Edition 1971
Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1971
Published 1971 · describes 1970 · stored as published, never rewritten
This is how many calendar days of paid leave a country's law grants a mother around the birth of a child, as recorded by the World Bank's Women, Business and the Law project for the same economies every year since 1970.
Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1971 covers 190 countries. Slovakia is highest, at 182; 64 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 70.
Length of Paid Maternity Leave · Edition 1971
HighestSlovakia
182Lowest64 countries share it
0Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.
01Values only
The table
Every country and every column of Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1971, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 190 countries · select a heading to sort
SVKEastern Europe | 182 |
SWENorthern Europe | 180 |
CZEEastern Europe | 154 |
SMRSouthern Europe | 150 |
SVNSouthern Europe | 135 |
DNKNorthern Europe | 120 |
ARMWestern Asia | 112 |
AZEWestern Asia | 112 |
BLREastern Europe | 112 |
BGREastern Europe | 112 |
ESTNorthern Europe | 112 |
GEOWestern Asia | 112 |
KAZCentral Asia | 112 |
KGZCentral Asia | 112 |
LTUNorthern Europe | 112 |
MDAEastern Europe | 112 |
ROUEastern Europe | 112 |
RUSEastern Europe | 112 |
TJKCentral Asia | 112 |
UKREastern Europe | 112 |
UZBCentral Asia | 112 |
BIHSouthern Europe | 105 |
HRVSouthern Europe | 105 |
XKXSouthern Europe | 105 |
MNESouthern Europe | 105 |
MKDSouthern Europe | 105 |
SRBSouthern Europe | 105 |
BELWestern Europe | 98 |
BENWestern Africa | 98 |
BFAWestern Africa | 98 |
CAFMiddle Africa | 98 |
TCDMiddle Africa | 98 |
CIVWestern Africa | 98 |
DJIEastern Africa | 98 |
FRAWestern Europe | 98 |
GABMiddle Africa | 98 |
DEUWestern Europe | 98 |
MDGEastern Africa | 98 |
MRTWestern Africa | 98 |
MNGEastern Asia | 98 |
NERWestern Africa | 98 |
PANCentral America | 98 |
COGMiddle Africa | 98 |
TGOWestern Africa | 98 |
GUYSouth America | 91 |
MLTSouthern Europe | 91 |
ITASouthern Europe | 90 |
LBRWestern Africa | 90 |
ZWEEastern Africa | 90 |
ALBSouthern Europe | 84 |
ARGSouth America | 84 |
AUTWestern Europe | 84 |
BGDSouthern Asia | 84 |
BRBCaribbean | 84 |
BLZCentral America | 84 |
BRASouth America | 84 |
CHLSouth America | 84 |
CYPWestern Asia | 84 |
DMACaribbean | 84 |
DOMCaribbean | 84 |
SLVCentral America | 84 |
FJIMelanesia | 84 |
GMBWestern Africa | 84 |
GHAWestern Africa | 84 |
GRCSouthern Europe | 84 |
GINWestern Africa | 84 |
HTICaribbean | 84 |
HUNEastern Europe | 84 |
INDSouthern Asia | 84 |
IRNSouthern Asia | 84 |
ISRWestern Asia | 84 |
JPNEastern Asia | 84 |
LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 84 |
LVANorthern Europe | 84 |
LSOSouthern Africa | 84 |
LUXWestern Europe | 84 |
MLIWestern Africa | 84 |
MUSEastern Africa | 84 |
MEXCentral America | 84 |
MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 84 |
NLDWestern Europe | 84 |
NICCentral America | 84 |
NGAWestern Africa | 84 |
PAKSouthern Asia | 84 |
PERSouth America | 84 |
POLEastern Europe | 84 |
ZAFSouthern Africa | 84 |
ESPSouthern Europe | 84 |
TURWestern Asia | 84 |
URYSouth America | 84 |
VENSouth America | 84 |
ZMBEastern Africa | 84 |
CMRMiddle Africa | 70 |
HNDCentral America | 70 |
KWTWestern Asia | 70 |
MARNorthern Africa | 70 |
SAUWestern Asia | 70 |
SYCEastern Africa | 70 |
FINNorthern Europe | 63 |
PRYSouth America | 63 |
