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Is paid leave available to both parents specifically for 12 year old children's health needs?
Map reflects a systematic review of laws in place as of April 2015 supplemented with detailed data on OECD countries as of September 2016 and other known policy changes that have occurred since then.
Leave specifically for children’s health needs may include cases where leave is available only for serious illnesses, hospitalization, or urgent health needs.
Countries that only make leave available to mothers are shown as having no paid leave in this map.
Countries
Afghanistan
- No paid leave
Nauru
- No paid leave
Monaco
- No paid leave
Mongolia
- No paid leave
Morocco
- No paid leave
Myanmar
- No paid leave
Niger
- No paid leave
Nepal
- No paid leave
Mexico
- No paid leave
Nigeria
- No paid leave
Oman
- No paid leave
Pakistan
- No paid leave
Palau
- No paid leave
Panama
- No paid leave
Papua New Guinea
- No paid leave
Federated States of Micronesia
- No paid leave
Mauritania
- No paid leave
Mauritius
- No paid leave
Laos
- No paid leave
Kazakhstan
- No paid leave
Kenya
- No paid leave
Kiribati
- No paid leave
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- No paid leave
Republic of Korea
- No paid leave
Kuwait
- No paid leave
Kyrgyzstan
- No paid leave
Lebanon
- No paid leave
The Philippines
- No paid leave
Lesotho
- No paid leave
Libya
- No paid leave
North Macedonia
- No paid leave
Malawi
- No paid leave
Malaysia
- No paid leave
Mali
- No paid leave
Marshall Islands
- No paid leave
Paraguay
- No paid leave
Romania
- No paid leave
Qatar
- No paid leave
United Arab Emirates
- No paid leave
Togo
- No paid leave
Tonga
- No paid leave
Trinidad and Tobago
- No paid leave
Tunisia
- No paid leave
Tuvalu
- No paid leave
Uganda
- No paid leave
United Kingdom
- No paid leave
Thailand
- No paid leave
United States of America
- No paid leave
Uruguay
- No paid leave
Vanuatu
- No paid leave
Venezuela
- No paid leave
Vietnam
- No paid leave
Yemen
- No paid leave
Zambia
- No paid leave
Timor-Leste
- No paid leave
Syria
- No paid leave
Jamaica
- No paid leave
Solomon Islands
- No paid leave
Rwanda
- No paid leave
Samoa
- No paid leave
San Marino
- No paid leave
Saudi Arabia
- No paid leave
Senegal
- No paid leave
Sierra Leone
- No paid leave
Singapore
- No paid leave
Somalia
- No paid leave
Switzerland
- No paid leave
South Sudan
- No paid leave
Sri Lanka
- No paid leave
St. Lucia
- No paid leave
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- No paid leave
Sudan
- No paid leave
Suriname
- No paid leave
Eswatini
- No paid leave
Jordan
- No paid leave
Liberia
- No paid leave
Iraq
- No paid leave
Republic of the Congo
- No paid leave
Chad
- No paid leave
Chile
- No paid leave
China
- No paid leave
Colombia
- No paid leave
Comoros
- No paid leave
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- No paid leave
Cote d'Ivoire
- No paid leave
Cabo Verde
- No paid leave
Cuba
- No paid leave
Cyprus
- No paid leave
Djibouti
- No paid leave
Dominica
- No paid leave
Dominican Republic
- No paid leave
Egypt
- No paid leave
Central African Republic
- No paid leave
Cameroon
- No paid leave
Eritrea
- No paid leave
Bangladesh
- No paid leave
Algeria
- No paid leave
Antigua and Barbuda
- No paid leave
Argentina
- No paid leave
Azerbaijan
- No paid leave
Bahamas
- No paid leave
Bahrain
- No paid leave
Barbados
- No paid leave
Burundi
- No paid leave
Belize
- No paid leave
Benin
- No paid leave
Bolivia
- No paid leave
Botswana
- No paid leave
Brazil
- No paid leave
Brunei
- No paid leave
Burkina Faso
- No paid leave
Equatorial Guinea
- No paid leave
Zimbabwe
- No paid leave
Greenland
- No paid leave
Gabon
- No paid leave
Ethiopia
- No paid leave
Guinea
- No paid leave
Guinea-Bissau
- No paid leave
Guyana
- No paid leave
Ghana
- No paid leave
Haiti
- No paid leave
Guatemala
- No paid leave
Georgia
- No paid leave
India
- No paid leave
The Gambia
- No paid leave
Indonesia
- No paid leave
Honduras
- No paid leave
Grenada
- No paid leave
Iran
- No paid leave
Fiji
- No paid leave
Greece
- Less than 1 month
Cambodia
- Less than 1 month
Albania
- Less than 1 month
South Africa
- Less than 1 month
Latvia
- Less than 1 month
Israel
- Less than 1 month
Andorra
- Less than 1 month
Slovakia
- Less than 1 month
Liechtenstein
- Less than 1 month
El Salvador
- Less than 1 month
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Less than 1 month
Serbia
- Less than 1 month
Namibia
- Less than 1 month
Austria
- Less than 1 month
Australia
- Less than 1 month
Tanzania
- Less than 1 month
Germany
- Less than 1 month
Bhutan
- Less than 1 month
Maldives
- Less than 1 month
Angola
- Less than 1 month
The Netherlands
- Less than 1 month
Hungary
- Less than 1 month
New Zealand
- Less than 1 month
Turkey
- Less than 1 month
Nicaragua
- Less than 1 month
Malta
- Less than 1 month
Ukraine
- Less than 1 month
Tajikistan
- Less than 1 month
Bulgaria
- 1 - 2.9 months
Estonia
- 1 - 2.9 months
Peru
- 1 - 2.9 months
Ecuador
- 1 - 2.9 months
Poland
- 1 - 2.9 months
Madagascar
- 1 - 2.9 months
Russian Federation
- 1 - 2.9 months
- 1 - 2.9 months
Moldova
- 1 - 2.9 months
Croatia
- 1 - 2.9 months
Lithuania
- 3 months - 5.9 months
Japan
- 3 months - 5.9 months
Turkmenistan
- 3 months - 5.9 months
Iceland
- 3 months - 5.9 months
Mozambique
- 6 months or more
Italy
- 6 months or more
Denmark
- 6 months or more
Finland
- 6 months or more
Armenia
- 6 months or more
France
- 6 months or more
Norway
- 6 months or more
Spain
- 6 months or more
Czech Republic
- 6 months or more
Canada
- 6 months or more
Belarus
- 6 months or more
Belgium
- 6 months or more
Portugal
- 6 months or more
Costa Rica
- 6 months or more
Sao Tome and Principe
- 6 months or more
Luxembourg
- 6 months or more
Sweden
- 6 months or more
Slovenia
- 6 months or more
Ireland
- 6 months or more
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