Is There Paid Leave Available to Fathers? by country

Data on the legal rights that affects women's economic empowerment.

Countries reporting
188
Highest
1
Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
Lowest
0
Zimbabwe
Median
1
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
10,152

What the numbers show

Is There Paid Leave Available to Fathers? is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 1 in Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of; the lowest is 0 in Zimbabwe.

The median across all reporting countries is 1, and the mean is 0.6489.

Is There Paid Leave Available to Fathers?: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Angola 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Albania 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 United Arab Emirates 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Argentina 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 Armenia, Republic of 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Australia 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Austria 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Burundi 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 Belgium 1 2023 unchanged flat
1 Benin 1 2023 unchanged flat
1 Burkina Faso 1 2023 unchanged flat
1 Bulgaria 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Bahrain, Kingdom of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Bolivia 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Brazil 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Bhutan 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Central African Republic 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 Canada 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Switzerland 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Chile 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 China (People’s Republic of) 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 CΓ΄te d'Ivoire 1 2023 unchanged flat
1 Cameroon 1 2023 unchanged flat
1 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Colombia 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Cabo Verde 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Costa Rica 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Cyprus 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Czechia 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Germany 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Djibouti 1 2023 unchanged flat
1 Denmark 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Dominican Republic 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Algeria 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Ecuador 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Spain 1 2023 unchanged flat
1 Estonia 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Finland 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 Fiji, Republic of 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 France 1 2023 unchanged flat
1 Gabon 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 United Kingdom 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Gambia, The 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Guinea-Bissau 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Greece 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Guatemala 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Croatia 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Hungary 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Indonesia 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Ireland 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Iceland 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Italy 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Jordan 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Japan 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Kenya 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Korea 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Lithuania 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Luxembourg 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Latvia 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Morocco 1 2023 unchanged flat
1 Moldova, Republic of 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Maldives 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Mexico 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 North Macedonia, Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Mali 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Malta 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Myanmar 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Mongolia 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Mozambique, Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 Mauritius 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Malawi 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Malaysia 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Niger 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 Nicaragua 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Netherlands 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Norway 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Nepal 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Oman 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Panama 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Peru 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Philippines 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Poland 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Portugal 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Paraguay 1 2023 unchanged flat
1 Romania 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Rwanda 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Saudi Arabia 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Senegal 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Singapore 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Sierra Leone 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 El Salvador 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 San Marino, Republic of 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Serbia, Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 South Sudan, Republic of 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Suriname 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Slovak Republic 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Slovenia 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Sweden 1 2023 unchanged rising
1 Seychelles 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Chad 1 2023 unchanged flat
1 Togo 1 2023 unchanged flat
1 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Tunisia 1 2023 unchanged flat
1 TΓΌrkiye 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Tanzania, United Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Uganda 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Ukraine 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Uruguay 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 United States 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Venezuela, RepΓΊblica Bolivariana de 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Vietnam 1 2023 β€” volatile
1 Samoa 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 South Africa 1 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Kosovo, Republic of 1 2023 unchanged volatile
123 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Azerbaijan, Republic of 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Bangladesh 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Bahamas, The 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Belarus, Republic of 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Belize 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Barbados 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Brunei Darussalam 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Botswana 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Congo, Republic of 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Comoros, Union of the 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Dominica 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Egypt, Arab Republic of 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Eritrea, The State of 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Micronesia, Federated States of 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Georgia 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Ghana 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Guinea 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Grenada 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Guyana 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Honduras 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Haiti 0 2023 β€” flat
123 India 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Iraq 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Israel 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Jamaica 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Kazakhstan, Republic of 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Kyrgyz Republic 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Cambodia 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Kiribati 0 2023 β€” flat
123 St. Kitts and Nevis 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Kuwait 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Lebanon 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Liberia 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Libya 0 2023 β€” flat
123 St. Lucia 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Sri Lanka 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Lesotho, Kingdom of 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Madagascar, Republic of 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Marshall Islands, Republic of the 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Montenegro 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Namibia 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Nigeria 0 2023 β€” flat
123 New Zealand 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Pakistan 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Palau 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Papua New Guinea 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Puerto Rico 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Qatar 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Russian Federation 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Sudan 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Solomon Islands 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Somalia 0 2023 β€” flat
123 SΓ£o TomΓ© and PrΓ­ncipe, Democratic Republic of 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Eswatini, Kingdom of 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Syrian Arab Republic 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Thailand 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Tajikistan, Republic of 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Tonga 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Trinidad and Tobago 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Uzbekistan, Republic of 0 2023 β€” flat
123 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Vanuatu 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Yemen, Republic of 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Zambia 0 2023 β€” flat
123 Zimbabwe 0 2023 β€” flat

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Is There Paid Leave Available to Fathers?
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International Monetary Fund
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Coverage
188 places, 10,152 data points, 1970–2023
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Data on the legal rights that affects women's economic empowerment.