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DEFINITION:
Percentage of usual wages the country mandates employers to pay women on maternity leave. For instance, Italy requires employers to pay a woman 80% of her normal wages while off work after giving birth.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
---|---|---|---|---|
=1 | Turkmenistan | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Ethiopia | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Cameroon | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Burkina Faso | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Netherlands | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Tanzania | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Madagascar | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | South Korea | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Tajikistan | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Afghanistan | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | France | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Malawi | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Dominican Republic | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Bahrain | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Indonesia | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Bangladesh | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Mauritius | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Malaysia | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Barbados | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Guinea | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Panama | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Costa Rica | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Luxembourg | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Andorra | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Ecuador | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Rwanda | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Thailand | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Belize | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Philippines | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Moldova | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Morocco | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Estonia | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Lebanon | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Uzbekistan | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Colombia | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Fiji | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Qatar | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Sudan | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Nepal | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Israel | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Venezuela | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Senegal | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Zimbabwe | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Jordan | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Mauritania | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Syria | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Mexico | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Serbia | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Sao Tome and Principe | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Lithuania | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Argentina | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Ghana | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Slovenia | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Guatemala | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | The Bahamas | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Spain | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Pakistan | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Gabon | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | New Zealand | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Yemen | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Jamaica | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | United Arab Emirates | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | India | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Azerbaijan | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Kenya | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | San Marino | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Bermuda | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Peru | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Laos | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Cote d'Ivoire | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Benin | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Cuba | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Togo | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | China | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Armenia | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Ukraine | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Vietnam | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Mali | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Russia | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Angola | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Austria | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Latvia | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Mozambique | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Uganda | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Niger | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Brazil | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Brunei | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Belarus | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Algeria | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Chile | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Haiti | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Iraq | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Gambia | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Croatia | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Guinea-Bissau | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Grenada | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Uruguay | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Egypt | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Djibouti | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Antigua and Barbuda | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Burundi | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Nicaragua | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Malta | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Kuwait | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Zambia | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Germany | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Kazakhstan | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Poland | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Honduras | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Singapore | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Namibia | 100% | 2013 | |
=1 | Comoros | 100% | 2013 | |
=116 | Monaco | 90% | 2013 | |
=116 | Portugal | 90% | 2013 | |
=116 | Isle of Man | 90% | 2013 | |
=116 | United Kingdom | 90% | 2013 | |
=116 | Cape Verde | 90% | 2013 | |
=116 | Bulgaria | 90% | 2013 | |
122 | Sri Lanka | 86% | 2013 | |
123 | Romania | 85% | 2013 | |
=124 | Norway | 80% | 2013 | |
=124 | Liechtenstein | 80% | 2013 | |
=124 | Ireland | 80% | 2013 | |
=124 | Hong Kong | 80% | 2013 | |
=124 | Italy | 80% | 2013 | |
=124 | Albania | 80% | 2013 | |
=124 | Sweden | 80% | 2013 | |
=124 | Switzerland | 80% | 2013 | |
=124 | Iceland | 80% | 2013 | |
133 | Belgium | 79.5% | 2013 | |
=134 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 75% | 2013 | |
=134 | El Salvador | 75% | 2013 | |
=134 | Bolivia | 75% | 2013 | |
=134 | Equatorial Guinea | 75% | 2013 | |
=134 | Cyprus | 75% | 2013 | |
=139 | Finland | 70% | 2013 | |
=139 | Hungary | 70% | 2013 | |
=139 | Mongolia | 70% | 2013 | |
=139 | Guyana | 70% | 2013 | |
=143 | Turkey | 67% | 2013 | |
=143 | British Virgin Islands | 67% | 2013 | |
=143 | Iran | 67% | 2013 | |
=143 | Tunisia | 67% | 2013 | |
=147 | Vanuatu | 66% | 2013 | |
=147 | Burma | 66% | 2013 | |
=149 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 65% | 2013 | |
=149 | Saint Lucia | 65% | 2013 | |
=149 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 65% | 2013 | |
=152 | Dominica | 60% | 2013 | |
=152 | Czech Republic | 60% | 2013 | |
=152 | South Africa | 60% | 2013 | |
=155 | Canada | 55% | 2013 | |
=155 | Slovakia | 55% | 2013 | |
=157 | Libya | 50% | 2013 | |
=157 | Central African Republic | 50% | 2013 | |
=157 | Nigeria | 50% | 2013 | |
=157 | Greece | 50% | 2013 | |
=157 | Paraguay | 50% | 2013 | |
=157 | Botswana | 50% | 2013 | |
=157 | Cambodia | 50% | 2013 | |
=157 | Saudi Arabia | 50% | 2013 | |
=157 | Somalia | 50% | 2013 | |
=157 | Chad | 50% | 2013 | |
167 | Japan | 30% | 2013 | |
=168 | Solomon Islands | 25% | 2013 | |
=168 | Kiribati | 25% | 2013 |