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Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1980

Published 1980 · describes 1979 · stored as published, never rewritten

Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1980 covers 190 countries. Finland is highest, at 231; 48 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 84. Against the 1979 edition, 10 values changed (10 up, 0 down), the same countries are covered.

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Length of Paid Maternity Leave · Edition 1980

HighestFinland

231

Lowest48 countries share it

0

Shaded 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 1980, 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

Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1980: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
FinlandFINNorthern Europe231
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe182
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe180
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe154
ItalyITASouthern Europe150
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe150
ChileCHLSouth America126
BulgariaBGREastern Europe120
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe120
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia112
AustriaAUTWestern Europe112
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia112
BelarusBLREastern Europe112
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe112
FranceFRAWestern Europe112
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia112
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia112
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia112
LatviaLVANorthern Europe112
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe112
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe112
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe112
PolandPOLEastern Europe112
RomaniaROUEastern Europe112
RussiaRUSEastern Europe112

02In 1979

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Finland231
  2. Slovakia182
  3. Slovenia180
  4. Czechia154
  5. Italyshared150

Lowest

  1. Yemenshared0
  2. Samoashared0
  3. Vanuatushared0
  4. United Statesshared0
  5. Ugandashared0

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 84. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031979 → 1980

Since the 1979 edition

What changed between the 1979 edition and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 10values changed, of 190 in both
  • 10 · 0rose · fell
  • 180unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • None.

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.

The site’s method

  • This edition describes 1979

    World Bank Group names each edition for the year it is released; the figures in Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1980 are for 1979.

  • 25 distinct values among 190

    Values are stored exactly as published. 48 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.

Licence in full

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 (1980). Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1980 [data set], describing 1979. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/maternity-leave/1980

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07Questions

Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1980: questions and answers

Which country has the highest paid maternity leave in Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1980?

Finland, at 231, of the 190 countries in the file.

What year does Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1980 describe?

1979.

How many countries does Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1980 cover?

190.

Where can I download Length of Paid Maternity Leave 1980?

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 1980 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Length of Paid Maternity Leave 2026.

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