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UBI Pilots and Experiments Around the World.

From Finland to Kenya, Stockton to Barcelona - a growing body of controlled experiments is building the evidence base for unconditional income. Here is what they found.

Finland winter landscape 🇫🇮
Concluded 2018

Finland National Pilot 2017-2018

2,000 unemployed adults received 560 EUR per month for two years with no conditions. The most rigorous national-scale UBI study to date.

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Barcelona city street 🇪🇸
Concluded 2023

Barcelona B-MINCOME 2017-2019

A combined basic income and active social policies experiment in the most deprived districts of Barcelona. 1,000 households over two years.

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Rural Kenya landscape 🇰🇪
Ongoing

GiveDirectly Kenya Long-Term Study

Over 20,000 people across rural Kenya receiving 12-year guaranteed transfers. The largest and longest UBI study in history.

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Stockton California 🇺🇸
Concluded 2021

Stockton SEED Programme 2019-2021

125 residents of Stockton, California received $500 per month for 24 months. Full-time employment doubled among recipients versus the control group.

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Manitoba Canada prairie town 🇨🇦
Concluded 1979

Manitoba Mincome 1974-1979

One of the earliest guaranteed income experiments. Researchers found a significant reduction in hospitalisation rates and improvements in educational outcomes.

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Namibia community 🇳🇦
Concluded 2009

Namibia Basic Income Grant 2008-2009

Residents of Otjivero-Omitara received 100 Namibian dollars per month. Child malnutrition fell from 42% to 17% within a year of the pilot starting.

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20+

Pilots and experiments documented worldwide

30,000

Participants in documented trials

1,285,000

EU petition signatures in 2013

2017

Year of the first national-scale pilot (Finland)

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