int-world-wicl-2022-v1 WORLD Policy Analysis Center 2025-09-25 Nesstar Publisher Version 1 WORLD Infant Caregiving Laws 2022 WICL 2022 int-world-wicl-2022-v1 WORLD Policy Analysis Center Nesstar Publisher Conrad N. Hilton Foundation William and Flora Hewlett Foundation DataFirst Support Other v1: Edited anonymised data for distribution as public access share-alike data v1: Edited anonymised data for distribution as public access share-alike data The WORLD Policy Analysis Center (WORLD) is committed to improving the quantity and quality of globally comparative data available to policymakers, citizens, civil society, and researchers on laws and policies that work to support human rights, including economic opportunity, social and civic engagement, human health, development, well-being, and equity. The WORLD Infant Caregiving Policies 2022 dataset was created to assess progress on laws that allow working parents to support their infants' caregiving needs and health through a systematic review of legislation governing paid parental leave and breastfeeding breaks at work across all 193 UN countries as of 2022. The dataset covers paid leave reserved for mothers of infants, paid leave reserved for fathers of infants, shared paid parental leave, and guarantees of breastfeeding breaks at work. The data assess key features of leave such as duration, wage replacement rate, job protection, and who is covered by paid leave laws. A public use legislative repository is also included providing the legal documents used to code each country. Longitudinal data is included on the availability of paid parental leave from 1995 to 2022. World The data is at the level of country and includes all 193 UN member states Laws Legislation Paid leave reserved for mothers of infants, paid leave reserved for fathers of infants, shared paid parental leave, and guarantees of breastfeeding breaks at work. The data assess key features of leave such as duration, wage replacement rate, job protection, and who is covered by paid leave laws. WORLD Policy Analysis Center Other Ethics approval was not required because all data is from publicly available legislative texts. DataFirst WORLD Policy Analysis Center (WORLD). WORLD Infant Caregiving Laws 2022 [dataset]. Version 1. Los Angeles: WORLD Policy Analysis Center [producer], 2025. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/a08s-gg97 Public access data for use under a Creative Commons CC-BY-SA (Attribution plus Share-Alike) License world-icl-2022-v1.NSDstat 193 143 Nesstar 200801 country name 193 0 Afghanistan 1 Albania 1 Algeria 1 Andorra 1 Angola 1 Antigua and Barbuda 1 Argentina 1 Armenia 1 Australia 1 Austria 1 Azerbaijan 1 Bahamas 1 Bahrain 1 Bangladesh 1 Barbados 1 Belarus 1 Belgium 1 Belize 1 Benin 1 Bhutan 1 Bolivia 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 Botswana 1 Brazil 1 Brunei 1 Bulgaria 1 Burkina Faso 1 Burundi 1 Cabo Verde 1 Cambodia 1 Cameroon 1 Canada 1 Central African Republic 1 Chad 1 Chile 1 China 1 Colombia 1 Comoros 1 Costa Rica 1 Cote d'Ivoire 1 Croatia 1 Cuba 1 Cyprus 1 Czech Republic 1 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1 Denmark 1 Djibouti 1 Dominica 1 Dominican Republic 1 Ecuador 1 Egypt 1 El Salvador 1 Equatorial Guinea 1 Eritrea 1 Estonia 1 Eswatini 1 Ethiopia 1 Fiji 1 Finland 1 France 1 Gabon 1 Georgia 1 Germany 1 Ghana 1 Greece 1 Grenada 1 Guatemala 1 Guinea 1 Guinea-Bissau 1 Guyana 1 Haiti 1 Honduras 1 Hungary 1 Iceland 1 India 1 Indonesia 1 Iran 1 Iraq 1 Ireland 1 Israel 1 Italy 1 Jamaica 1 Japan 1 Jordan 1 Kazakhstan 1 Kenya 1 Kiribati 1 Kuwait 1 Kyrgyzstan 1 Laos 1 Latvia 1 Lebanon 1 Lesotho 1 Liberia 1 Libya 1 Liechtenstein 1 Lithuania 1 Luxembourg 1 Madagascar 1 Malawi 1 Malaysia 1 Maldives 1 Mali 1 Malta 1 Marshall Islands 1 Mauritania 1 Mauritius 1 Mexico 1 Micronesia, Federated States of 1 