NationMaster - Parental leave > Paid maternity leave (most recent) by country

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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