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How much paid leave might be available to parents to meet increased care needs due to school and childcare center closures during the COVID-19 pandemic?

No paid leave means the country took no specific approach to providing income support while maintaining parents’ attachment to the labor force during the pandemic and had no policies in place prior to the pandemic that might be used to meet childcare needs during school closures. Countries may have taken other approaches during the pandemic, such as means-tested or universal payments to families with children, or introducing paid leave policies that narrowly applied to children needing to quarantine due to testing positive or being exposed to COVID-19.

One-time use paid leave options only means that paid leave might be available to parents for childcare if they have not already exhausted it. In some countries, parents can opt to save a portion of their parental leave to use when their child is older; in other countries, there is a set amount of leave available for childcare needs until a child turns a certain age. These forms of paid leave could be available to parents during the pandemic, but may also have already been used for other care needs.

Countries

Antigua and Barbuda - No paid leave

Armenia - 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

Bosnia and Herzegovina - No paid leave

Botswana - No paid leave

Brazil - No paid leave

Brunei - No paid leave

Burundi - No paid leave

Cambodia - No paid leave

Cabo Verde - No paid leave

Chad - No paid leave

China - No paid leave

Colombia - No paid leave

Democratic Republic of the Congo - No paid leave

Costa Rica - No paid leave

Cote d'Ivoire - No paid leave

Djibouti - No paid leave

Dominica - No paid leave

Dominican Republic - No paid leave

Ecuador - No paid leave

El Salvador - No paid leave

Equatorial Guinea - No paid leave

Eritrea - No paid leave

Ethiopia - No paid leave

The Gambia - No paid leave

Georgia - No paid leave

Ghana - 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

India - No paid leave

Indonesia - No paid leave

Iran - No paid leave

Iraq - No paid leave

Ireland - No paid leave

Israel - No paid leave

Jamaica - No paid leave

Jordan - No paid leave

Kazakhstan - No paid leave

Kenya - No paid leave

Kuwait - No paid leave

Kyrgyzstan - No paid leave

Laos - No paid leave

Lebanon - No paid leave

Lesotho - No paid leave

Liechtenstein - No paid leave

Madagascar - No paid leave

Malawi - No paid leave

Malaysia - No paid leave

Mauritius - No paid leave

Mexico - No paid leave

Moldova - No paid leave

Mongolia - No paid leave

Morocco - No paid leave

Mozambique - No paid leave

Namibia - No paid leave

Nepal - No paid leave

New Zealand - No paid leave

Nicaragua - No paid leave

Niger - No paid leave

Nigeria - No paid leave

Pakistan - No paid leave

Panama - No paid leave

Papua New Guinea - No paid leave

Paraguay - No paid leave

Peru - No paid leave

The Philippines - No paid leave

Qatar - No paid leave

Russian Federation - No paid leave

Rwanda - No paid leave

San Marino - No paid leave

Sao Tome and Principe - No paid leave

Saudi Arabia - No paid leave

Serbia - No paid leave

Somalia - No paid leave

South Africa - No paid leave

South Sudan - No paid leave

Spain - 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

Tajikistan - No paid leave

Tanzania - No paid leave

Thailand - No paid leave

Timor-Leste - No paid leave

Trinidad and Tobago - No paid leave

Tunisia - No paid leave

Türkiye - No paid leave

Turkmenistan - No paid leave

Uganda - No paid leave

Ukraine - No paid leave

United Arab Emirates - No paid leave

Uruguay - No paid leave

Venezuela - No paid leave

Vietnam - No paid leave

Zambia - No paid leave

Zimbabwe - No paid leave

Afghanistan - 4 weeks or less

Albania - 4 weeks or less

Angola - 4 weeks or less

Australia - 4 weeks or less

Austria - 4 weeks or less

Bahrain - 4 weeks or less

Bangladesh - 4 weeks or less

Benin - 4 weeks or less

Bhutan - 4 weeks or less

Burkina Faso - 4 weeks or less

Cameroon - 4 weeks or less

Central African Republic - 4 weeks or less

Comoros - 4 weeks or less

Republic of the Congo - 4 weeks or less

Egypt - 4 weeks or less

Estonia - 4 weeks or less

Fiji - 4 weeks or less

Gabon - 4 weeks or less

Honduras - 4 weeks or less

Iceland - 4 weeks or less

Republic of Korea - 4 weeks or less

Latvia - 4 weeks or less

Liberia - 4 weeks or less

Libya - 4 weeks or less

Maldives - 4 weeks or less

Mali - 4 weeks or less

Mauritania - 4 weeks or less

Myanmar - 4 weeks or less

The Netherlands - 4 weeks or less

Norway - 4 weeks or less

Oman - 4 weeks or less

Senegal - 4 weeks or less

Sierra Leone - 4 weeks or less

Singapore - 4 weeks or less

Syria - 4 weeks or less

Togo - 4 weeks or less

Yemen - 4 weeks or less

Cyprus - 4.1 to 9 weeks

Italy - 4.1 to 9 weeks

Malta - 4.1 to 9 weeks

Canada - 10 to 24 weeks

Germany - 10 to 24 weeks

Lithuania - 10 to 24 weeks

Poland - 10 to 24 weeks

Sweden - 10 to 24 weeks

United States of America - 10 to 24 weeks

Algeria - For duration of closure

Andorra - For duration of closure

Argentina - For duration of closure

Belgium - For duration of closure

Bulgaria - For duration of closure

Chile - For duration of closure

Cuba - For duration of closure

Czech Republic - For duration of closure

Finland - For duration of closure

France - For duration of closure

Greece - For duration of closure

Japan - For duration of closure

Luxembourg - For duration of closure

North Macedonia - For duration of closure

Monaco - For duration of closure

Montenegro - For duration of closure

Portugal - For duration of closure

Romania - For duration of closure

Seychelles - For duration of closure

Slovakia - For duration of closure

Slovenia - For duration of closure

Switzerland - For duration of closure

United Kingdom - For duration of closure

Uzbekistan - For duration of closure

Croatia - One-time use paid leave options only

Denmark - One-time use paid leave options only