Moldova 1 Monaco 1 Mongolia 1 Montenegro 1 Morocco 1 Mozambique 1 Myanmar 1 Namibia 1 Nauru 1 Nepal 1 New Zealand 1 Nicaragua 1 Niger 1 Nigeria 1 North Macedonia 1 Norway 1 Oman 1 Pakistan 1 Palau 1 Panama 1 Papua New Guinea 1 Paraguay 1 Peru 1 Poland 1 Portugal 1 Qatar 1 Republic of Korea 1 Republic of the Congo 1 Romania 1 Russian Federation 1 Rwanda 1 Samoa 1 San Marino 1 Sao Tome and Principe 1 Saudi Arabia 1 Senegal 1 Serbia 1 Seychelles 1 Sierra Leone 1 Singapore 1 Slovakia 1 Slovenia 1 Solomon Islands 1 Somalia 1 South Africa 1 South Sudan 1 Spain 1 Sri Lanka 1 St. Kitts and Nevis 1 St. Lucia 1 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1 Sudan 1 Suriname 1 Sweden 1 Switzerland 1 Syria 1 Tajikistan 1 Tanzania 1 Thailand 1 The Gambia 1 The Netherlands 1 The Philippines 1 Timor-Leste 1 Togo 1 Tonga 1 Trinidad and Tobago 1 Tunisia 1 Turkmenistan 1 Tuvalu 1 Türkiye 1 Uganda 1 Ukraine 1 United Arab Emirates 1 United Kingdom 1 United States of America 1 Uruguay 1 Uzbekistan 1 Vanuatu 1 Venezuela 1 Vietnam 1 Yemen 1 Zambia 1 Zimbabwe 1 iso 2 193 0 AD 1 AE 1 AF 1 AG 1 AL 1 AM 1 AO 1 AR 1 AT 1 AU 1 AZ 1 BA 1 BB 1 BD 1 BE 1 BF 1 BG 1 BH 1 BI 1 BJ 1 BN 1 BO 1 BR 1 BS 1 BT 1 BW 1 BY 1 BZ 1 CA 1 CD 1 CF 1 CG 1 CH 1 CI 1 CL 1 CM 1 CN 1 CO 1 CR 1 CU 1 CV 1 CY 1 CZ 1 DE 1 DJ 1 DK 1 DM 1 DO 1 DZ 1 EC 1 EE 1 EG 1 ER 1 ES 1 ET 1 FI 1 FJ 1 FM 1 FR 1 GA 1 GB 1 GD 1 GE 1 GH 1 GM 1 GN 1 GQ 1 GR 1 GT 1 GW 1 GY 1 HN 1 HR 1 HT 1 HU 1 ID 1 IE 1 IL 1 IN 1 IQ 1 IR 1 IS 1 IT 1 JM 1 JO 1 JP 1 KE 1 KG 1 KH 1 KI 1 KM 1 KN 1 KP 1 KR 1 KW 1 KZ 1 LA 1 LB 1 LC 1 LI 1 LK 1 LR 1 LS 1 LT 1 LU 1 LV 1 LY 1 MA 1 MC 1 MD 1 ME 1 MG 1 MH 1 MK 1 ML 1 MM 1 MN 1 MR 1 MT 1 MU 1 MV 1 MW 1 MX 1 MY 1 MZ 1 NA 1 NE 1 NG 1 NI 1 NL 1 NO 1 NP 1 NR 1 NZ 1 OM 1 PA 1 PE 1 PG 1 PH 1 PK 1 PL 1 PT 1 PW 1 PY 1 QA 1 RO 1 RS 1 RU 1 RW 1 SA 1 SB 1 SC 1 SD 1 SE 1 SG 1 SI 1 SK 1 SL 1 SM 1 SN 1 SO 1 SR 1 SS 1 ST 1 SV 1 SY 1 SZ 1 TD 1 TG 1 TH 1 TJ 1 TL 1 TM 1 TN 1 TO 1 TR 1 TT 1 TV 1 TZ 1 UA 1 UG 1 US 1 UY 1 UZ 1 VC 1 VE 1 VN 1 VU 1 WS 1 YE 1 ZA 1 ZM 1 ZW 1 iso3 193 0 AFG 1 AGO 1 ALB 1 AND 1 ARE 1 ARG 1 ARM 1 ATG 1 AUS 1 AUT 1 AZE 1 BDI 1 BEL 1 BEN 1 BFA 1 BGD 1 BGR 1 BHR 1 BHS 1 BIH 1 BLR 1 BLZ 1 BOL 1 BRA 1 BRB 1 BRN 1 BTN 1 BWA 1 CAF 1 CAN 1 CHE 1 CHL 1 CHN 1 CIV 1 CMR 1 COD 1 COG 1 COL 1 COM 1 CPV 1 CRI 1 CUB 1 CYP 1 CZE 1 DEU 1 DJI 1 DMA 1 DNK 1 DOM 1 DZA 1 ECU 1 EGY 1 ERI 1 ESP 1 EST 1 ETH 1 FIN 1 FJI 1 FRA 1 FSM 1 GAB 1 GBR 1 GEO 1 GHA 1 GIN 1 GMB 1 GNB 1 GNQ 1 GRC 1 GRD 1 GTM 1 GUY 1 HND 1 HRV 1 HTI 1 HUN 1 IDN 1 IND 1 IRL 1 IRN 1 IRQ 1 ISL 1 ISR 1 ITA 1 JAM 1 JOR 1 JPN 1 KAZ 1 KEN 1 KGZ 1 KHM 1 KIR 1 KNA 1 KOR 1 KWT 1 LAO 1 LBN 1 LBR 1 LBY 1 LCA 1 LIE 1 LKA 1 LSO 1 LTU 1 LUX 1 LVA 1 MAR 1 MCO 1 MDA 1 MDG 1 MDV 1 MEX 1 MHL 1 MKD 1 MLI 1 MLT 1 MMR 1 MNE 1 MNG 1 MOZ 1 MRT 1 MUS 1 MWI 1 MYS 1 NAM 1 NER 1 NGA 1 NIC 1 NLD 1 NOR 1 NPL 1 NRU 1 NZL 1 OMN 1 PAK 1 PAN 1 PER 1 PHL 1 PLW 1 PNG 1 POL 1 PRK 1 PRT 1 PRY 1 QAT 1 ROU 1 RUS 1 RWA 1 SAU 1 SDN 1 SEN 1 SGP 1 SLB 1 SLE 1 SLV 1 SMR 1 SOM 1 SRB 1 SSD 1 STP 1 SUR 1 SVK 1 SVN 1 SWE 1 SWZ 1 SYC 1 SYR 1 TCD 1 TGO 1 THA 1 TJK 1 TKM 1 TLS 1 TON 1 TTO 1 TUN 1 TUR 1 TUV 1 TZA 1 UGA 1 UKR 1 URY 1 USA 1 UZB 1 VCT 1 VEN 1 VNM 1 VUT 1 WSM 1 YEM 1 ZAF 1 ZMB 1 ZWE 1 un region 193 0 Americas 35 East Asia & Pacific 30 Europe & Central Asia 53 Middle East & North Africa 19 South Asia 8 Sub-Saharan Africa 48 world bank country income group 192 1 1 4 1 low-income 26 2 middle-income 106 4 high-income 60 Sysmiss 1 duration of paid maternal leave (reserved and shared leave) 193 0 1 5 1 no paid leave 7 2 less than 14 weeks 66 3 14 - 25.9 weeks 65 4 26 - 51.9 weeks 22 5 52 weeks or more 33 duration of paid paternal leave (reserved and shared leave) 193 0 1 5 1 no paid leave 69 2 less than 3 weeks 71 3 3-13.9 weeks 7 4 14 -25.9 weeks 4 5 26 weeks or more 42 any paid leave available for both parents 193 0 