädigung / indemnité de chômage)
• Taiwan Unemployment Benefits (Employment Insurance) (失業給付)
• Tanzania Unemployment Benefit
• Thailand Unemployment benefit (กรณีว่างงาน)
• Togo No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Tonga No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Trinidad and Tobago No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Turkey Unemployment Benefit (İşsizlik Ödeneği)
• Turkmenistan No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Turks & Caicos Islands Unemployment Benefit
• U.S. Virgin Islands Unemployment Insurance
• Uganda No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Ukraine Unemployment assistance (допомога по безробіттю)
• United Arab Emirates Unemployment Insurance Scheme (Involuntary Loss of Employment, ILOE)
• United Kingdom New Style Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA)
• United States Unemployment insurance, run by each state
• Uruguay Unemployment subsidy for dismissal (Subsidio por desempleo por despido)
• Uzbekistan Unemployment benefit (posobiye po bezrabotitse / ishsizlik nafaqasi)
• Vatican City No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Vietnam Unemployment allowance (trợ cấp thất nghiệp), under unemployment insurance (bảo hiểm thất nghiệp)
• Wallis & Futuna No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Zimbabwe No unemployment insurance found on official sites
• Åland Islands General support (allmänt stöd)