Countries with universal basic income

• The Universal Basic Income and Guaranteed Basic Income programs provide unconditional, recurring payments.
• Basic income pilots are active in the US, but have also been tried around the world.
• Countries like Kenya and South Korea support basic income programs that help residents.

As US cities and states continue to roll out basic income programs, countries around the world are also experimenting with unconditional cash initiatives.

Basic income — recurring, unconditional payments — can describe two different programs: universal basic income (UBI) or guaranteed basic income (GBI).

UBI does not distinguish between recipients, while GBI targets specific communities.