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Length of Paid Maternity Leave 2026

Published 2026 · describes 2025 · stored as published, never rewritten

Length of Paid Maternity Leave 2026 covers 190 countries. Bulgaria is highest, at 410; 12 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 98. Against the 2024 edition, 13 values changed (11 up, 2 down), the same countries are covered.

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Length of Paid Maternity Leave · Edition 2026

HighestBulgaria

410

Lowest12 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 2026, 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 2026: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
BulgariaBGREastern Europe410
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe365
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe365
IranIRNSouthern Asia270
KosovoXKXSouthern Europe270
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe270
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe238
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe208
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe196
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa182
IndiaINDSouthern Asia182
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe182
VenezuelaVENSouth America182
GambiaGMBWestern Africa180
IcelandISLNorthern Europe180
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia180
HungaryHUNEastern Europe168
ChinaCHNEastern Asia158
CyprusCYPWestern Asia154
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa150
ItalyITASouthern Europe150
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe150
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia140
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe140
PolandPOLEastern Europe140

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Bulgaria410
  2. Albaniashared365
  3. Bosnia and Herzegovinashared365
  4. Iranshared270
  5. North Macedoniashared270

Lowest

  1. United Statesshared0
  2. Tongashared0
  3. Swedenshared0
  4. Portugalshared0
  5. Papua New Guineashared0

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 98. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032024 → 2026

Since the 2024 edition

What changed between the 2024 edition and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 13values changed, of 190 in both
  • 11 · 2rose · fell
  • 177unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 2025

    World Bank Group names each edition for the year it is released; the figures in Length of Paid Maternity Leave 2026 are for 2025.

  • 34 distinct values among 190

    Values are stored exactly as published. 42 countries share 98. 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 (2026). Length of Paid Maternity Leave 2026 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/maternity-leave/2026

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07Questions

Length of Paid Maternity Leave 2026: questions and answers

Which country has the highest paid maternity leave in Length of Paid Maternity Leave 2026?

Bulgaria, at 410, of the 190 countries in the file.

What year does Length of Paid Maternity Leave 2026 describe?

2025.

How many countries does Length of Paid Maternity Leave 2026 cover?

190.

Where can I download Length of Paid Maternity Leave 2026?

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 2026 the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-09-29, when it was read from the publisher.

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