WORLD Policy Analysis Center

Do countries guarantee agricultural workers access to paid paternal leave?

Agricultural workers are waged employees on farms and plantations who are employed by farmers, companies, or agricultural contractors. They do not own or rent the land on which they work—this category does not include tenant farmers and share-croppers if they aren’t remunerated by an employer. This indicator reflects the broadest possible legislative provisions that apply to agricultural workers and does not reflect provisions dedicated to agricultural workers engaged in single specific crop (e.g. tea), nor does it reflect provisions dedicated to seasonal workers. A small number of countries extend guarantees to paid leave to “informal workers” and those countries are included in this category.

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

Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusions based on agricultural work means that workers are guaranteed national paid paternal leave, and legislation does not explicitly guarantee nor deny coverage to agricultural workers. This category includes a limited number of cases where legislation states that future legislation or regulations will determine the extent to which existing provisions apply to agricultural workers.

Guaranteed to agricultural workers means that legislation explicitly extends at least some paid paternal leave benefits to agricultural workers—this includes cases where available benefits are less generous than those available to other workers in the private sector. This category also includes countries which make guarantees to agricultural workers broadly, but exclude agricultural workers on small farms that employ fewer than a certain threshold of employees.

In China, there is no guarantee to paid paternal leave in national legislation; however, paid paternity leave is guaranteed in all provinces. At this time, we are unable to verify whether all provinces guarantee paid leave coverage to agricultural workers.

Countries

Antigua and Barbuda - No national paid paternal leave

Bahamas - No national paid paternal leave

Bangladesh - No national paid paternal leave

Barbados - No national paid paternal leave

Belize - No national paid paternal leave

Botswana - No national paid paternal leave

Brunei - No national paid paternal leave

Cambodia - No national paid paternal leave

Cameroon - No national paid paternal leave

Central African Republic - No national paid paternal leave

Comoros - No national paid paternal leave

Republic of the Congo - No national paid paternal leave

Costa Rica - No national paid paternal leave

Dominica - No national paid paternal leave

Egypt - No national paid paternal leave

Eritrea - No national paid paternal leave

Ghana - No national paid paternal leave

Grenada - No national paid paternal leave

Guinea - No national paid paternal leave

Guinea-Bissau - No national paid paternal leave

Guyana - No national paid paternal leave

Haiti - No national paid paternal leave

Honduras - No national paid paternal leave

India - No national paid paternal leave

Iran - No national paid paternal leave

Iraq - No national paid paternal leave

Jamaica - No national paid paternal leave

Kazakhstan - No national paid paternal leave

Kiribati - No national paid paternal leave

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No national paid paternal leave

Kuwait - No national paid paternal leave

Kyrgyzstan - No national paid paternal leave

Laos - No national paid paternal leave

Lebanon - No national paid paternal leave

Lesotho - No national paid paternal leave

Liberia - No national paid paternal leave

Libya - No national paid paternal leave

Liechtenstein - No national paid paternal leave

Madagascar - No national paid paternal leave

Malaysia - No national paid paternal leave

Marshall Islands - No national paid paternal leave

Micronesia, Federated States of - No national paid paternal leave

Namibia - No national paid paternal leave

Nauru - No national paid paternal leave

Niger - No national paid paternal leave

Nigeria - No national paid paternal leave

Oman - No national paid paternal leave

Pakistan - No national paid paternal leave

Palau - No national paid paternal leave

Papua New Guinea - No national paid paternal leave

Qatar - No national paid paternal leave

Sao Tome and Principe - No national paid paternal leave

Senegal - No national paid paternal leave

Sierra Leone - No national paid paternal leave

Solomon Islands - No national paid paternal leave

Somalia - No national paid paternal leave

Sri Lanka - No national paid paternal leave

St. Kitts and Nevis - No national paid paternal leave

St. Lucia - No national paid paternal leave

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No national paid paternal leave

Sudan - No national paid paternal leave

Eswatini - No national paid paternal leave

Syria - No national paid paternal leave

Tajikistan - No national paid paternal leave

Thailand - No national paid paternal leave

Tonga - No national paid paternal leave

Trinidad and Tobago - No national paid paternal leave

United States of America - No national paid paternal leave

Vanuatu - No national paid paternal leave

Yemen - No national paid paternal leave

Zimbabwe - No national paid paternal leave

Bahrain - Agricultural workers excluded from paid leave

Bolivia - Agricultural workers excluded from paid leave

Brazil - Agricultural workers excluded from paid leave

Burundi - Agricultural workers excluded from paid leave

Saudi Arabia - Agricultural workers excluded from paid leave

Türkiye - Agricultural workers excluded from paid leave

United Arab Emirates - Agricultural workers excluded from paid leave

Afghanistan - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Albania - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Algeria - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Andorra - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Armenia - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Australia - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Belarus - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Belgium - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Benin - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Bhutan - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Bulgaria - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Burkina Faso - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Canada - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Cabo Verde - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Chad - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Cote d'Ivoire - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Croatia - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Cuba - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Cyprus - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Czech Republic - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Denmark - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Djibouti - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

El Salvador - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Equatorial Guinea - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Estonia - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Fiji - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Gabon - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

The Gambia - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Georgia - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Germany - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Greece - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Greenland - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Guatemala - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Hungary - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Iceland - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Indonesia - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Ireland - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Israel - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Japan - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Jordan - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Kenya - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Republic of Korea - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Latvia - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Lithuania - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Luxembourg - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

North Macedonia - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Malawi - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Maldives - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Mali - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Mauritania - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Mauritius - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Mexico - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Moldova - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Monaco - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Mongolia - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Montenegro - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Mozambique - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Myanmar - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

The Netherlands - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

New Zealand - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Nicaragua - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Norway - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Panama - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Peru - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Poland - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Russian Federation - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Rwanda - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Serbia - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Seychelles - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Singapore - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Slovakia - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

South Sudan - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Suriname - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Sweden - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Switzerland - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Timor-Leste - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Togo - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Tuvalu - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Uganda - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Ukraine - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

United Kingdom - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Uruguay - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Vietnam - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Zambia - Guaranteed to workers generally, no exclusion based on agricultural work

Angola - Guaranteed to agricultural workers

Argentina - Guaranteed to agricultural workers

Austria - Guaranteed to agricultural workers

Azerbaijan - Guaranteed to agricultural workers

Chile - Guaranteed to agricultural workers

Colombia - Guaranteed to agricultural workers

Dominican Republic - Guaranteed to agricultural workers

Ecuador - Guaranteed to agricultural workers

Ethiopia - Guaranteed to agricultural workers

Finland - Guaranteed to agricultural workers

France - Guaranteed to agricultural workers

Italy - Guaranteed to agricultural workers

Malta - Guaranteed to agricultural workers

Morocco - Guaranteed to agricultural workers

Nepal - Guaranteed to agricultural workers

Paraguay - Guaranteed to agricultural workers

The Philippines - Guaranteed to agricultural workers

Portugal - Guaranteed to agricultural workers

Romania - Guaranteed to agricultural workers

Samoa - Guaranteed to agricultural workers

San Marino - Guaranteed to agricultural workers

Slovenia - Guaranteed to agricultural workers

South Africa - Guaranteed to agricultural workers

Spain - Guaranteed to agricultural workers

Tanzania - Guaranteed to agricultural workers

Tunisia - Guaranteed to agricultural workers

Turkmenistan - Guaranteed to agricultural workers

Uzbekistan - Guaranteed to agricultural workers

Venezuela - Guaranteed to agricultural workers