| Country |
Length of maternity
leave |
Percentage of wages
paid in covered period |
Provider of maternity coverage |
| |
2004 |
| Africa |
| Algeria |
14 weeks |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Angola |
3 months |
100 % |
Social
security (If necessary the employer adds up to the full wage.) |
| Benin |
14 weeks |
100 % |
50%
social security, 50% employer |
| Botswana |
12 weeks |
25 % |
Employer |
| Burkina Faso |
14 weeks |
100 % |
Social
security ( if necessary employer
tops up). |
| Burundi |
12 weeks |
100 % |
50%
Social security, 50% employer |
| Cameroon |
14 weeks |
100 % |
Social
security |
|
Central African Republic |
14 weeks |
50 % |
Social
security |
| Chad |
14 weeks |
50 % |
Social
security |
| Comoros |
14 weeks |
100 % |
Employer |
| Congo |
15 weeks |
100 % |
50%
social security, 50% employer |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
14 weeks |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo |
14 weeks |
67 % |
Employer |
| Djibouti |
14 weeks |
50 % (100 % for public servants) |
Employer |
| Egypt |
90 days |
100 % |
Employer |
| Equatorial Guinea |
12 weeks |
75 % |
Social
security |
| Eritrea |
60 days |
Paid but no information on how much |
Employer |
| Ethiopia |
90 days |
100 % |
Employer |
| Gabon |
14 weeks |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Gambia |
12 weeks |
100 % |
Employer |
| Ghana |
12 weeks |
100 % |
Employer |
| Guinea |
14 weeks |
100 % |
50%
Social secuirity, 50% employer |
| Guinea-Bissau |
60 days |
100 % |
Employer
or social security subsidy and employer pays difference |
| Kenya |
2 months |
100 % |
Employer |
| Lesotho |
12 weeks |
0 % |
No
information |
|
Libyan
Arab Jamahiriya |
50 days |
50 % (100 % for self-employed women) |
Employer
(social security for self-employed women) |
| Madagascar |
14 weeks |
100 % |
50%
Social secuirity, 50% employer |
| Malawi |
8 weeks (every three years) |
100 % |
Employer |
| Mali |
14 weeks |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Mauritania |
14 weeks |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Mauritius |
12 weeks |
100 % |
Employer |
| Morocco |
14 weeks |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Mozambique |
60 days |
100 % |
Employer |
| Namibia |
12 weeks |
80 % |
Social
security |
| Niger |
14 weeks |
50 % |
Social
security |
| Nigeria |
12 weeks |
50 % |
Employer |
| Rwanda |
12 weeks |
67 % |
Employer |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
70 days |
100 % for 60 days |
Social
security (Employer must pay for women not covered by social
security) |
| Senegal |
14 weeks |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Seychelles |
14 weeks |
Flat monthly allowance for 10 weeks |
Social
security |
| Somalia |
14 weeks |
50 % |
Employer |
| South Africa |
4 months |
Up to 60 % depending on the level
of income |
Unemployment
insurance fund |
| Sudan |
8 weeks |
100 % |
Employer |
| Swaziland |
12 weeks |
0 % |
No
information. |
| Togo |
14 weeks |
100 % |
50%
Employer, 50% social security |
| Tunisia |
30 days |
67 % |
Social
security |
| Uganda |
8 weeks |
100 % for 1 month |
Employer |
| United
Republic of Tanzania |
12 weeks |
100 % |
Social
security/Employer |
| Zambia |
12 weeks |
100 % |
Employer |
| Zimbabwe |
90 days |
100 % |
Employer |
| America, North |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
13 weeks |
60 % |
Social
security |
| Bahamas |
13 weeks |
60 % |
Social
security/Employer |
| Barbados |
12 weeks |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Belize |
14 weeks |
80 % |
Social
security |
| Canada |
17-18 weeks depending on the province |
55 % up to a ceiling |
Employment
Insurance |
| Costa Rica |
4 months |
100 % |
Social
security/Employer |
| Cuba |
18 weeks |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Dominica |
