French unemployment insurance provides each of its beneficiaries with 57% of their daily reference salary. This is significantly lower than what is practiced in Denmark with a rate of 90%.
The maximum duration of compensation is now 18 months in France. In France, a fairly low but non-degressive compensation rate France is also far from being the country that best compensates its job seekers, but it nevertheless guarantees them stable income throughout their period of unemployment. Sweden, Finland, the United Kingdom and Ireland stand out clearly from European neighbors. In these countries, unemployment compensation is not set according to the reference salary but by a flat rate.