this is based only on three countries), followed by LMIC (25) and UMIC (29), and is the highest in HIC (47). The minimum duration of contribution to be eligible for UB is the highest in LMIC (at an average of 18 months), followed by LIC and UMIC (12 months), and the lowest in HIC (9 months).

**Table 1. Descriptive statistics of UB and ALMP, 2019**

|**Unemployment Benefit(UB) Sche**|**me**<br>||**Active Labor Market Policie**|**s(ALMP)**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Indicator**|**Mean/**<br>**Percent**|**N**|**Indicator**|**Percent**|**N**|
|**Availability of UB scheme (%)**|47.6|191|**Availability of ALMP (%)**|**85.3**|**191**|
|Availability of UB after 1 year of<br>contribution(%)|38.7|191|**Availability of public employment**<br>**services(PES) (%)**|**81.7**|**191**|
|Minimum contribution<br>period for UB(months)|11.6|91|PES - Training and skill<br>enhancementprograms(%)|84.6|156|
|Maximum UB duration after<br>1-year contribution(weeks)|27|91|PES - Vacancy database/<br>labor market information(%)|84|156|
|Maximum UB duration after<br>5-year contribution(weeks)|40.8|91|PES - Job placement (%)|83.3|156|
|Maximum UB duration after<br>10-year contribution(weeks)|44.2|91|PES - Counseling and vocational<br>guidance(%)|75|156|
|**Availability of eligibility**<br>**conditions(%)**|47.6|191|PES- Internship/<br>apprenticeship (%)|69.2|156|
|Eligibility condition- periodic reporting<br>on activejob search(%)|80.2|91|PES - Support of geographic<br>mobilityforjob search(%)|36.5|156|
|Eligibility condition - participation in<br>trainingassigned byPES(%)|74.7|91|**Availability of national skills or**<br>**training fund(%)**|**52.9**|**191**|
|Eligibility condition - registration with<br>PES(%)|73.6|91|**Availability of government**<br>**incentives for firms for training (%)**|**53.9**|**191**|
|Eligibility condition - accepting a<br>suitablejob offered(%)|50.5|91|Training incentives of government:<br>tax deduction(%)|67|103|
|Eligibility condition - proof of loss of job<br>through no own fault(%)|48.4|91|Training incentives of government:<br>subsidy (%)|53.4|103|
|Eligibility condition - proof of no other<br>|37.4|91|Training incentives of government:<br>|46.6|103|
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Among the regions, OECD high income countries (OECD HIC) and Europe and Central Asia (ECA) have the highest shares of economies with UB schemes (with 100 and 88 percent, respectively) and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and South Asia (SAR) have the lowest share (at 8 and 25 percent, respectively), though SAR only has two countries with UB schemes: India and Nepal (Figure 1b). OECD HIC also have the longest maximum UB duration (52 weeks) followed by East Asia and Pacific (EAP) and Middle East and North Africa (MENA) (39 and 30 weeks, respectively), while Latin America and Caribbean (LAC), SAR, SSA, and ECA have the shortest maximum UB durations (the former two have 24 weeks and the latter two have 27 weeks). Regarding the minimum contribution period for UB, MENA and EAP require the longest period of 12