Maternity leave around the world - a table of comparisons (as at 2001)

Africa

Country
Length of leave
% of Wages
Algeria
14 weeks
100
Angola
90 days
100
Benin
14 weeks
100
Botswana
12 weeks
25
Burkina Faso
14 weeks
100
Burundi
12 weeks
50
Cameroon
14 weeks
100
Central African Republic
14 weeks
50
Chad
14 weeks
50
Comoros
14 weeks
100
Congo
15 weeks
100
Cote d'Ivoire
14 weeks
100
Democratic Republic of the Congo
14 weeks
67
Djibouti
14 weeks
50 (100% for public employees)
Egypt
50 days
100
Equatorial Guinea
12 weeks
75
Ethiopia
90 days
100
Gabon
14 weeks
100
The Gambia
12 weeks
100
Ghana
12 weeks
50
Guinea
14 weeks
100
Guinea-Bissau
60 days
100
Kenya
2 months
100
Lesotho
12 weeks
0
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
50 days
50
Madagascar
14 weeks
100
Mali
14 weeks
100
Mauritiana
14 weeks
100
Mauritius
12 weeks
100
Morocco
12 weeks
100
Mozambique
60 days
100
Namibia
12 weeks
as prescribed
Niger
14 weeks
50
Nigeria
12 weeks
50
Rwanda
12 weeks
67
Sao Tome/Principe
70 days
100 for 60 days
Senegal
14 weeks
100
Seychelles
14 weeks
flat rate for 10 weeks
Somalia
14 weeks
50
South Africa
12 weeks
45
Sudan
8 weeks
100
Swaziland
12 weeks
0
Tanzania
12 weeks
100
Togo
14 weeks
100
Tunisia
30 days
67
Uganda
8 weeks
100 for one month
Zambia
12 weeks
100
Zimbabwe
90 days
60/75