Expenditures per Capita on Unemployment Insurance

Description: 

Total outlays for unemployment compensation in constant dollars, divided by the country’s total population.

Methodological Notes: 

The Unemployment Insurance (UI) program provides unemployment benefits to eligible workers who become unemployed through no fault of their own, and meet certain other eligibility requirements.

Outlays are adjusted for inflation using the Bureau of Economic Analysis price index for Gross Domestic Product. See National Income and Product Accounts.