Edition 1987
Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1987
Published 1987 · describes 1986 · 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 1987 covers 190 countries. Bosnia and Herzegovina is highest, at 365; 33 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 84. Against the 1986 edition, 6 values changed (6 up, 0 down), the same countries are covered.
Length of Paid Maternity Leave · Edition 1987
HighestBosnia and Herzegovina
365Lowest33 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 1987, 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
BIHSouthern Europe | 365 |
SMRSouthern Europe | 300 |
MKDSouthern Europe | 270 |
HRVSouthern Europe | 210 |
XKXSouthern Europe | 210 |
SRBSouthern Europe | 210 |
SVKEastern Europe | 182 |
MNESouthern Europe | 180 |
SVNSouthern Europe | 180 |
CZEEastern Europe | 154 |
ITASouthern Europe | 150 |
FINNorthern Europe | 140 |
CHLSouth America | 126 |
DNKNorthern Europe | 126 |
BGREastern Europe | 120 |
CRICentral America | 120 |
ARMWestern Asia | 112 |
AUTWestern Europe | 112 |
AZEWestern Asia | 112 |
BLREastern Europe | 112 |
ESTNorthern Europe | 112 |
FRAWestern Europe | 112 |
GEOWestern Asia | 112 |
KAZCentral Asia | 112 |
KGZCentral Asia | 112 |
LVANorthern Europe | 112 |
LTUNorthern Europe | 112 |
LUXWestern Europe | 112 |
MDAEastern Europe | 112 |
POLEastern Europe | 112 |
ROUEastern Europe | 112 |
RUSEastern Europe | 112 |
TJKCentral Asia | 112 |
UKREastern Europe | 112 |
UZBCentral Asia | 112 |
CANNorthern America | 105 |
COGMiddle Africa | 105 |
MNGEastern Asia | 101 |
DZANorthern Africa | 98 |
BELWestern Europe | 98 |
BENWestern Africa | 98 |
BFAWestern Africa | 98 |
CAFMiddle Africa | 98 |
TCDMiddle Africa | 98 |
COMEastern Africa | 98 |
CIVWestern Africa | 98 |
DJIEastern Africa | 98 |
GABMiddle Africa | 98 |
DEUWestern Europe | 98 |
GRCSouthern Europe | 98 |
IRLNorthern Europe | 98 |
JPNEastern Asia | 98 |
MDGEastern Africa | 98 |
MRTWestern Africa | 98 |
NERWestern Africa | 98 |
PANCentral America | 98 |
SENWestern Africa | 98 |
SOMEastern Africa | 98 |
ESPSouthern Europe | 98 |
TGOWestern Africa | 98 |
ATGCaribbean | 91 |
GUYSouth America | 91 |
MLTSouthern Europe | 91 |
KNACaribbean | 91 |
LCACaribbean | 91 |
VCTCaribbean | 91 |
TTOCaribbean | 91 |
ARGSouth America | 90 |
BOLSouth America | 90 |
ISLNorthern Europe | 90 |
LBRWestern Africa | 90 |
PERSouth America | 90 |
PRTSouthern Europe | 90 |
ZWEEastern Africa | 90 |
ALBSouthern Europe | 84 |
AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 84 |
BGDSouthern Asia | 84 |
BRBCaribbean | 84 |
BLZCentral America | 84 |
BWASouthern Africa | 84 |
BRASouth America | 84 |
BDIEastern Africa | 84 |
KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 84 |
CYPWestern Asia | 84 |
DMACaribbean | 84 |
DOMCaribbean | 84 |
ECUSouth America | 84 |
SLVCentral America | 84 |
GNQMiddle Africa | 84 |
FJIMelanesia | 84 |
GMBWestern Africa | 84 |
GHAWestern Africa | 84 |
GRDCaribbean | 84 |
GINWestern Africa | 84 |
HTICaribbean | 84 |
HUNEastern Europe | 84 |
INDSouthern Asia | 84 |
IRNSouthern Asia | 84 |
ISRWestern Asia | 84 |
KIRMicronesia | 84 |
LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 84 |
LSOSouthern Africa | 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 |
SLBMelanesia | 84 |
ZAFSouthern Africa | 84 |
LKASouthern Asia | 84 |
TURWestern Asia | 84 |
URYSouth America | 84 |
VUTMelanesia | 84 |
VENSouth America | 84 |
ZMBEastern Africa | 84 |
VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 75 |
