| 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 |
12 weeks |
60 % |
Social
security/Employer |
| Dominican Republic |
12 weeks |
100 % |
Social
security/Employer |
| El Salvador |
12 weeks |
75 % |
Social
security |
| Grenada |
3 months |
100 % for 2 months and 60 % for
the last month |
60%
for 12 weeks (social security) 40% for 2 months (employer) |
| Guatemala |
84 days |
100 % |
Social
security/Employer |
| Haiti |
12 weeks |
100 % for 6 weeks |
Employer |
| Honduras |
84 days |
100 % |
Social
security/Employer |
| Jamaica |
12 weeks |
100 % for 8 weeks |
Employer |
| Mexico |
12 weeks |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Nicaragua |
12 weeks |
60 % |
Social
security |
| Panama |
14 weeks |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
13 weeks |
60 % |
Social
security |
| Saint Lucia |
3 months |
65 % |
Social
security |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
13 weeks |
65 % |
Social
security |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
13 weeks |
100 % for 1 month, 50 % for 2 months
(employer) and a sum depending on the earnings (social security) |
Employer
and social security |
|
United States of America |
12 weeks |
0 % |
No
information |
| America, South |
| Argentina |
90 days |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Bolivia |
12 weeks |
100 % of national minimum wage and
70 % of wages above minimum |
Social
security |
| Brazil |
120 days |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Chile |
18 weeks |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Colombia |
12 weeks |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Ecuador |
12 weeks |
100 % |
Social
security/Employer |
| Guyana |
13 weeks |
70 % |
Social
security |
| Paraguay |
12 weeks |
50 % for 9 weeks |
Social
security |
| Peru |
90 days |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Uruguay |
12 weeks |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Venezuela |
18 weeks |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Asia |
| Afghanistan |
90 days |
100 % |
Employer |
| Azerbaijan |
126 calendar days |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Bahrain |
45 days |
100 % |
Employer |
| Bangladesh |
12 weeks |
100 % |
Employer |
| Cambodia |
90 days |
50 % |
Employer |
| China |
90 days |
100 % |
Employer |
| Cyprus |
16 weeks |
75 % |
Social
security |
| India |
12 weeks |
100 % |
Social
security or employer (for non-covered women) |
| Indonesia |
3 months |
100 % |
Employer |
|
Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
90 days |
67 % |
Social
security |
| Iraq |
62 days |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Israel |
12 weeks |
100 % up to a ceiling |
Social
security |
| Japan |
14 weeks |
60 % |
Health
insurance or social security |
| Jordan |
10 weeks |
100 % |
Employer |
| Kazakhstan |
126 calendar days |
No information |
Employer |
| Kuwait |
70 days |
100 % |
Employer |
| Kyrgyzstan |
126 days |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Lao
People's Democratic Republic |
3 months |
70 % |
Social
security |
| Lebanon |
7 weeks |
100 % |
Employer/Social
security |
| Malaysia |
60 days |
100 % |
Employer |
| Mongolia |
120 days |
70 % |
Social
security |
| Myanmar |
12 weeks |
67 % |
Social
security |
| Nepal |
52 days |
100 % |
Employer |
| Pakistan |
12 weeks |
100 % |
Employer |
| Philippines |
60 days |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Qatar |
50 days |
100 % |
Employer |
| Republic of Korea |
90 days |
100 % |
Employer
60 days, social security 30 days |
| Saudi Arabia |
10 weeks |
50 % or 100 % (depending on the
duration of employment) |
Employer |
| Singapore |
8 weeks |
100 % |
Employer
for first two children, Government for third |
| Sri Lanka |
12 weeks |
100 % |
Employer |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
50 days |
70 % |
Employer |
| Tajikistan |
140 days |
No
information |
Social
security |
| Thailand |
90 days |
100 % for first 45 days then 50
% for 45 days |
Employer
for first 45 days then social security |
| Turkey |
16 weeks |
67 % for 12 weeks |
Social
security |
| United Arab Emirates |
3 months |
100 % |
Employer |
| Uzbekistan |
126 days |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Viet Nam |
4 to 6 months depending on the working
conditions and nature of the work |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Yemen |
60 days |
100 % |
Employer |
| Europe |
| Albania |
365 calendar days |
80 % prior to birth and for 150
days and 50 % for the rest of the period |
Social
security |
| Austria |
16 weeks |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Belarus |
126 days |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Belgium |
15 weeks |
82 % for the first 30 days and 75
% for the rest (up to a ceiling) |
Social
security |
| Bulgaria |
135 days |
90 |
Social
security |
| Croatia |
45 days before delivery and 1 year
after |
100 % from 28 days before to 6 months
after birth. The remainder flat rate |
Croatian
Health Insurance Fund (%)/State budget (flat rate) |
| Czech Republic |
28 weeks |
69 % |
Social
security |
| Denmark |
18 weeks |
90 % up to a ceiling |
State |
| Estonia |
140 calendar days |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Finland |
105 working days |
70 % |
Social
security |
| France |
16 weeks |
100 % up to a ceiling |
Social
security |
| Germany |
14 weeks |
100 % |
Social
security (up to a ceiling) / Employer (pays difference) |
| Greece |
119 days |
100 % |
Social
security / Employer |
| Hungary |
24 weeks |
Pre-natal ( min.
4 weeks): 70 %. The rest of the period is flat rate |
Social
security |
| Iceland |
3 months |
80 % |
Social
security |
| Ireland |
18 weeks |
70 % |
Social
security |
| Italy |
5 months |
80 % |
Social
security |
| Latvia |
112 calendar days |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Lithuania |
126 calendar days |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Luxembourg |
16 weeks |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Malta |
14 weeks |
100 % for 13 weeks |
Employer |
| Netherlands |
16 weeks |
100 % |
Unemployment
fund |
| Norway |
42 or 52 weeks parental leave (9
weeks reserved for the mother) |
80 % or 100 % |
Social
security |
| Poland |
16 weeks |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Portugal |
120 days |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Republic of Moldova |
126 days |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Romania |
126 days |
85 % |
Social
security |
| Russian Federation |
140 calendar days |
100 % |
Social
security |
| San Marino |
5 months |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
365 days |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Slovakia |
28 weeks |
55 % |
Social
security |
| Slovenia |
105 days |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Spain |
16 weeks |
100 % |
Social
security |
| Sweden |
14 weeks |
480 days paid parental leave: 80
%, 390 days; 90 days, flat rate |
Social
security |
| Switzerland |
98 days |
80 % |
Social
security |
| Ukraine |
126 days |
100 % |
Social
security |
| United Kingdom |
26 weeks |
90 for the first 6 weeks and flat
rate after |
Employer
(refunded for 92% by public funds) |
| Oceania |
| Australia |
52 weeks |
0 % |
|
| Fiji |
84 days |
Flat rate |
Employer |
| Kiribati |
12 weeks |
25 % |
Employer |
| New Zealand |
14 weeks |
100 % up to a ceiling |
State |
| Papua New Guinea |
As necessary for hospitalization
before confinement and 6 weeks after |
0 % |
No
information |
| Solomon Islands |
12 weeks |
25 % |
Employer |
| Vanuatu |
3 months |
50 % |
No
information |
