WORLD Policy Analysis Center

Are working women and men guaranteed leave specifically for their children's everyday health needs?

This map tells us whether mothers and fathers have access to paid or unpaid leave that can be taken to meet children’s everyday health needs.

Leave for children’s everyday health needs includes leave specifically designated for children’s health needs, but does not include cases where leave is available only for serious illnesses, hospitalization, or urgent health needs.

Only available to mothers means that leave for children’s health needs is only available to women. This leave is categorized separately because of the implications for gender equality.

Some countries only allow parents to take this leave to meet younger children’s health needs.

Countries

Afghanistan - No, no leave

Algeria - No, no leave

Andorra - No, no leave

Antigua and Barbuda - No, no leave

Argentina - No, no leave

Bahrain - No, no leave

Bangladesh - No, no leave

Barbados - No, no leave

Belize - No, no leave

Benin - No, no leave

Bolivia - No, no leave

Bosnia and Herzegovina - No, no leave

Botswana - No, no leave

Brunei - No, no leave

Burundi - No, no leave

Cameroon - No, no leave

Canada - No, no leave

Cabo Verde - No, no leave

Central African Republic - No, no leave

Chad - No, no leave

Chile - No, no leave

China - No, no leave

Colombia - No, no leave

Democratic Republic of the Congo - No, no leave

Republic of the Congo - No, no leave

Costa Rica - No, no leave

Cote d'Ivoire - No, no leave

Denmark - No, no leave

Djibouti - No, no leave

Dominica - No, no leave

Ecuador - No, no leave

Egypt - No, no leave

El Salvador - No, no leave

Equatorial Guinea - No, no leave

Eritrea - No, no leave

Ethiopia - No, no leave

The Gambia - No, no leave

Georgia - No, no leave

Ghana - No, no leave

Greenland - No, no leave

Guatemala - No, no leave

Guinea - No, no leave

Guyana - No, no leave

Haiti - No, no leave

Honduras - No, no leave

India - No, no leave

Indonesia - No, no leave

Iran - No, no leave

Jamaica - No, no leave

Jordan - No, no leave

Kazakhstan - No, no leave

Kenya - No, no leave

Kiribati - No, no leave

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No, no leave

Kuwait - No, no leave

Kyrgyzstan - No, no leave

Laos - No, no leave

Lebanon - No, no leave

Lesotho - No, no leave

Libya - No, no leave

Malawi - No, no leave

Malaysia - No, no leave

Mali - No, no leave

Marshall Islands - No, no leave

Mauritania - No, no leave

Mauritius - No, no leave

Mexico - No, no leave

Micronesia, Federated States of - No, no leave

Mongolia - No, no leave

Montenegro - No, no leave

Morocco - No, no leave

Myanmar - No, no leave

Namibia - No, no leave

Nauru - No, no leave

Nepal - No, no leave

Niger - No, no leave

Nigeria - No, no leave

Oman - No, no leave

Pakistan - No, no leave

Palau - No, no leave

Papua New Guinea - No, no leave

Paraguay - No, no leave

Peru - No, no leave

The Philippines - No, no leave

Qatar - No, no leave

Rwanda - No, no leave

Samoa - No, no leave

Sao Tome and Principe - No, no leave

Saudi Arabia - No, no leave

Senegal - No, no leave

Serbia - No, no leave

Sierra Leone - No, no leave

Singapore - No, no leave

Solomon Islands - No, no leave

Somalia - No, no leave

Sri Lanka - No, no leave

St. Kitts and Nevis - No, no leave

St. Lucia - No, no leave

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No, no leave

Sudan - No, no leave

Suriname - No, no leave

Eswatini - No, no leave

Syria - No, no leave

Thailand - No, no leave

Togo - No, no leave

Tonga - No, no leave

Trinidad and Tobago - No, no leave

Tunisia - No, no leave

Türkiye - No, no leave

Tuvalu - No, no leave

Uganda - No, no leave

United Arab Emirates - No, no leave

United States of America - No, no leave

Uruguay - No, no leave

Vanuatu - No, no leave

Yemen - No, no leave

Zimbabwe - No, no leave

Dominican Republic - Leave only available to mothers

Guinea-Bissau - Leave only available to mothers

Mozambique - Leave only available to mothers

Azerbaijan - Unpaid leave only for parents

Bahamas - Unpaid leave only for parents

Belgium - Unpaid leave only for parents

Burkina Faso - Unpaid leave only for parents

Comoros - Unpaid leave only for parents

Cyprus - Unpaid leave only for parents

Finland - Unpaid leave only for parents

France - Unpaid leave only for parents

Gabon - Unpaid leave only for parents

Grenada - Unpaid leave only for parents

Iraq - Unpaid leave only for parents

Italy - Unpaid leave only for parents

Japan - Unpaid leave only for parents

Republic of Korea - Unpaid leave only for parents

Monaco - Unpaid leave only for parents

San Marino - Unpaid leave only for parents

Spain - Unpaid leave only for parents

Switzerland - Unpaid leave only for parents

Timor-Leste - Unpaid leave only for parents

United Kingdom - Unpaid leave only for parents

Venezuela - Unpaid leave only for parents

Albania - Yes, paid leave for parents

Angola - Yes, paid leave for parents

Armenia - Yes, paid leave for parents

Australia - Yes, paid leave for parents

Austria - Yes, paid leave for parents

Belarus - Yes, paid leave for parents

Bhutan - Yes, paid leave for parents

Brazil - Yes, paid leave for parents

Bulgaria - Yes, paid leave for parents

Cambodia - Yes, paid leave for parents

Croatia - Yes, paid leave for parents

Cuba - Yes, paid leave for parents

Czech Republic - Yes, paid leave for parents

Estonia - Yes, paid leave for parents

Fiji - Yes, paid leave for parents

Germany - Yes, paid leave for parents

Greece - Yes, paid leave for parents

Hungary - Yes, paid leave for parents

Iceland - Yes, paid leave for parents

Ireland - Yes, paid leave for parents

Israel - Yes, paid leave for parents

Latvia - Yes, paid leave for parents

Liberia - Yes, paid leave for parents

Liechtenstein - Yes, paid leave for parents

Lithuania - Yes, paid leave for parents

Luxembourg - Yes, paid leave for parents

North Macedonia - Yes, paid leave for parents

Madagascar - Yes, paid leave for parents

Maldives - Yes, paid leave for parents

Malta - Yes, paid leave for parents

Moldova - Yes, paid leave for parents

The Netherlands - Yes, paid leave for parents

New Zealand - Yes, paid leave for parents

Nicaragua - Yes, paid leave for parents

Norway - Yes, paid leave for parents

Panama - Yes, paid leave for parents

Poland - Yes, paid leave for parents

Portugal - Yes, paid leave for parents

Romania - Yes, paid leave for parents

Russian Federation - Yes, paid leave for parents

Seychelles - Yes, paid leave for parents

Slovakia - Yes, paid leave for parents

Slovenia - Yes, paid leave for parents

South Africa - Yes, paid leave for parents

South Sudan - Yes, paid leave for parents

Sweden - Yes, paid leave for parents

Tajikistan - Yes, paid leave for parents

Tanzania - Yes, paid leave for parents

Turkmenistan - Yes, paid leave for parents

Ukraine - Yes, paid leave for parents

Uzbekistan - Yes, paid leave for parents

Vietnam - Yes, paid leave for parents

Zambia - Yes, paid leave for parents