Universal Basic Income pilots and other direct-redistribution experiments (2016–2024)

1. GiveDirectly announces long-term UBI trial in Kenya

   Apr 1, 2016Labels: GiveDirectly, Kenya, UBI trial

   • GiveDirectly
   • BIEN

2. Swiss voters reject national basic income proposal

   Jun 5, 2016Labels: Switzerland, referendum

   • SwissInfo
   • BBC

3. Finland begins national basic income experiment

   Jan 1, 2017Labels: Finland, Kela, basic income

   • Kela
   • UBIdata

4. Ontario launches basic income pilot in three cities

   Apr 1, 2017Labels: Ontario, basic income

   • UNESCO
   • Ontario ca

5. Barcelona starts B-MINCOME cash-and-services experiment

   Oct 1, 2017Labels: Barcelona, B-MINCOME

   • BIEN

6. GiveDirectly launches Kenya basic income experiment

   Nov 1, 2017Labels: GiveDirectly, Kenya

   • BIEN
   • GiveDirectly

7. Ontario announces wind-down of its basic income pilot

   Jul 31, 2018Labels: Ontario, pilot wind-down

   • Ontario ca
   • CMHA

8. Finland ends its two-year basic income experiment

   Dec 31, 2018Labels: Finland, experiment end

   • UBIdata
   • Kela

9. Stockton launches SEED guaranteed income demonstration

   Feb 1, 2019Labels: Stockton, SEED

   • SEED

10. Maricá shifts cash benefit to per-person payments

    Jun 19, 2019Labels: Maric, municipal UBI

    • Maric Study
    • AmericasQ

11. Maricá expands and formalizes its December 2019 structure

    Dec 1, 2019Labels: Maric, program expansion

    • Maric Study

12. Spain creates Ingreso Mínimo Vital minimum income benefit

    May 29, 2020Labels: Spain, Ingreso M

    • OECD
    • IOE News

13. Mayors for a Guaranteed Income forms in the U.S.

    Jun 30, 2020Labels: Mayors for, U S

    • Time
    • Axios

14. Germany launches DIW–Mein Grundeinkommen UBI pilot study

    Aug 18, 2020Labels: Germany, DIW

    • DIW Berlin
    • Pilot Project

15. Germany begins paying participants €1,200 monthly

    Jun 1, 2021Labels: Germany, participant payments

    • DIW Berlin
    • BrusselsTimes

16. UBI pilots shift toward networks and evaluation by 2024

    Jun 29, 2024Labels: pilot networks, evaluation ecosystem

    • BIEN