Ranking Countries

Paid maternity leave

Statutory paid leave available to mothers, in weeks.

Costa Rica: 17 weeks — would rank 6th among US states

Costa Rica over time

Tap a country for its trend over time.

  1. 1stBulgaria59
  2. 2ndGreece56
  3. 3rdUnited Kingdom39
  4. 4thSlovakia34
  5. 5thCroatia30
  6. 6thCzechia28
  7. 7thIceland26
  8. 7thIreland26
  9. 7thNew Zealand26
  10. 10thHungary24
  11. 11thCyprus22
  12. 11thDenmark22
  13. 13thItaly22
  14. 14thLuxembourg20
  15. 14thPoland20
  16. 16thChile18
  17. 16thColombia18
  18. 16thLithuania18
  19. 16thMalta18
  20. 16thNorway18
  21. 16thRomania18
  22. 22ndCosta Rica17
  23. 23rdAustria16
  24. 23rdCanada16
  25. 23rdFrance16
  26. 23rdLatvia16
  27. 23rdNetherlands16
  28. 23rdSpain16
  29. 23rdTürkiye16
  30. 30thBelgium15
  31. 30thIsrael15
  32. 30thSlovenia15
  33. 33rdEstonia14
  34. 34thGermany14
  35. 34thJapan14
  36. 34thSwitzerland14
  37. 37thSouth Korea13
  38. 37thSweden13
  39. 39thMexico12
  40. 40thFinland7
  41. 41stPortugal6
  42. 42ndAustralia2
  43. 43rdUnited States0