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Wikipedia: Parental leave
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Labor Statistics > Parental leave > Paid maternity leave (most recent) by country
Showing latest available data.
| Countries (A to Z) |
Description |
| Afghanistan |
90 days |
| Algeria |
14 weeks |
| Angola |
90 days |
| Argentina |
90 days |
| Australia |
0 weeks |
| Austria |
16 weeks |
| Bahamas, The |
8 weeks |
| Bahrain |
45 days |
| Bangladesh |
12 weeks |
| Barbados |
12 weeks |
| Belarus |
126 days |
| Belgium |
15 weeks |
| Belize |
12 weeks |
| Benin |
14 weeks |
| Bolivia |
60 days |
| Botswana |
12 weeks |
| Brazil |
120 days |
| Bulgaria |
120-180 days |
| Burkina Faso |
14 weeks |
| Burma |
12 weeks |
| Burundi |
12 weeks |
| Cambodia |
90 days |
| Cameroon |
14 weeks |
| Canada |
55% up to $413/week for 50 weeks (15 weeks maternity + 35 weeks parental leave shared with father) |
| Central African Republic |
14 weeks |
| Chad |
14 weeks |
| Chile |
18 weeks |
| China |
90 days |
| Colombia |
12 weeks |
| Comoros |
14 weeks |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
14 weeks |
| Costa Rica |
4 months |
| Cuba |
18 weeks |
| Cyprus |
16 weeks |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
14 weeks |
| Denmark |
18 weeks |
| Djibouti |
14 weeks |
| Dominica |
12 weeks |
| Dominican Republic |
12 weeks |
| Ecuador |
12 weeks |
| Egypt |
50 days |
| El Salvador |
12 weeks |
| Equatorial Guinea |
12 weeks |
| Estonia |
455 calendar days (100%) |
| Ethiopia |
90 days |
| Fiji |
84 days |
| Finland |
105 days |
| France |
16 weeks (100%) rising to 26 weeks (100%) for third child |
| Gabon |
14 weeks |
| Gambia, The |
12 weeks |
| Germany |
14 weeks (100%) 6 before birth |
| Ghana |
12 weeks |
| Greece |
16 weeks |
| Grenada |
3 months |
| Guatemala |
12 weeks |
| Guinea |
14 weeks |
| Guinea-Bissau |
60 days |
| Guyana |
13 weeks |
| Haiti |
12 weeks |
| Honduras |
10 weeks |
| Hungary |
24 weeks |
| Iceland |
90 days 80% up to a ceiling of Íkr480,000 (€5,300, $6,700) monthly (minimum monthly payment Íkr 91,200 (€1000, $1,275) + 90 days to be shared between the parents |
| India |
135 days (Central Government) 90 days or 12 weeks in State Governments |
| Indonesia |
3 months |
| Iran |
90 days |
| Iraq |
62 days |
| Ireland |
22 weeks (26 weeks from March 2007) |
| Israel |
12 weeks |
| Italy |
22 weeks (5 months) (80%) 2 before birth |
| Jamaica |
12 weeks |
| Japan |
14 weeks |
| Jordan |
10 weeks |
| Kenya |
2 months |
| Korea, South |
60 days |
| Kuwait |
70 days |
| Laos |
90 days |
| Lebanon |
40 days |
| Libya |
50 days |
| Liechtenstein |
8 weeks |
| Luxembourg |
16 weeks |
| Madagascar |
14 weeks |
| Malaysia |
60 days |
| Mali |
14 weeks |
| Malta |
13 weeks |
| Mauritania |
14 weeks |
| Mauritius |
12 weeks |
| Mexico |
12 weeks |
| Mongolia |
101 days |
| Morocco |
12 weeks |
| Mozambique |
60 days |
| Namibia |
12 weeks |
| Nepal |
52 days |
| Netherlands |
16 weeks |
| New Zealand |
14 weeks |
| Nicaragua |
12 weeks |
| Niger |
14 weeks |
| Nigeria |
12 weeks |
| Norway |
54 weeks (12.5 months) (80%) or 44 weeks (10 months) (100%) - mother must take at least 3 weeks immediately before birth and 6 weeks immediately after birth, father must take at least 6 weeks - the rest can be shared between mother and father. |
| Pakistan |
12 weeks |
| Panama |
14 weeks |
| Paraguay |
12 weeks |
| Peru |
90 days |
| Philippines |
60 days |
| Poland |
16-18 weeks |
| Portugal |
120 days |
| Qatar |
40-60 days |
| Romania |
112 days |
| Russia |
140 days |
| Rwanda |
12 weeks |
| Saint Lucia |
13 weeks |
| Saudi Arabia |
10 weeks |
| Senegal |
14 weeks |
| Seychelles |
14 weeks |
| Singapore |
12 weeks |
| Solomon Islands |
12 weeks |
| Somalia |
14 weeks |
| South Africa |
12 weeks |
| Spain |
16 weeks |
| Sri Lanka |
12 weeks |
| Sudan |
8 weeks |
| Sweden |
480 days (16 months) (80% up to a ceiling the first 390 days, 90 days at flat rate) - shared with father (minimum 60 days) |
| Switzerland |
16 weeks (100%), 8 weeks mandatory |
| Syria |
75 days |
| Tanzania |
12 weeks |
| Thailand |
90 days |
| Togo |
14 weeks |
| Tunisia |
30 days |
| Turkey |
12 weeks |
| Uganda |
4 weeks |
| Ukraine |
126 days |
| United Arab Emirates |
45 days |
| United Kingdom |
6 weeks (90%) 20 weeks at a fixed amount (as of March 2006 = £108.85) |
| United States |
0 weeks |
| Uruguay |
12 weeks |
| Venezuela |
18 weeks |
| Vietnam |
4-6 months |
| Yemen |
60 days |
| Zambia |
12 weeks |
| Zimbabwe |
90 days |
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Parental leave
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