More Paid Leave for Mothers Than Fathers in OECD Countries

Total weeks of paid parental leave available to mothers and fathers in each country as of 2024

A scatterplor with copper dots representing the length of paid paternal leave for mothers and fathers. Maternity leave is plotted on the x-axis and paternity leave is plotted on the y-axis. The green/blue dots represent Bulgaria and Romania.

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OECD members include 38 relatively high-income countries. The three green dots represent Bulgaria, Croatia, and Romania, which became candidates for OECD accession in 2022.

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