Is paid leave available to both parents specifically for 2 year old children's health needs?

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Is paid leave available to both parents specifically for 2 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

Morocco - No paid leave

Mexico - No paid leave

Micronesia, Federated States of - No paid leave

Monaco - No paid leave

Mongolia - No paid leave

Nauru - No paid leave

Myanmar - No paid leave

Mauritania - No paid leave

Nepal - No paid leave

Niger - No paid leave

Nigeria - No paid leave

Oman - No paid leave

Pakistan - No paid leave

Palau - No paid leave

Mauritius - No paid leave

Marshall Islands - No paid leave

Paraguay - No paid leave

Republic of Korea - No paid leave

Jamaica - No paid leave

Jordan - No paid leave

Kazakhstan - No paid leave

Kenya - No paid leave

Kiribati - No paid leave

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No paid leave

Kuwait - No paid leave

Mali - No paid leave

Kyrgyzstan - No paid leave

Laos - No paid leave

Lebanon - No paid leave

Lesotho - No paid leave

Libya - No paid leave

Malawi - No paid leave

Malaysia - No paid leave

Papua New Guinea - No paid leave

Qatar - No paid leave

The Philippines - No paid leave

Uganda - No paid leave

Timor-Leste - 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

United Arab Emirates - No paid leave

Syria - No paid leave

United Kingdom - No paid leave

United States of America - No paid leave

Uruguay - No paid leave

Vanuatu - No paid leave

Venezuela - No paid leave

Yemen - No paid leave

Zambia - No paid leave

Thailand - No paid leave

Switzerland - No paid leave

Iran - No paid leave

Singapore - 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

Solomon Islands - No paid leave

Eswatini - No paid leave

Somalia - 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

Iraq - No paid leave

Liberia - No paid leave

Indonesia - 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

India - No paid leave

Cabo Verde - No paid leave

Cote d'Ivoire - No paid leave

Cuba - No paid leave

Cyprus - No paid leave

Djibouti - No paid leave

Dominica - No paid leave

Dominican Republic - No paid leave

Central African Republic - No paid leave

Cameroon - No paid leave

Equatorial Guinea - 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

Botswana - No paid leave

Brazil - No paid leave

Brunei - No paid leave

Burkina Faso - No paid leave

Egypt - No paid leave

Zimbabwe - No paid leave

Eritrea - No paid leave

Honduras - No paid leave

The Gambia - No paid leave

Guatemala - No paid leave

Georgia - No paid leave

Grenada - No paid leave

Guinea-Bissau - No paid leave

Guyana - No paid leave

Haiti - No paid leave

Greenland - No paid leave

Guinea - No paid leave

Fiji - No paid leave

Ethiopia - No paid leave

Ghana - No paid leave

Gabon - No paid leave

Greece - Less than 1 month

Cambodia - Less than 1 month

South Africa - Less than 1 month

Latvia - Less than 1 month

Germany - Less than 1 month

Tajikistan - Less than 1 month

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Less than 1 month

Bolivia - Less than 1 month

Bhutan - Less than 1 month

Tanzania - Less than 1 month

Turkey - Less than 1 month

Ukraine - Less than 1 month

Austria - Less than 1 month

Australia - Less than 1 month

Israel - Less than 1 month

Vietnam - Less than 1 month

Andorra - Less than 1 month

Serbia - Less than 1 month

Slovakia - Less than 1 month

Maldives - Less than 1 month

Liechtenstein - Less than 1 month

Namibia - Less than 1 month

Malta - Less than 1 month

The Netherlands - Less than 1 month

Panama - Less than 1 month

El Salvador - Less than 1 month

Nicaragua - Less than 1 month

New Zealand - Less than 1 month

Poland - 1 - 2.9 months

Croatia - 1 - 2.9 months

Peru - 1 - 2.9 months

Bulgaria - 1 - 2.9 months

Madagascar - 1 - 2.9 months

Ecuador - 1 - 2.9 months

Albania - 1 - 2.9 months

Romania - 1 - 2.9 months

Russian Federation - 1 - 2.9 months

Estonia - 1 - 2.9 months

Moldova - 1 - 2.9 months

Seychelles - 1 - 2.9 months

Angola - 1 - 2.9 months

Turkmenistan - 3 months - 5.9 months

Japan - 3 months - 5.9 months

Iceland - 3 months - 5.9 months

Lithuania - 3 months - 5.9 months

Mozambique - 6 months or more

Armenia - 6 months or more

Italy - 6 months or more

Finland - 6 months or more

Hungary - 6 months or more

Ireland - 6 months or more

Sao Tome and Principe - 6 months or more

Norway - 6 months or more

Belarus - 6 months or more

Belgium - 6 months or more

Denmark - 6 months or more

Czech Republic - 6 months or more

France - 6 months or more

Sweden - 6 months or more

Portugal - 6 months or more

Spain - 6 months or more

North Macedonia - 6 months or more

Canada - 6 months or more

Slovenia - 6 months or more

Luxembourg - 6 months or more

Costa Rica - 6 months or more