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How much paid leave could parents take to meet children’s childcare needs before the COVID-19 pandemic?
No paid leave or only one-time use paid leave options
means that there was either no specific paid leave that might be available to meet childcare needs during school closures, or paid leave would only be available to parents if they have not already exhausted one-time use paid leave options such as extended parental leave or one-time entitlements to childcare leave.
The Czech Republic allows parents to alternate up to 9 days of paid leave with no limit on the total amount of leave that can be taken during school closures. It is coded as 4.1 weeks or more.
Countries
Algeria
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Andorra
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Antigua and Barbuda
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Argentina
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Armenia
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Austria
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Azerbaijan
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Bahamas
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Barbados
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Belarus
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Belgium
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Belize
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Bolivia
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Botswana
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Brazil
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Brunei
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Bulgaria
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Burundi
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Cambodia
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Canada
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Cabo Verde
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Chad
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Chile
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
China
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Colombia
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Costa Rica
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Cote d'Ivoire
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Croatia
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Cuba
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Cyprus
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Denmark
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Djibouti
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Dominica
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Dominican Republic
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Ecuador
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
El Salvador
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Equatorial Guinea
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Eritrea
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Ethiopia
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Finland
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
France
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
The Gambia
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Georgia
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Germany
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Ghana
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Greece
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Grenada
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Guatemala
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Guinea
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Guinea-Bissau
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Guyana
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Haiti
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Hungary
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
India
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Indonesia
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Iran
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Iraq
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Ireland
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Israel
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Italy
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Jamaica
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Japan
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Jordan
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Kazakhstan
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Kenya
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Republic of Korea
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Kuwait
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Kyrgyzstan
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Laos
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Lebanon
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Lesotho
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Liechtenstein
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Lithuania
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Luxembourg
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Madagascar
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Malawi
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Malaysia
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Malta
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Mauritius
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Mexico
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Moldova
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Monaco
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Mongolia
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Montenegro
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Morocco
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Mozambique
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Namibia
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Nepal
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
New Zealand
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Nicaragua
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Niger
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Nigeria
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Norway
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Pakistan
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Panama
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Papua New Guinea
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Paraguay
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Peru
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
The Philippines
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Portugal
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Qatar
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Russian Federation
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Rwanda
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
San Marino
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Sao Tome and Principe
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Saudi Arabia
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Serbia
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Seychelles
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Somalia
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
South Africa
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
South Sudan
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Spain
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Sri Lanka
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
St. Kitts and Nevis
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
St. Lucia
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Sudan
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Suriname
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Eswatini
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Sweden
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Switzerland
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Tajikistan
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Tanzania
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Thailand
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Timor-Leste
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Trinidad and Tobago
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Tunisia
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Türkiye
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Turkmenistan
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Uganda
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Ukraine
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
United Arab Emirates
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
United Kingdom
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
United States of America
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Uruguay
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Uzbekistan
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Venezuela
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Vietnam
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Zambia
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Zimbabwe
- No paid leave or one-time use paid leave options
Bahrain
- 1 week or less
Bhutan
- 1 week or less
Egypt
- 1 week or less
Estonia
- 1 week or less
Fiji
- 1 week or less
Latvia
- 1 week or less
Liberia
- 1 week or less
Myanmar
- 1 week or less
The Netherlands
- 1 week or less
Oman
- 1 week or less
Singapore
- 1 week or less
Slovenia
- 1 week or less
Syria
- 1 week or less
Afghanistan
- 1.1 - 2 weeks
Albania
- 1.1 - 2 weeks
Angola
- 1.1 - 2 weeks
Australia
- 1.1 - 2 weeks
Bangladesh
- 1.1 - 2 weeks
Benin
- 1.1 - 2 weeks
Burkina Faso
- 1.1 - 2 weeks
Cameroon
- 1.1 - 2 weeks
Central African Republic
- 1.1 - 2 weeks
Comoros
- 1.1 - 2 weeks
Republic of the Congo
- 1.1 - 2 weeks
Gabon
- 1.1 - 2 weeks
Iceland
- 1.1 - 2 weeks
Libya
- 1.1 - 2 weeks
Maldives
- 1.1 - 2 weeks
Mali
- 1.1 - 2 weeks
Mauritania
- 1.1 - 2 weeks
Senegal
- 1.1 - 2 weeks
Slovakia
- 1.1 - 2 weeks
Togo
- 1.1 - 2 weeks
Yemen
- 1.1 - 2 weeks
Honduras
- 2.1 - 4 weeks
Sierra Leone
- 2.1 - 4 weeks
Czech Republic
- 4.1 weeks or more
Poland
- 4.1 weeks or more
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