WORLD Policy Analysis Center

Is paid leave available to fathers of infants regardless of marital status

Paid leave available to fathers includes both paid leave reserved for fathers of infants or the birth mother’s spouse, and paid shared parental leave -- which is leave available to either parent of an infant -- that can be taken by men.

Paid leave only for married fathers means that legislation guarantees paid leave to ‘married’ fathers, when a ‘spouse’ or ‘wife’ gives birth, or makes leave available to the birth mother’s ‘husband’.

Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status means that legislation neither restricts paid leave to married parents nor affirmatively guarantees paid leave to unmarried parents.

Affirmative legislative text that unmarried fathers are covered means that legislation specifically extends paid leave to unmarried parents or the birth mother’s partner.

Countries

Antigua and Barbuda - No paid leave for fathers

Bahamas - No paid leave for fathers

Bangladesh - No paid leave for fathers

Barbados - No paid leave for fathers

Belize - No paid leave for fathers

Botswana - No paid leave for fathers

Brunei - No paid leave for fathers

Cambodia - No paid leave for fathers

Cameroon - No paid leave for fathers

Central African Republic - No paid leave for fathers

Comoros - No paid leave for fathers

Republic of the Congo - No paid leave for fathers

Costa Rica - No paid leave for fathers

Dominica - No paid leave for fathers

Egypt - No paid leave for fathers

Eritrea - No paid leave for fathers

Ghana - No paid leave for fathers

Grenada - No paid leave for fathers

Guinea - No paid leave for fathers

Guinea-Bissau - No paid leave for fathers

Guyana - No paid leave for fathers

Haiti - No paid leave for fathers

Honduras - No paid leave for fathers

India - No paid leave for fathers

Iraq - No paid leave for fathers

Jamaica - No paid leave for fathers

Kazakhstan - No paid leave for fathers

Kiribati - No paid leave for fathers

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No paid leave for fathers

Kuwait - No paid leave for fathers

Kyrgyzstan - No paid leave for fathers

Lebanon - No paid leave for fathers

Lesotho - No paid leave for fathers

Liberia - No paid leave for fathers

Libya - No paid leave for fathers

Liechtenstein - No paid leave for fathers

Madagascar - No paid leave for fathers

Malaysia - No paid leave for fathers

Marshall Islands - No paid leave for fathers

Micronesia, Federated States of - No paid leave for fathers

Namibia - No paid leave for fathers

Nauru - No paid leave for fathers

Niger - No paid leave for fathers

Nigeria - No paid leave for fathers

Oman - No paid leave for fathers

Pakistan - No paid leave for fathers

Palau - No paid leave for fathers

Papua New Guinea - No paid leave for fathers

Qatar - No paid leave for fathers

Sao Tome and Principe - No paid leave for fathers

Senegal - No paid leave for fathers

Sierra Leone - No paid leave for fathers

Solomon Islands - No paid leave for fathers

Somalia - No paid leave for fathers

Sri Lanka - No paid leave for fathers

St. Kitts and Nevis - No paid leave for fathers

St. Lucia - No paid leave for fathers

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No paid leave for fathers

Sudan - No paid leave for fathers

Eswatini - No paid leave for fathers

Syria - No paid leave for fathers

Tajikistan - No paid leave for fathers

Thailand - No paid leave for fathers

Tonga - No paid leave for fathers

Trinidad and Tobago - No paid leave for fathers

United States of America - No paid leave for fathers

Vanuatu - No paid leave for fathers

Yemen - No paid leave for fathers

Zimbabwe - No paid leave for fathers

Albania - Paid leave only for married fathers

Bhutan - Paid leave only for married fathers

Chad - Paid leave only for married fathers

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Paid leave only for married fathers

Indonesia - Paid leave only for married fathers

Iran - Paid leave only for married fathers

Israel - Paid leave only for married fathers

Republic of Korea - Paid leave only for married fathers

Laos - Paid leave only for married fathers

Mauritius - Paid leave only for married fathers

Myanmar - Paid leave only for married fathers

The Philippines - Paid leave only for married fathers

Rwanda - Paid leave only for married fathers

Serbia - Paid leave only for married fathers

Singapore - Paid leave only for married fathers

South Sudan - Paid leave only for married fathers

Tunisia - Paid leave only for married fathers

Türkiye - Paid leave only for married fathers

Tuvalu - Paid leave only for married fathers

Uganda - Paid leave only for married fathers

Vietnam - Paid leave only for married fathers

Afghanistan - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Algeria - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Angola - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Argentina - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Armenia - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Azerbaijan - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Bahrain - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Belarus - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Benin - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Brazil - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Burkina Faso - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Burundi - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Canada - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Cabo Verde - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Chile - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Cote d'Ivoire - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Croatia - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Cuba - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Czech Republic - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Denmark - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Djibouti - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Ecuador - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

El Salvador - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Equatorial Guinea - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Ethiopia - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Gabon - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

The Gambia - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Georgia - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Germany - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Greece - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Greenland - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Guatemala - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Hungary - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Italy - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Japan - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Jordan - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Kenya - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Latvia - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Lithuania - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Luxembourg - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

North Macedonia - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Malawi - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Maldives - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Mali - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Malta - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Mauritania - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Mexico - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Moldova - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Monaco - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Mongolia - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Montenegro - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Morocco - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Mozambique - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Nepal - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Paraguay - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Peru - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Poland - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Portugal - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Romania - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Russian Federation - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

San Marino - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Saudi Arabia - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Slovakia - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Slovenia - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

South Africa - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Spain - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Switzerland - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Tanzania - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Timor-Leste - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Togo - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Turkmenistan - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

United Arab Emirates - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Uruguay - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Uzbekistan - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Venezuela - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Zambia - Paid leave guaranteed to fathers with no legislative requirement on marital status

Andorra - Affirmative legislative text that unmarried fathers are covered

Australia - Affirmative legislative text that unmarried fathers are covered

Austria - Affirmative legislative text that unmarried fathers are covered

Belgium - Affirmative legislative text that unmarried fathers are covered

Bolivia - Affirmative legislative text that unmarried fathers are covered

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Affirmative legislative text that unmarried fathers are covered

Bulgaria - Affirmative legislative text that unmarried fathers are covered

Colombia - Affirmative legislative text that unmarried fathers are covered

Cyprus - Affirmative legislative text that unmarried fathers are covered

Dominican Republic - Affirmative legislative text that unmarried fathers are covered

Estonia - Affirmative legislative text that unmarried fathers are covered

Fiji - Affirmative legislative text that unmarried fathers are covered

Finland - Affirmative legislative text that unmarried fathers are covered

France - Affirmative legislative text that unmarried fathers are covered

Iceland - Affirmative legislative text that unmarried fathers are covered

Ireland - Affirmative legislative text that unmarried fathers are covered

The Netherlands - Affirmative legislative text that unmarried fathers are covered

New Zealand - Affirmative legislative text that unmarried fathers are covered

Nicaragua - Affirmative legislative text that unmarried fathers are covered

Norway - Affirmative legislative text that unmarried fathers are covered

Panama - Affirmative legislative text that unmarried fathers are covered

Samoa - Affirmative legislative text that unmarried fathers are covered

Seychelles - Affirmative legislative text that unmarried fathers are covered

Suriname - Affirmative legislative text that unmarried fathers are covered

Sweden - Affirmative legislative text that unmarried fathers are covered

Ukraine - Affirmative legislative text that unmarried fathers are covered

United Kingdom - Affirmative legislative text that unmarried fathers are covered