Edition 2012
Length of Paid Maternity Leave 2012
Published 2012 · describes 2011 · 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 2012 covers 190 countries. San Marino is highest, at 635; 13 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 91. Against the 2011 edition, 4 values changed (3 up, 1 down), the same countries are covered.
Length of Paid Maternity Leave · Edition 2012
HighestSan Marino
635Lowest13 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 2012, 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
SMRSouthern Europe | 635 |
BGREastern Europe | 410 |
ALBSouthern Europe | 365 |
BIHSouthern Europe | 365 |
MNESouthern Europe | 365 |
GBRNorthern Europe | 273 |
XKXSouthern Europe | 270 |
MKDSouthern Europe | 270 |
SVKEastern Europe | 238 |
HRVSouthern Europe | 208 |
CZEEastern Europe | 196 |
IRLNorthern Europe | 182 |
GMBWestern Africa | 180 |
IRNSouthern Asia | 180 |
HUNEastern Europe | 168 |
ITASouthern Europe | 150 |
FINNorthern Europe | 147 |
ARMWestern Asia | 140 |
ESTNorthern Europe | 140 |
RUSEastern Europe | 140 |
TJKCentral Asia | 140 |
SRBSouthern Europe | 135 |
AZEWestern Asia | 126 |
BLREastern Europe | 126 |
CHLSouth America | 126 |
CYPWestern Asia | 126 |
DNKNorthern Europe | 126 |
GEOWestern Asia | 126 |
KAZCentral Asia | 126 |
KGZCentral Asia | 126 |
LTUNorthern Europe | 126 |
MDAEastern Europe | 126 |
POLEastern Europe | 126 |
ROUEastern Europe | 126 |
UKREastern Europe | 126 |
UZBCentral Asia | 126 |
VENSouth America | 126 |
BRASouth America | 120 |
CHNEastern Asia | 120 |
CRICentral America | 120 |
MNGEastern Asia | 120 |
ZAFSouthern Africa | 120 |
SYRWestern Asia | 120 |
VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 120 |
GRCSouthern Europe | 119 |
AUTWestern Europe | 112 |
BGDSouthern Asia | 112 |
FRAWestern Europe | 112 |
LVANorthern Europe | 112 |
LUXWestern Europe | 112 |
NLDWestern Europe | 112 |
SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 112 |
ESPSouthern Europe | 112 |
TURWestern Asia | 112 |
BELWestern Europe | 105 |
CANNorthern America | 105 |
COGMiddle Africa | 105 |
SVNSouthern Europe | 105 |
DZANorthern Africa | 98 |
BLZCentral America | 98 |
BENWestern Africa | 98 |
BFAWestern Africa | 98 |
CMRMiddle Africa | 98 |
CAFMiddle Africa | 98 |
TCDMiddle Africa | 98 |
COMEastern Africa | 98 |
CIVWestern Africa | 98 |
DJIEastern Africa | 98 |
CODMiddle Africa | 98 |
GABMiddle Africa | 98 |
DEUWestern Europe | 98 |
GINWestern Africa | 98 |
ISRWestern Asia | 98 |
JPNEastern Asia | 98 |
LBYNorthern Africa | 98 |
MDGEastern Africa | 98 |
MLIWestern Africa | 98 |
MLTSouthern Europe | 98 |
MRTWestern Africa | 98 |
MARNorthern Africa | 98 |
NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 98 |
NERWestern Africa | 98 |
PANCentral America | 98 |
SENWestern Africa | 98 |
SYCEastern Africa | 98 |
SOMEastern Africa | 98 |
CHEWestern Europe | 98 |
TGOWestern Africa | 98 |
ZWEEastern Africa | 98 |
ATGCaribbean | 91 |
GUYSouth America | 91 |
KNACaribbean | 91 |
LCACaribbean | 91 |
VCTCaribbean | 91 |
TTOCaribbean | 91 |
AFGSouthern Asia | 90 |
AGOMiddle Africa | 90 |
ARGSouth America | 90 |
BOLSouth America | 90 |
KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 90 |
EGYNorthern Africa | 90 |
ETHEastern Africa | 90 |
GRDCaribbean | 90 |
ISLNorthern Europe | 90 |
IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 90 |
KENEastern Africa | 90 |
LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 90 |
LBRWestern Africa | 90 |
PERSouth America | 90 |
KOREastern Asia | 90 |
THASouth-eastern Asia | 90 |
ZMBEastern Africa | 90 |
BHSCaribbean | 84 |
BRBCaribbean | 84 |
BWASouthern Africa | 84 |
BDIEastern Africa | 84 |
COLSouth America | 84 |
DMACaribbean | 84 |
DOMCaribbean | 84 |
ECUSouth America | 84 |
SLVCentral America | 84 |
GNQMiddle Africa | 84 |
FJIMelanesia | 84 |
GHAWestern Africa | 84 |
GTMCentral America | 84 |
HTICaribbean | 84 |
HNDCentral America | 84 |
INDSouthern Asia | 84 |
KIRMicronesia | 84 |
LSOSouthern Africa | 84 |
MUSEastern Africa | 84 |
MEXCentral America | 84 |
MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 84 |
NAMSouthern Africa | 84 |
NICCentral America | 84 |
NGAWestern Africa | 84 |
PAKSouthern Asia | 84 |
SLBMelanesia | 84 |
LKASouthern Asia | 84 |
TZAEastern Africa | 84 |
TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 84 |
UGAEastern Africa | 84 |
URYSouth America | 84 |
VUTMelanesia | 84 |
IRQWestern Asia | 72 |
HKGEastern Asia | 70 |
JORWestern Asia | 70 |
KWTWestern Asia | 70 |
PSEWestern Asia | 70 |
SAUWestern Asia | 70 |
YEMWestern Asia | 70 |
BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 63 |
PRYSouth America | 63 |
CPVWestern Africa | 60 |
ERIEastern Africa | 60 |
GNBWestern Africa | 60 |
MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 60 |
MDVSouthern Asia | 60 |
MOZEastern Africa | 60 |
PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 60 |
STPMiddle Africa | 60 |
BTNSouthern Asia | 56 |
JAMCaribbean | 56 |
MWIEastern Africa | 56 |
PRICaribbean | 56 |
SSDEastern Africa | 56 |
SDNNorthern Africa | 56 |
TWNEastern Asia | 56 |
NPLSouthern Asia | 52 |
QATWestern Asia | 50 |
LBNWestern Asia | 49 |
BHRWestern Asia | 45 |
AREWestern Asia | 45 |
OMNWestern Asia | 42 |
RWAEastern Africa | 42 |
TUNNorthern Africa | 30 |
SWZSouthern Africa | 14 |
AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 0 |
MHLMicronesia | 0 |
FSMMicronesia | 0 |
NORNorthern Europe | 0 |
PLWMicronesia | 0 |
PNGMelanesia | 0 |
PRTSouthern Europe | 0 |
WSMPolynesia | 0 |
SLEWestern Africa | 0 |
SURSouth America | 0 |
SWENorthern Europe | 0 |
TONPolynesia | 0 |
USANorthern America | 0 |
02In 2011
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
San Marino635
Bulgaria410
Albaniashared365
Bosnia and Herzegovinashared365
Montenegroshared365
Lowest
Samoashared0
United Statesshared0
Tongashared0
Swedenshared0
Surinameshared0
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 91. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
04Caveats
Read before you use
This edition describes 2011
World Bank Group names each edition for the year it is released; the figures in Length of Paid Maternity Leave 2012 are for 2011.
37 distinct values among 190
Values are stored exactly as published. 32 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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WBL2024-1-0-Historical-Panel-Data.xlsx
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 (2012). Length of Paid Maternity Leave 2012 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/maternity-leave/2012
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