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Paid maternity leave
Statutory paid leave available to mothers, in weeks. Policy facts, not survey data. Most US states have no statutory paid leave; ~13 states and DC do.
Darker = better (higher), by rank · 43 countries · OECD Family Database (PF2.1) · tap a country to pin it here
Darker = better (higher), by rank · 51 states · Curated from state PFL statutes
Countries
43 · OECD Family Database (PF2.1)- 1stBulgaria59
- 2ndGreece56
- 3rdUnited Kingdom39
- 4thSlovakia34
- 5thCroatia30
- 6thCzechia28
- 7thIceland26
- 7thIreland26
- 7thNew Zealand26
- 10thHungary24
- 11thCyprus22
- 11thDenmark22
- 13thItaly22
- 14thLuxembourg20
- 14thPoland20
- 16thChile18
- 16thColombia18
- 16thLithuania18
- 16thMalta18
- 16thNorway18
- 16thRomania18
- 22ndCosta Rica17
- 23rdAustria16
- 23rdCanada16
- 23rdFrance16
- 23rdLatvia16
- 23rdNetherlands16
- 23rdSpain16
- 23rdTürkiye16
- 30thBelgium15
- 30thIsrael15
- 30thSlovenia15
- 33rdEstonia14
- 34thGermany14
- 34thJapan14
- 34thSwitzerland14
- 37thSouth Korea13
- 37thSweden13
- 39thMexico12
- 40thFinland7
- 41stPortugal6
- 42ndAustralia2
- 43rdUnited States0
US states
51 · Curated from state PFL statutes- 1stNew Jersey22
- 2ndMassachusetts20
- 2ndMinnesota20
- 4thCalifornia18
- 4thNew York18
- 6thColorado16
- 6thWashington16
- 8thConnecticut14
- 8thDistrict of Columbia14
- 8thOregon14
- 8thRhode Island14
- 12thDelaware12
- 12thMaine12
- 14thAlabama0
- 14thAlaska0
- 14thArizona0
- 14thArkansas0
- 14thFlorida0
- 14thGeorgia0
- 14thHawaii0
- 14thIdaho0
- 14thIllinois0
- 14thIndiana0
- 14thIowa0
- 14thKansas0
- 14thKentucky0
- 14thLouisiana0
- 14thMaryland0
- 14thMichigan0
- 14thMississippi0
- 14thMissouri0
- 14thMontana0
- 14thNebraska0
- 14thNevada0
- 14thNew Hampshire0
- 14thNew Mexico0
- 14thNorth Carolina0
- 14thNorth Dakota0
- 14thOhio0
- 14thOklahoma0
- 14thPennsylvania0
- 14thSouth Carolina0
- 14thSouth Dakota0
- 14thTennessee0
- 14thTexas0
- 14thUtah0
- 14thVermont0
- 14thVirginia0
- 14thWest Virginia0
- 14thWisconsin0
- 14thWyoming0
43 countries ranked and 51 US states.
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More on work
- Statutory paid holidayStatutory minimum paid annual leave, in working days.
- Minimum wageStatutory hourly minimum wage, PPP-adjusted USD.
- UnemploymentUnemployed share of the labour force.
- Labor force participationShare of the adult population working or looking for work.
- Average wagesAverage monthly pay of employees, adjusted for price levels.
- Life expectancyPeriod life expectancy at birth.
Who leads the world
- Monacotops life expectancy86.5 years
- Singaporetops homicide rate0.1 per 100k
- United Kingdomtops statutory paid holiday28 days
Bulgaria leads on paid maternity leave — see where it lands on every other measure, and which US state it most resembles.
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