Total weeks of paid maternity leave available to mothers in OECD countries
The United States remains the only country in the developed world that does not mandate employers offer paid leave for new mothers, according to the OECD.
New mothers in Estonia, Slovak Republic, Finland, and Hungary for instance, are entitled to up to three years worth of paid leave.
Mothers in the United Kingdom, for example, get a whole year (52 weeks) of maternity leave. Thirty-nine of those weeks are partially paid.
Once again for emphasis: American moms are entitled to zero weeks of paid leave under federal law.
These countries offer the most generous maternity leave.
Total weeks of paid maternity leave available to mothers in OECD countries:
- Estonia: 166 weeks
- Slovak Republic: 164 weeks
- Finland: 161 weeks
- Hungary: 160 weeks
- Bulgaria: 110.4 weeks
- Czech Republic: 110 weeks
- Latvia: 94 weeks
- Norway: 91 weeks
- South Korea: 64.9 weeks
- Lithuania: 62 weeks
- Austria: 60 weeks
- Germany: 58 weeks
- Japan: 58 weeks
- Romania: 56.7 weeks
- Croatia: 56 weeks
- Sweden: 55.7 weeks
- Slovenia: 52.1 weeks
- Canada: 52 weeks
- Poland: 52 weeks
- Denmark: 50 weeks
- Italy: 47.7 weeks
- Greece: 43 weeks
- France: 42 weeks
- Luxembourg: 42 weeks
- United Kingdom: 39 weeks
- Belgium: 32.3 weeks
- Portugal: 30.1 weeks
- Chile: 30 weeks
- Iceland: 26 weeks
- Ireland: 26 weeks
- Australia: 18 weeks
- New Zealand: 18 weeks
- Cyprus: 18 weeks
- Malta: 18 weeks
- Costa Rica: 17.3 weeks
- Netherland: 16 weeks
- Turkey: 16 weeks
- Spain: 16 weeks
- Israel: 14 weeks
- Switzerlan: 14 weeks
- Mexico: 12 weeks
- United States: 0
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