Is a minimum income a UBI?

No. A means-tested, household or conditional minimum is not strict universal basic income.

COUNTRY FILE

Mongolia

MNGNear-universal

National statusNo strict national UBI

It does not simultaneously meet universality, individuality, unconditionality, periodicity, cash and lasting national scale.

Related activityNear-universal

Human Development Fund / historic dividends

CheckedAugust 26, 2026

No material legislative change is listed after the source scan.

Mongolia has no strict national UBI (universal + individual + unconditional + periodic + cash + lasting). The closest current instrument is “Human Development Fund / historic dividends” (pre_ubi): Resource dividends that in some years approached a universal citizen payment.

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RELATED BENEFITS

Related benefits

Pre-UBI

Human Development Fund / historic dividends

Resource dividends that in some years approached a universal citizen payment. No lasting UBI verified in 2026.

CRITERIA

Six criteria, per programme

Flags from different programmes are not added together to imply a national UBI.

Pre-UBI

Human Development Fund / historic dividends

UniversalNo

IndividualNo

UnconditionalNo

PeriodicYes

CashYes

Lasting nationalYes

SOURCES

Where this file comes from

Official source · 2026-08-26World Bank — World Development Indicators
Institution or operator · 2026-08-26IMF — Mongolia social transfers
Official source · 2026-08-26IMF / Government of Mongolia — Human Development Fund

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