1 5 1 no, neither parent 7 2 fathers only (0 countries) 0 3 mothers only 62 4 mother-specific entitlement, but can be transferred to fathe 2 5 entitlement for both parents 122 12+ weeks of paid leave available for both parents 193 0 1 5 1 no, neither parent 31 2 fathers only (0 countries) 0 3 mothers only 116 4 at least a portion is mother-specific entitlement, but can b 8 5 entitlement for both parents 38 paid maternal leave available (1995: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 188 5 0 1 0 no 20 1 yes 168 Sysmiss 5 paid maternal leave available (1996: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 188 5 0 1 0 no 20 1 yes 168 Sysmiss 5 paid maternal leave available (1997: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 189 4 0 1 0 no 19 1 yes 170 Sysmiss 4 paid maternal leave available (1998: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 189 4 0 1 0 no 19 1 yes 170 Sysmiss 4 paid maternal leave available (1999: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 189 4 0 1 0 no 19 1 yes 170 Sysmiss 4 paid maternal leave available (2000: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 189 4 0 1 0 no 18 1 yes 171 Sysmiss 4 paid maternal leave available (2001: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 189 4 0 1 0 no 17 1 yes 172 Sysmiss 4 paid maternal leave available (2002: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 190 3 0 1 0 no 15 1 yes 175 Sysmiss 3 paid maternal leave available (2003: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 190 3 0 1 0 no 15 1 yes 175 Sysmiss 3 paid maternal leave available (2004: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 190 3 0 1 0 no 14 1 yes 176 Sysmiss 3 paid maternal leave available (2005: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 190 3 0 1 0 no 13 1 yes 177 Sysmiss 3 paid maternal leave available (2006: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 192 1 0 1 0 no 13 1 yes 179 Sysmiss 1 paid maternal leave available (2007: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 192 1 0 1 0 no 13 1 yes 179 Sysmiss 1 paid maternal leave available (2008: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 192 1 0 1 0 no 12 1 yes 180 Sysmiss 1 paid maternal leave available (2009: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 192 1 0 1 0 no 11 1 yes 181 Sysmiss 1 paid maternal leave available (2010: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 192 1 0 1 0 no 11 1 yes 181 Sysmiss 1 paid maternal leave available (2011: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 9 1 yes 184 paid maternal leave available (2012: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 9 1 yes 184 paid maternal leave available (2013: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 8 1 yes 185 paid maternal leave available (2014: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 8 1 yes 185 paid maternal leave available (2015: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 8 1 yes 185 paid maternal leave available (2016: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 8 1 yes 185 paid maternal leave available (2017: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 8 1 yes 185 paid maternal leave available (2018: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 8 1 yes 185 paid maternal leave available (2019: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 7 1 yes 186 paid maternal leave available (2020: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 7 1 yes 186 paid maternal leave available (2021: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 7 1 yes 186 paid maternal leave available (2022: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 7 1 yes 186 paid paternal leave available (1995: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 188 5 0 1 0 no 142 1 yes 46 Sysmiss 5 paid paternal leave available (1996: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 188 5 0 1 0 no 141 1 yes 47 Sysmiss 5 paid paternal leave available (1997: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 188 5 0 1 0 no 139 1 yes 49 Sysmiss 5 paid paternal leave available (1998: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 188 5 0 1 0 no 138 1 yes 50 Sysmiss 5 paid paternal leave available (1999: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 188 5 0 1 0 no 137 1 yes 51 Sysmiss 5 paid paternal leave available (2000: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 188 5 0 1 0 no 133 1 yes 55 Sysmiss 5 paid paternal leave available (2001: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 188 5 0 1 0 no 130 1 yes 58 Sysmiss 5 paid paternal leave available (2002: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 189 4 0 1 0 no 129 1 yes 60 Sysmiss 4 paid paternal leave available (2003: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 189 4 0 1 0 no 125 1 yes 64 Sysmiss 4 paid paternal leave available (2004: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 189 4 0 1 0 no 121 1 yes 68 Sysmiss 4 paid paternal leave available (2005: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 189 4 0 1 0 no 120 1 yes 69 Sysmiss 4 paid paternal leave available (2006: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 191 2 0 1 0 no 117 1 yes 74 Sysmiss 2 paid paternal leave available (2007: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 191 2 0 1 0 no 113 1 yes 78 Sysmiss 2 paid paternal leave available (2008: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 192 1 0 1 0 no 110 1 yes 82 Sysmiss 1 paid paternal leave available (2009: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 192 1 0 1 0 no 107 1 yes 85 Sysmiss 1 paid paternal leave available (2010: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 192 1 0 1 0 no 104 1 yes 88 Sysmiss 1 paid paternal leave available (2011: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 104 1 yes 89 paid paternal leave available (2012: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 98 1 yes 95 paid paternal leave available (2013: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 93 1 yes 100 paid paternal leave available (2014: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 90 1 yes 103 paid paternal leave available (2015: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 86 1 yes 107 paid paternal leave available (2016: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 85 1 yes 108 paid paternal leave available (2017: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 80 1 yes 113 paid paternal leave available (2018: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 78 1 yes 115 paid paternal leave available (2019: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 74 1 yes 119 paid paternal leave available (2020: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 73 1 yes 120 paid paternal leave available (2021: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 70 1 yes 123 paid paternal leave available (2022: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 69 1 yes 124 14+ weeks paid maternal leave available (1995: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 188 5 0 1 0 no 110 1 yes 78 Sysmiss 5 14+ weeks paid maternal leave available (1996: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 188 5 0 1 0 no 110 1 yes 78 Sysmiss 5 14+ weeks paid maternal leave available (1997: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 189 4 0 1 0 no 109 1 yes 80 Sysmiss 4 14+ weeks paid maternal leave available (1998: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 189 4 0 1 0 no 109 1 yes 80 Sysmiss 4 14+ weeks paid maternal leave available (1999: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 189 4 0 1 0 no 109 1 yes 80 Sysmiss 4 14+ weeks paid maternal leave available (2000: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 189 4 0 1 0 no 107 1 yes 82 Sysmiss 4 14+ weeks paid maternal leave available (2001: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 189 4 0 1 0 no 106 1 yes 83 Sysmiss 4 14+ weeks paid maternal leave available (2002: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 190 3 0 1 0 no 106 1 yes 84 Sysmiss 3 14+ weeks paid maternal leave available (2003: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 190 3 0 1 0 no 105 1 yes 85 Sysmiss 3 14+ weeks paid maternal leave available (2004: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 190 3 0 1 0 no 103 1 yes 87 Sysmiss 3 14+ weeks paid maternal leave available (2005: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 190 3 0 1 0 no 102 1 yes 88 Sysmiss 3 14+ weeks paid maternal leave available (2006: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 192 1 0 1 0 no 100 1 yes 92 Sysmiss 1 14+ weeks paid maternal leave available (2007: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 192 1 0 1 0 no 100 1 yes 92 Sysmiss 1 14+ weeks paid maternal leave available (2008: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 192 1 0 1 0 no 100 1 yes 92 Sysmiss 1 14+ weeks paid maternal leave available (2009: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 192 1 0 1 0 no 98 1 yes 94 Sysmiss 1 14+ weeks paid maternal leave available (2010: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 192 1 0 1 0 no 95 1 yes 97 Sysmiss 1 14+ weeks paid maternal leave available (2011: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 94 1 yes 99 14+ weeks paid maternal leave available (2012: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 91 1 yes 102 14+ weeks paid maternal leave available (2013: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 89 1 yes 104 14+ weeks paid maternal leave available (2014: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 89 1 yes 104 14+ weeks paid maternal leave available (2015: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 85 1 yes 108 14+ weeks paid maternal leave available (2016: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 82 1 yes 111 14+ weeks paid maternal leave available (2017: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 80 1 yes 113 14+ weeks paid maternal leave available (2018: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 79 1 yes 114 14+ weeks paid maternal leave available (2019: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 74 1 yes 119 14+ weeks paid maternal leave available (2020: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 74 1 yes 119 14+ weeks paid maternal leave available (2021: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 74 1 yes 119 14+ weeks paid maternal leave available (2022: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 73 1 yes 120 14+ weeks paid paternal leave available (1995: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 188 5 0 1 0 no 166 1 yes 22 Sysmiss 5 14+ weeks paid paternal leave available (1996: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 188 5 0 1 0 no 166 1 yes 22 Sysmiss 5 14+ weeks paid paternal leave available (1997: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 188 5 0 1 0 no 165 1 yes 23 Sysmiss 5 14+ weeks paid paternal leave available (1998: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 188 5 0 1 0 no 165 1 yes 23 Sysmiss 5 14+ weeks paid paternal leave available (1999: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 188 5 0 1 0 no 164 1 yes 24 Sysmiss 5 14+ weeks paid paternal leave available (2000: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 188 5 0 1 0 no 163 1 yes 25 Sysmiss 5 14+ weeks paid paternal leave available (2001: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 188 5 0 1 0 no 160 1 yes 28 Sysmiss 5 14+ weeks paid paternal leave available (2002: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 189 4 0 1 0 no 160 1 yes 29 Sysmiss 4 14+ weeks paid paternal leave available (2003: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 189 4 0 1 0 no 158 1 yes 31 Sysmiss 4 14+ weeks paid paternal leave available (2004: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 189 4 0 1 0 no 155 1 yes 34 Sysmiss 4 14+ weeks paid paternal leave available (2005: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 189 4 0 1 0 no 154 1 yes 35 Sysmiss 4 14+ weeks paid paternal leave available (2006: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 191 2 0 1 0 no 155 1 yes 36 Sysmiss 2 14+ weeks paid paternal leave available (2007: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 191 2 0 1 0 no 155 1 yes 36 Sysmiss 2 14+ weeks paid paternal leave available (2008: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 192 1 0 1 0 no 155 1 yes 37 Sysmiss 1 14+ weeks paid paternal leave available (2009: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 192 1 0 1 0 no 155 1 yes 37 Sysmiss 1 14+ weeks paid paternal leave available (2010: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 192 1 0 1 0 no 155 1 yes 37 Sysmiss 1 14+ weeks paid paternal leave available (2011: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 154 1 yes 39 14+ weeks paid paternal leave available (2012: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 152 1 yes 41 14+ weeks paid paternal leave available (2013: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 151 1 yes 42 14+ weeks paid paternal leave available (2014: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 150 1 yes 43 14+ weeks paid paternal leave available (2015: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 150 1 yes 43 14+ weeks paid paternal leave available (2016: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 150 1 yes 43 14+ weeks paid paternal leave available (2017: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 149 1 yes 44 14+ weeks paid paternal leave available (2018: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 149 1 yes 44 14+ weeks paid paternal leave available (2019: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 149 1 yes 44 14+ weeks paid paternal leave available (2020: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 148 1 yes 45 14+ weeks paid paternal leave available (2021: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 148 1 yes 45 14+ weeks paid paternal leave available (2022: y/n, reserved and shared leave) 193 0 0 1 0 no 147 1 yes 46 paid leave structured to encourage fathers use 192 1 1 5 1 no paid leave for fathers 69 2 parental leave but no incentives 10 3 less than 3 weeks reserved for fathers 88 4 3 - 13.9 weeks reserved for fathers 7 5 at least 14 weeks reserved for fathers, or incentives for fa 18 Sysmiss 1 duration of paid leave reserved for mothers of infants 193 0 1 5 1 no paid leave 7 2 less than 14 weeks 66 3 14 - 25.9 weeks 90 4 26 - 51.9 weeks 23 5 52 weeks or more 7 duration of paid leave reserved for fathers of infants 192 1 1 5 1 no paid leave 81 2 less than 3 weeks 89 3 3-13.9 weeks 8 4 14 -25.9 weeks 6 5 26 weeks or more 8 Sysmiss 1 duration of shared paid parental leave 193 0 1 5 1 no paid leave 165 2 less than 14 weeks 1 3 14 - 25.9 weeks 2 4 26 - 51.9 weeks 6 5 52 weeks or more 19 leave reserved for mothers: minimum wage replacement rate with 1 yr tenure 193 0 1 5 1 no paid leave 8 2 flat rate or adjusted flat rate 9 3 20% - 65% 21 4 66% - 79% 16 5 80% - 100% 139 leave reserved for fathers: minimum wage replacement rate with 1 yr tenure 193 0 1 5 1 no paid leave 81 2 flat rate or adjusted flat rate 8 3 20% - 65% 5 4 66% - 79% 8 5 80% - 100% 91 shared parental leave: minimum wage replacement rate with 1 yr tenure 192 1 1 5 1 no paid leave 165 2 flat rate or adjusted flat rate 11 3 20% - 65% 9 4 66% - 