WORLD Policy Analysis Center

How much paid leave was specifically available for COVID-19-related school and childcare center closures?

No specific paid leave means the country took no specific approach to providing income support while maintaining parents’ attachment to the labor force. Countries may have taken other approaches, 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.

Countries

Afghanistan - No specific paid leave

Albania - No specific paid leave

Angola - No specific paid leave

Antigua and Barbuda - No specific paid leave

Armenia - No specific paid leave

Australia - No specific paid leave

Azerbaijan - No specific paid leave

Bahamas - No specific paid leave

Bahrain - No specific paid leave

Bangladesh - No specific paid leave

Barbados - No specific paid leave

Belarus - No specific paid leave

Belize - No specific paid leave

Benin - No specific paid leave

Bhutan - No specific paid leave

Bolivia - No specific paid leave

Bosnia and Herzegovina - No specific paid leave

Botswana - No specific paid leave

Brazil - No specific paid leave

Brunei - No specific paid leave

Burkina Faso - No specific paid leave

Burundi - No specific paid leave

Cambodia - No specific paid leave

Cameroon - No specific paid leave

Cabo Verde - No specific paid leave

Central African Republic - No specific paid leave

Chad - No specific paid leave

China - No specific paid leave

Colombia - No specific paid leave

Comoros - No specific paid leave

Democratic Republic of the Congo - No specific paid leave

Republic of the Congo - No specific paid leave

Costa Rica - No specific paid leave

Cote d'Ivoire - No specific paid leave

Croatia - No specific paid leave

Denmark - No specific paid leave

Djibouti - No specific paid leave

Dominica - No specific paid leave

Dominican Republic - No specific paid leave

Ecuador - No specific paid leave

Egypt - No specific paid leave

El Salvador - No specific paid leave

Equatorial Guinea - No specific paid leave

Eritrea - No specific paid leave

Estonia - No specific paid leave

Ethiopia - No specific paid leave

Fiji - No specific paid leave

Gabon - No specific paid leave

The Gambia - No specific paid leave

Georgia - No specific paid leave

Ghana - No specific paid leave

Grenada - No specific paid leave

Guatemala - No specific paid leave

Guinea - No specific paid leave

Guinea-Bissau - No specific paid leave

Guyana - No specific paid leave

Haiti - No specific paid leave

Honduras - No specific paid leave

Hungary - No specific paid leave

Iceland - No specific paid leave

India - No specific paid leave

Indonesia - No specific paid leave

Iran - No specific paid leave

Iraq - No specific paid leave

Ireland - No specific paid leave

Israel - No specific paid leave

Jamaica - No specific paid leave

Jordan - No specific paid leave

Kazakhstan - No specific paid leave

Kenya - No specific paid leave

Kuwait - No specific paid leave

Kyrgyzstan - No specific paid leave

Laos - No specific paid leave

Latvia - No specific paid leave

Lebanon - No specific paid leave

Lesotho - No specific paid leave

Liberia - No specific paid leave

Libya - No specific paid leave

Liechtenstein - No specific paid leave

Madagascar - No specific paid leave

Malawi - No specific paid leave

Malaysia - No specific paid leave

Maldives - No specific paid leave

Mali - No specific paid leave

Mauritania - No specific paid leave

Mauritius - No specific paid leave

Mexico - No specific paid leave

Moldova - No specific paid leave

Mongolia - No specific paid leave

Morocco - No specific paid leave

Mozambique - No specific paid leave

Myanmar - No specific paid leave

Namibia - No specific paid leave

Nepal - No specific paid leave

The Netherlands - No specific paid leave

New Zealand - No specific paid leave

Nicaragua - No specific paid leave

Niger - No specific paid leave

Nigeria - No specific paid leave

Oman - No specific paid leave

Pakistan - No specific paid leave

Panama - No specific paid leave

Papua New Guinea - No specific paid leave

Paraguay - No specific paid leave

Peru - No specific paid leave

The Philippines - No specific paid leave

Qatar - No specific paid leave

Russian Federation - No specific paid leave

Rwanda - No specific paid leave

San Marino - No specific paid leave

Sao Tome and Principe - No specific paid leave

Saudi Arabia - No specific paid leave

Senegal - No specific paid leave

Serbia - No specific paid leave

Sierra Leone - No specific paid leave

Singapore - No specific paid leave

Somalia - No specific paid leave

South Africa - No specific paid leave

South Sudan - No specific paid leave

Spain - No specific paid leave

Sri Lanka - No specific paid leave

St. Kitts and Nevis - No specific paid leave

St. Lucia - No specific paid leave

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No specific paid leave

Sudan - No specific paid leave

Suriname - No specific paid leave

Eswatini - No specific paid leave

Syria - No specific paid leave

Tajikistan - No specific paid leave

Tanzania - No specific paid leave

Thailand - No specific paid leave

Timor-Leste - No specific paid leave

Togo - No specific paid leave

Trinidad and Tobago - No specific paid leave

Tunisia - No specific paid leave

Türkiye - No specific paid leave

Turkmenistan - No specific paid leave

Uganda - No specific paid leave

Ukraine - No specific paid leave

United Arab Emirates - No specific paid leave

Uruguay - No specific paid leave

Venezuela - No specific paid leave

Vietnam - No specific paid leave

Yemen - No specific paid leave

Zambia - No specific paid leave

Zimbabwe - No specific paid leave

Austria - 4 weeks or less

Republic of Korea - 4 weeks or less

Norway - 4 weeks or less

Cyprus - 4.1 to 9 weeks

Italy - 4.1 to 9 weeks

Malta - 4.1 to 9 weeks

Poland - 4.1 to 9 weeks

Canada - 10 to 24 weeks

Germany - 10 to 24 weeks

Lithuania - 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