WORLD Policy Analysis Center

How much paid leave could be used for a parent's health needs?

Leave for adult family members’ health needs includes leave specifically designated to care for adult family members’ health needs, as well as discretionary, family needs, and emergency leave which may also be used for adult family members’ health needs.

Parent captures references to parent, mother or father, immediate family, family member, relative, blood relatives, predecessors, ascendants, and relatives to the first degree. One country (Israel) limits paid leave to parents aged 65 and older.

Leave for adult family members’ health needs also includes cases where leave is available only for serious illnesses, hospitalization, or urgent health needs.

The duration of paid leave is given for an adult family member living within the same household of the worker.

Countries

Albania - 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

Barbados - No paid leave

Belarus - No paid leave

Belize - No paid leave

Bolivia - No paid leave

Botswana - No paid leave

Brazil - No paid leave

Brunei - No paid leave

Burundi - No paid leave

Cabo Verde - No paid leave

Chad - No paid leave

Chile - No paid leave

China - No paid leave

Colombia - No paid leave

Democratic Republic of the Congo - 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

Ecuador - No paid leave

Equatorial Guinea - No paid leave

Eritrea - No paid leave

Ethiopia - No paid leave

Finland - No paid leave

France - No paid leave

The Gambia - No paid leave

Georgia - No paid leave

Ghana - No paid leave

Greece - No paid leave

Greenland - No paid leave

Grenada - No paid leave

Guatemala - No paid leave

Guinea - No paid leave

Guinea-Bissau - No paid leave

Guyana - No paid leave

Haiti - No paid leave

Hungary - No paid leave

Iceland - No paid leave

India - No paid leave

Indonesia - No paid leave

Iran - No paid leave

Iraq - No paid leave

Jamaica - No paid leave

Jordan - No paid leave

Kazakhstan - No paid leave

Kenya - No paid leave

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No paid leave

Republic of Korea - No paid leave

Kuwait - No paid leave

Laos - No paid leave

Latvia - No paid leave

Lebanon - No paid leave

Lesotho - No paid leave

Madagascar - No paid leave

Malawi - No paid leave

Malaysia - No paid leave

Marshall Islands - No paid leave

Mauritius - No paid leave

Mexico - No paid leave

Micronesia, Federated States of - No paid leave

Moldova - No paid leave

Monaco - No paid leave

Mongolia - No paid leave

Morocco - No paid leave

Mozambique - No paid leave

Nauru - No paid leave

Nepal - No paid leave

New Zealand - No paid leave

Niger - No paid leave

Nigeria - No paid leave

Pakistan - No paid leave

Palau - No paid leave

Panama - No paid leave

Papua New Guinea - No paid leave

Paraguay - No paid leave

The Philippines - No paid leave

Portugal - No paid leave

Qatar - No paid leave

Rwanda - No paid leave

Samoa - No paid leave

San Marino - No paid leave

Sao Tome and Principe - No paid leave

Saudi Arabia - No paid leave

Singapore - No paid leave

Solomon Islands - No paid leave

Somalia - No paid leave

South Africa - No paid leave

South Sudan - No paid leave

Sri Lanka - No paid leave

St. Kitts and Nevis - 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

Tanzania - No paid leave

Timor-Leste - No paid leave

Tonga - No paid leave

Trinidad and Tobago - No paid leave

Tunisia - No paid leave

Türkiye - No paid leave

Uganda - No paid leave

United Arab Emirates - 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

Vietnam - No paid leave

Zambia - No paid leave

Zimbabwe - No paid leave

Andorra - Less than one week

Kiribati - Less than one week

Liechtenstein - Less than one week

Malta - Less than one week

Montenegro - Less than one week

Spain - Less than one week

Thailand - Less than one week

Tuvalu - Less than one week

Angola - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Armenia - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Bahrain - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Bhutan - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Cambodia - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Croatia - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Egypt - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Estonia - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Fiji - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Israel - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Liberia - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Lithuania - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Luxembourg - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Myanmar - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Namibia - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Nicaragua - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Oman - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Serbia - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Syria - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Tajikistan - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Turkmenistan - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Ukraine - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Uzbekistan - 1 - 1.9 weeks

Afghanistan - 2 - 5.9 weeks

Australia - 2 - 5.9 weeks

Bangladesh - 2 - 5.9 weeks

Benin - 2 - 5.9 weeks

Bulgaria - 2 - 5.9 weeks

Burkina Faso - 2 - 5.9 weeks

Cameroon - 2 - 5.9 weeks

Central African Republic - 2 - 5.9 weeks

Comoros - 2 - 5.9 weeks

Republic of the Congo - 2 - 5.9 weeks

El Salvador - 2 - 5.9 weeks

Gabon - 2 - 5.9 weeks

Germany - 2 - 5.9 weeks

Honduras - 2 - 5.9 weeks

Kyrgyzstan - 2 - 5.9 weeks

Libya - 2 - 5.9 weeks

Maldives - 2 - 5.9 weeks

Mali - 2 - 5.9 weeks

Mauritania - 2 - 5.9 weeks

The Netherlands - 2 - 5.9 weeks

Peru - 2 - 5.9 weeks

Poland - 2 - 5.9 weeks

Russian Federation - 2 - 5.9 weeks

Senegal - 2 - 5.9 weeks

Seychelles - 2 - 5.9 weeks

Sierra Leone - 2 - 5.9 weeks

Slovenia - 2 - 5.9 weeks

Switzerland - 2 - 5.9 weeks

Togo - 2 - 5.9 weeks

Yemen - 2 - 5.9 weeks

Austria - 6 weeks or more

Belgium - 6 weeks or more

Canada - 6 weeks or more

Costa Rica - 6 weeks or more

Czech Republic - 6 weeks or more

Denmark - 6 weeks or more

Ireland - 6 weeks or more

Italy - 6 weeks or more

Japan - 6 weeks or more

Norway - 6 weeks or more

Slovakia - 6 weeks or more

Sweden - 6 weeks or more