Edition 1974
Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1974
Published 1974 · describes 1973 · 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 1974 covers 190 countries. Slovakia is highest, at 182; 60 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 84. Against the 1973 edition, 6 values changed (4 up, 2 down), the same countries are covered.
Length of Paid Maternity Leave · Edition 1974
HighestSlovakia
182Lowest60 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 1974, 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 |
CZEEastern Europe | 154 |
ITASouthern Europe | 150 |
SMRSouthern Europe | 150 |
CHLSouth America | 126 |
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 |
LVANorthern Europe | 112 |
LTUNorthern Europe | 112 |
MDAEastern Europe | 112 |
POLEastern Europe | 112 |
ROUEastern Europe | 112 |
RUSEastern Europe | 112 |
TJKCentral Asia | 112 |
UKREastern Europe | 112 |
UZBCentral Asia | 112 |
BIHSouthern Europe | 105 |
CANNorthern America | 105 |
HRVSouthern Europe | 105 |
XKXSouthern Europe | 105 |
MNESouthern Europe | 105 |
MKDSouthern Europe | 105 |
SRBSouthern Europe | 105 |
SVNSouthern 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 |
SOMEastern Africa | 98 |
TGOWestern Africa | 98 |
GUYSouth America | 91 |
MLTSouthern Europe | 91 |
TTOCaribbean | 91 |
FINNorthern 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 |
KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 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 |
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 |
ZAFSouthern Africa | 84 |
ESPSouthern Europe | 84 |
TURWestern Asia | 84 |
URYSouth America | 84 |
VENSouth America | 84 |
ZMBEastern Africa | 84 |
CMRMiddle Africa | 70 |
HNDCentral America | 70 |
IRQWestern Asia | 70 |
KWTWestern Asia | 70 |
MARNorthern Africa | 70 |
SAUWestern Asia | 70 |
SYCEastern Africa | 70 |
PRYSouth America | 63 |
PRTSouthern Europe | 63 |
BOLSouth America | 60 |
BDIEastern Africa | 60 |
CRICentral America | 60 |
KENEastern Africa | 60 |
MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 60 |
PHLSouth-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 |
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 |
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 |
QATWestern Asia | 0 |
KNACaribbean | 0 |
LCACaribbean | 0 |
VCTCaribbean | 0 |
WSMPolynesia | 0 |
STPMiddle Africa | 0 |
SENWestern Africa | 0 |
SLEWestern Africa | 0 |
SLBMelanesia | 0 |
SSDEastern Africa | 0 |
SDNNorthern Africa | 0 |
SURSouth America | 0 |
SWENorthern Europe | 0 |
CHEWestern Europe | 0 |
TWNEastern Asia | 0 |
TZAEastern Africa | 0 |
THASouth-eastern Asia | 0 |
TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 0 |
TONPolynesia | 0 |
UGAEastern Africa | 0 |
AREWestern Asia | 0 |
GBRNorthern Europe | 0 |
USANorthern America | 0 |
VUTMelanesia | 0 |
YEMWestern Asia | 0 |
02In 1973
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
Slovakia182
Czechia154
Italyshared150
San Marinoshared150
Chile126
Lowest
Yemenshared0
Samoashared0
Vanuatushared0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0
United Statesshared0
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 84. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031973 → 1974
Since the 1973 edition
04Caveats
Read before you use
This edition describes 1973
World Bank Group names each edition for the year it is released; the figures in Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1974 are for 1973.
20 distinct values among 190
Values are stored exactly as published. 60 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 190 countries has every column.
05The files
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World Bank Group (1974). Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1974 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/maternity-leave/1974
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