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Length of Paid Paternity Leave 1979

Published 1979 · describes 1978 · stored as published, never rewritten

Length of Paid Paternity Leave 1979 covers 190 countries. Finland is highest, at 14; 171 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against the 1978 edition, 1 value changed (1 up, 0 down), the same countries are covered.

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Length of Paid Paternity Leave · Edition 1979

HighestFinland

14

Lowest171 countries share it

0

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Length of Paid Paternity Leave 1979, 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 Paternity Leave 1979: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
FinlandFINNorthern Europe14
BurundiBDIEastern Africa4
BelgiumBELWestern Europe3
BeninBENWestern Africa3
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa3
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa3
FranceFRAWestern Europe3
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa3
ArgentinaARGSouth America2
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa2
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa2
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa2
TogoTGOWestern Africa2
ChadTCDMiddle Africa1
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa1
NigerNERWestern Africa1
ParaguayPRYSouth America1
SpainESPSouthern Europe1
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa1
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia0
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe0
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa0
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa0
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean0
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia0

02In 1978

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Finland14
  2. Burundi4
  3. Belgiumshared3
  4. Beninshared3
  5. Burkina Fasoshared3

Lowest

  1. Zimbabweshared0
  2. Zambiashared0
  3. South Africashared0
  4. Yemenshared0
  5. Kosovoshared0

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031978 → 1979

Since the 1978 edition

What changed between the 1978 edition and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 1values changed, of 190 in both
  • 1 · 0rose · fell
  • 189unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • None.

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • This edition describes 1978

    World Bank Group names each edition for the year it is released; the figures in Length of Paid Paternity Leave 1979 are for 1978.

  • 6 distinct values among 190

    Values are stored exactly as published. 171 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 190 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1979). Length of Paid Paternity Leave 1979 [data set], describing 1978. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/paternity-leave/1979

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07Questions

Length of Paid Paternity Leave 1979: questions and answers

Which country has the highest paid paternity leave in Length of Paid Paternity Leave 1979?

Finland, at 14, of the 190 countries in the file.

What year does Length of Paid Paternity Leave 1979 describe?

1978.

How many countries does Length of Paid Paternity Leave 1979 cover?

190.

Where can I download Length of Paid Paternity Leave 1979?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Length of Paid Paternity Leave 1979 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Length of Paid Paternity Leave 2026.

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