However, although questions differ across surveys and data are therefore not fully comparable across countries, labour force surveys (LFS) provide useful evidence on the number of people receiving unemployment benefits.24 They also contain some information on recipient characteristics, notably on their labour-force status. Figure 10 plots LFS data on the overall proportions of working-age individuals receiving unemployment benefits at different points in time. While recipiency rates have changed little in a few countries (Luxembourg, Switzerland, as well as Czech Republic, France and Slovenia since the mid-1990s), most see major changes over the period.