CMRMiddle Africa | 70 |
HNDCentral America | 70 |
HKGEastern Asia | 70 |
IRQWestern Asia | 70 |
KWTWestern Asia | 70 |
MARNorthern Africa | 70 |
SAUWestern Asia | 70 |
SYCEastern Africa | 70 |
PRYSouth America | 63 |
GNBWestern Africa | 60 |
KENEastern Africa | 60 |
MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 60 |
MOZEastern Africa | 60 |
PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 60 |
STPMiddle Africa | 60 |
KOREastern Asia | 60 |
BHSCaribbean | 56 |
BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 56 |
CHNEastern Asia | 56 |
COLSouth America | 56 |
JAMCaribbean | 56 |
PRICaribbean | 56 |
SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 56 |
TWNEastern Asia | 56 |
EGYNorthern Africa | 50 |
LBYNorthern Africa | 50 |
SYRWestern Asia | 50 |
BHRWestern Asia | 45 |
AREWestern Asia | 45 |
JORWestern Asia | 42 |
OMNWestern Asia | 42 |
PSEWestern Asia | 42 |
RWAEastern Africa | 42 |
LBNWestern Asia | 40 |
ERIEastern Africa | 30 |
ETHEastern Africa | 30 |
TUNNorthern Africa | 30 |
SWZSouthern Africa | 14 |
AFGSouthern Asia | 0 |
AGOMiddle Africa | 0 |
BTNSouthern Asia | 0 |
CPVWestern Africa | 0 |
CODMiddle Africa | 0 |
GTMCentral America | 0 |
IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 0 |
MWIEastern Africa | 0 |
MDVSouthern Asia | 0 |
MHLMicronesia | 0 |
FSMMicronesia | 0 |
NAMSouthern Africa | 0 |
NPLSouthern Asia | 0 |
NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 0 |
NORNorthern Europe | 0 |
PLWMicronesia | 0 |
PNGMelanesia | 0 |
QATWestern Asia | 0 |
WSMPolynesia | 0 |
SLEWestern Africa | 0 |
SSDEastern Africa | 0 |
SDNNorthern Africa | 0 |
SURSouth America | 0 |
SWENorthern Europe | 0 |
CHEWestern Europe | 0 |
TZAEastern Africa | 0 |
THASouth-eastern Asia | 0 |
TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 0 |
TONPolynesia | 0 |
UGAEastern Africa | 0 |
GBRNorthern Europe | 0 |
USANorthern America | 0 |
YEMWestern Asia | 0 |
02In 1986
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
Bosnia and Herzegovina365
San Marino300
North Macedonia270
Croatiashared210
Serbiashared210
Lowest
Yemenshared0
Samoashared0
United Statesshared0
Ugandashared0
Tanzaniashared0
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 84. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031986 → 1987
Since the 1986 edition
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 6values changed, of 190 in both
- 6 · 0rose · fell
- 184unchanged
Rose most
Bosnia and Herzegovina270 → 365+95
Costa Rica60 → 120+60
Guinea-Bissau0 → 60+60
Mozambique0 → 60+60
Sri Lanka42 → 84+42
Fell most
- None.
Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.
04Caveats
Read before you use
This edition describes 1986
World Bank Group names each edition for the year it is released; the figures in Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1987 are for 1986.
30 distinct values among 190
Values are stored exactly as published. 44 countries share 84. 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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What this site changed: Reshaped to one row per country, with its ISO code; no value recalculated, rescaled or rounded. In full
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World Bank Group (1987). Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1987 [data set], describing 1986. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/maternity-leave/1987
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