79% 1 5 80% - 100% 6 Sysmiss 1 leave reserved for mothers: job protection 193 0 1 5 1 no paid leave 7 2 no explicit job protection 12 3 job protection guaranteed during a portion of leave 0 5 job protection guaranteed throughout 174 leave reserved for fathers: job protection 192 1 1 5 1 no paid leave 81 2 no explicit job protection 65 3 job protection guaranteed during a portion of leave 0 5 job protection guaranteed throughout 46 Sysmiss 1 shared parental leave: job protection 193 0 1 5 1 no paid leave 165 2 no explicit job protection 3 3 job protection guaranteed during a portion of leave 1 5 job protection guaranteed throughout 24 equal duration of paid leave for adoptive parents as birth parents 193 0 1 5 1 no paid parental leave 7 2 no paid leave for adoptive parents 103 3 adoptive parents have less leave than birth parents 37 5 equal duration of leave for adoptive parents 46 gender equality in availability of adoption parental leave 193 0 1 5 1 no paid leave for adoption 110 2 only women can take paid leave for adoption in two-parent fa 13 3 men can take paid adoption leave, but for a shorter period t 7 5 gender equality in duration of paid adoption leave 63 guarantee of breastfeeding breaks at work 193 0 1 5 1 not guaranteed 47 2 yes, until child is 1 - 5.9 months old 2 4 yes, at least 6 months unpaid 3 5 yes, at least 6 months paid 141 options to facilitate exclusive breastfeeding for at least 6 months 193 0 1 5 1 no, none 43 3 either maternal leave or breastfeeding breaks 104 5 both 46 paid leave available to mothers: guaranteed to self-employed workers 188 5 1 5 1 no national paid maternal leave 7 3 national paid maternal leave, but not for self-employed 75 5 guaranteed to self-employed 106 Sysmiss 5 paid leave available to fathers: guaranteed to self-employed workers 189 4 1 5 1 no national paid paternal leave 69 3 national paid paternal leave, but not for self-employed 64 5 guaranteed to self-employed 56 Sysmiss 4 paid leave available to mothers: guaranteed to agricultural workers 192 1 1 5 1 no national paid maternal leave 7 3 agricultural workers excluded from paid leave 13 4 guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agric 116 5 guaranteed to agricultural workers 56 Sysmiss 1 paid leave available to fathers: guaranteed to agricultural workers 191 2 1 5 1 no national paid paternal leave 69 3 agricultural workers excluded from paid leave 7 4 guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agric 86 5 guaranteed to agricultural workers 29 Sysmiss 2 paid leave available to mothers: guaranteed to domestic workers 193 0 1 5 1 no national paid maternal leave 7 3 domestic workers excluded from paid leave 22 4 guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on domes 90 5 guaranteed to domestic workers 74 paid leave available to fathers: guaranteed to domestic workers 190 3 1 5 1 no national paid paternal leave 69 3 domestic workers excluded from paid leave 8 4 guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on domes 77 5 guaranteed to domestic workers 36 Sysmiss 3 paid leave available to mothers: guaranteed to part-time workers 192 1 1 5 1 no national paid maternal leave 7 2 guaranteed to part-time workers working at least 50% of full 4 3 guaranteed to part-time workers working 25-49% of full time 8 4 guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusions based on part 95 5 guaranteed to part-time workers working less than 25% of ful 78 Sysmiss 1 paid leave available to fathers: guaranteed to part-time workers 191 2 1 5 1 no national paid paternal leave 69 2 guaranteed to part-time workers working at least 50% of full 2 3 guaranteed to part-time workers working 25-49% of full time 2 4 guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusions based on part 53 5 guaranteed to part-time workers working less than 25% of ful 65 Sysmiss 2