PRTSouthern Europe | 63 |
BOLSouth America | 60 |
BDIEastern Africa | 60 |
CRICentral America | 60 |
KENEastern Africa | 60 |
MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 60 |
KOREastern Asia | 60 |
VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 60 |
BHSCaribbean | 56 |
BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 56 |
CHNEastern Asia | 56 |
COLSouth America | 56 |
PRICaribbean | 56 |
SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 56 |
EGYNorthern Africa | 50 |
LBYNorthern Africa | 50 |
SYRWestern Asia | 50 |
IRQWestern Asia | 42 |
JORWestern Asia | 42 |
PSEWestern Asia | 42 |
RWAEastern Africa | 42 |
LKASouthern Asia | 42 |
LBNWestern Asia | 40 |
ERIEastern Africa | 30 |
ETHEastern Africa | 30 |
TUNNorthern Africa | 30 |
AFGSouthern Asia | 0 |
DZANorthern Africa | 0 |
AGOMiddle Africa | 0 |
ATGCaribbean | 0 |
AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 0 |
BHRWestern Asia | 0 |
BTNSouthern Asia | 0 |
BWASouthern Africa | 0 |
CPVWestern Africa | 0 |
KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 0 |
CANNorthern America | 0 |
COMEastern Africa | 0 |
CODMiddle Africa | 0 |
ECUSouth America | 0 |
GNQMiddle Africa | 0 |
SWZSouthern Africa | 0 |
GRDCaribbean | 0 |
GTMCentral America | 0 |
GNBWestern Africa | 0 |
HKGEastern Asia | 0 |
ISLNorthern Europe | 0 |
IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 0 |
IRLNorthern Europe | 0 |
JAMCaribbean | 0 |
KIRMicronesia | 0 |
MWIEastern Africa | 0 |
MDVSouthern Asia | 0 |
MHLMicronesia | 0 |
FSMMicronesia | 0 |
MOZEastern Africa | 0 |
NAMSouthern Africa | 0 |
NPLSouthern Asia | 0 |
NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 0 |
NORNorthern Europe | 0 |
OMNWestern Asia | 0 |
PLWMicronesia | 0 |
PNGMelanesia | 0 |
PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 0 |
QATWestern Asia | 0 |
KNACaribbean | 0 |
LCACaribbean | 0 |
VCTCaribbean | 0 |
WSMPolynesia | 0 |
STPMiddle Africa | 0 |
SENWestern Africa | 0 |
SLEWestern Africa | 0 |
SLBMelanesia | 0 |
SOMEastern Africa | 0 |
SSDEastern Africa | 0 |
SDNNorthern Africa | 0 |
SURSouth America | 0 |
CHEWestern Europe | 0 |
TWNEastern Asia | 0 |
TZAEastern Africa | 0 |
THASouth-eastern Asia | 0 |
TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 0 |
TONPolynesia | 0 |
TTOCaribbean | 0 |
UGAEastern Africa | 0 |
AREWestern Asia | 0 |
GBRNorthern Europe | 0 |
USANorthern America | 0 |
VUTMelanesia | 0 |
YEMWestern Asia | 0 |
02In 1970
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
Slovakia182
Sweden180
Czechia154
San Marino150
Slovenia135
Lowest
Yemenshared0
Samoashared0
Vanuatushared0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0
United Statesshared0
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 70. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
03Caveats
Read before you use
This edition describes 1970
World Bank Group names each edition for the year it is released; the figures in Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1971 are for 1970.
21 distinct values among 190
Values are stored exactly as published. 64 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 190 countries has every column.
04The files
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World Bank Group (1971). Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1971 [data set], describing 1970. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/maternity-leave/1971
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