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Length of Paid Paternity Leave 1997

Published 1997 · describes 1996 · stored as published, never rewritten

This is how many calendar days of paid leave a country's law reserves for a father when his child is born, as recorded by the World Bank's Women, Business and the Law project every year since 1970. Leave for fathers is widely seen as the legal lever for sharing care between parents.

Length of Paid Paternity Leave 1997 covers 190 countries. Finland is highest, at 21; 159 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against the 1996 edition, no value changed, the same countries are covered.

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Length of Paid Paternity Leave · Edition 1997

HighestFinland

21

Lowest159 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 Paternity Leave 1997, 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 1997: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
FinlandFINNorthern Europe21
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe14
SwedenSWENorthern Europe14
BrazilBRASouth America7
BurundiBDIEastern Africa4
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa3
BelgiumBELWestern Europe3
BeninBENWestern Africa3
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa3
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa3
FranceFRAWestern Europe3
GabonGABMiddle Africa3
MaliMLIWestern Africa3
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa3
ArgentinaARGSouth America2
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa2
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa2
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa2
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean2
GuatemalaGTMCentral America2
HungaryHUNEastern Europe2
ParaguayPRYSouth America2
SpainESPSouthern Europe2
TogoTGOWestern Africa2
BahrainBHRWestern Asia1

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Finland21
  2. Denmarkshared14
  3. Swedenshared14
  4. Brazil7
  5. Burundi4

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.

031996 → 1997

Since the 1996 edition

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

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 1996

    World Bank Group names each edition for the year it is released; the figures in Length of Paid Paternity Leave 1997 are for 1996.

  • 8 distinct values among 190

    Values are stored exactly as published. 159 countries share 0. 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 (1997). Length of Paid Paternity Leave 1997 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/paternity-leave/1997

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