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Length of Paid Maternity Leave 2021

Published 2021 · describes 2020 · 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 2021 covers 190 countries. San Marino is highest, at 635; 11 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 98. Against the 2020 edition, 4 values changed (4 up, 0 down), the same countries are covered.

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Length of Paid Maternity Leave · Edition 2021

HighestSan Marino

635

Lowest11 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 2021, 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 2021: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe635
BulgariaBGREastern Europe410
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe365
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe365
KosovoXKXSouthern Europe270
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe270
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe238
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe208
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe196
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia183
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa182
IndiaINDSouthern Asia182
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe182
VenezuelaVENSouth America182
GambiaGMBWestern Africa180
IranIRNSouthern Asia180
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia180
HungaryHUNEastern Europe168
ItalyITASouthern Europe150
FinlandFINNorthern Europe147
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia140
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe140
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe140
PolandPOLEastern Europe140
RussiaRUSEastern Europe140

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. San Marino635
  2. Bulgaria410
  3. Albaniashared365
  4. Bosnia and Herzegovinashared365
  5. North Macedoniashared270

Lowest

  1. United Statesshared0
  2. Tongashared0
  3. Swedenshared0
  4. Portugalshared0
  5. Papua New Guineashared0

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 98. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since the 2020 edition

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 4values changed, of 190 in both
  • 4 · 0rose · fell
  • 186unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • None.

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 2020

    World Bank Group names each edition for the year it is released; the figures in Length of Paid Maternity Leave 2021 are for 2020.

  • 35 distinct values among 190

    Values are stored exactly as published. 39 countries share 98. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 190 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2021). Length of Paid Maternity Leave 2021 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/maternity-leave/2021

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