Edition 1974
Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1974
Published 1974 · describes 1973 · stored as published, never rewritten
Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1974 covers 190 countries. Slovakia is highest, at 182; 60 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 84. Against the 1973 edition, 6 values changed (4 up, 2 down), the same countries are covered.
Length of Paid Maternity Leave · Edition 1974
HighestSlovakia
182Lowest60 countries share it
0Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.
01Values only
The table
Every country and every column of Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1974, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 190 countries · select a heading to sort
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02In 1973
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
Slovakia182
Czechia154
Italyshared150
San Marinoshared150
Chile126
Lowest
Yemenshared0
Samoashared0
Vanuatushared0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0
United Statesshared0
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 84. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031973 → 1974
Since the 1973 edition
What changed between the 1973 edition and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 6values changed, of 190 in both
- 4 · 2rose · fell
- 184unchanged
Rose most
Somalia0 → 98+98
Philippines0 → 60+60
Chile84 → 126+42
Poland84 → 112+28
Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.
04Caveats
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
This edition describes 1973
World Bank Group names each edition for the year it is released; the figures in Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1974 are for 1973.
20 distinct values among 190
Values are stored exactly as published. 60 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 190 countries has every column.
05The files
Download and cite
The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.
- .csv
For a spreadsheet or code
190 rows · 4.6 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel
Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.
Download maternity-leave-1974-nations-inquiry.csv - ↗
The publisher’s original
World Bank Group’s own file, on its own site.
WBL2024-1-0-Historical-Panel-Data.xlsx
What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.
Cite this edition
World Bank Group (1974). Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1974 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/maternity-leave/1974
0655 held
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Length of Paid Maternity Leave: every edition55 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
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07Questions
Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1974: questions and answers
Which country has the highest paid maternity leave in Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1974?
Slovakia, at 182, of the 190 countries in the file.
What year does Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1974 describe?
1973.
How many countries does Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1974 cover?
190.
Where can I download Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1974?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1974 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Length of Paid Maternity Leave 2026.