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Length of Paid Maternity Leave 2002

Published 2002 · describes 2001 · 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 2002 covers 190 countries. Croatia is highest, at 410; 19 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 90. Against the 2001 edition, 5 values changed (4 up, 1 down), the same countries are covered.

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Length of Paid Maternity Leave · Edition 2002

HighestCroatia

410

Lowest19 countries share it

0

Shaded 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 2002, 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

Length of Paid Maternity Leave 2002: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe410
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe365
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe365
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe300
KosovoXKXSouthern Europe270
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe270
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe270
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe270
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe196
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe196
PolandPOLEastern Europe182
HungaryHUNEastern Europe168
ItalyITASouthern Europe150
FinlandFINNorthern Europe147
RussiaRUSEastern Europe140
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia140
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia126
BelarusBLREastern Europe126
ChileCHLSouth America126
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe126
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia126
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe126
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia126
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia126
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe126

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Croatia410
  2. Albaniashared365
  3. Bosnia and Herzegovinashared365
  4. San Marino300
  5. North Macedoniashared270

Lowest

  1. Samoashared0
  2. United Statesshared0
  3. Ugandashared0
  4. Tongashared0
  5. Timor-Lesteshared0

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 90. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since the 2001 edition

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 5values changed, of 190 in both
  • 4 · 1rose · fell
  • 185unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • This edition describes 2001

    World Bank Group names each edition for the year it is released; the figures in Length of Paid Maternity Leave 2002 are for 2001.

  • 32 distinct values among 190

    Values are stored exactly as published. 34 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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World Bank Group (2002). Length of Paid Maternity Leave 2002 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/maternity-leave/2002

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