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Macau Luxembourg Lithuania Liechtenstein Libya Liberia Lesotho Lebanon Latvia Laos Kyrgyzstan Kuwait Kosovo South Korea Kiribati Kenya Kazakhstan Jordan Japan Jamaica Italy Israel Isle of Man Ireland Iraq Iran Indonesia India Iceland Hungary Hong Kong Honduras Haiti Guyana Guinea Bissau Guinea Guatemala Guam Grenada Greenland Greece Gibraltar Ghana Germany Georgia Gambia Gabon French Polynesia France Finland Fiji Faroe Islands Ethiopia Estonia Eritrea Equatorial Guinea El Salvador Egypt Ecuador Dominican Republic Dominica Djibouti Denmark Czech Republic Cyprus Curacao Cuba Croatia Ivory Coast Costa Rica Congo (Brazzaville) Congo (Kinshasa) Comoros Colombia China Chile Channel Islands Chad Central African Republic Cayman Islands Canada Cameroon Cambodia Cape Verde Burundi Burkina Faso Bulgaria Brunei British Virgin Islands Brazil Botswana Bosnia and Herzegovina Bolivia Bhutan Bermuda Benin Belize Belgium Belarus Barbados Bangladesh Bahrain Bahamas Azerbaijan Austria Australia Aruba Armenia Argentina Antigua and Barbuda Angola Andorra American Samoa Algeria Albania Afghanistan Advanced Economies (IMF) Africa (IMF) ASEAN-5 (IMF) Asia & Pacific (IMF) Australia & New Zealand (IMF) Australia & New Zealand (UN) Caribbean (IMF) Caribbean (UN) Central America (IMF) Central America (UN) Central Asia (UN) Central Asia & Caucasus (IMF) Commonwealth of Independent States (IMF) Developed Countries (UN) Developing Countries (UN) East Asia (IMF) East Asia & Pacific (World Bank) Eastern Africa (UN) Eastern Asia (UN) Eastern Europe (IMF) Eastern Europe (UN) Emerging & Developing Asia (IMF) Emerging & Developing Economies (IMF) Emerging & Developing Europe (IMF) Euro Area (IMF) Europe (IMF) Europe & Central Asia (World Bank) European Union (IMF) High Income (World Bank) Latin America & Caribbean (IMF) Latin America & Caribbean (UN) Latin America & Caribbean (World Bank) Least Developed Countries (UN) Low Income (World Bank) Lower Middle Income (World Bank) Major Advanced Economies (IMF) Melanesia (UN) Micronesia (UN) Middle Africa (UN) Middle East (IMF) Middle East & North Africa (World Bank) Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IMF) North Africa (IMF) North America (IMF) North America (World Bank) Northern Africa (UN) Northern America (UN) Northern Europe (UN) Other Advanced Economies (IMF) Pacific Islands (IMF) Polynesia (UN) South America (IMF) South America (UN) South Asia (IMF) South Asia (World Bank) South-Eastern Asia (UN) Southeast Asia (IMF) Southern Africa (UN) Southern Asia (UN) Southern Europe (UN) Sub-Saharan Africa (IMF) Sub-Saharan Africa (UN) Sub-Saharan Africa (World Bank) Sub-Saharan Africa – analytical (IMF) Upper Middle Income (World Bank) Western Africa (UN) Western Asia (UN) Western Europe (IMF) Western Europe (UN) Western Hemisphere (IMF) World Select a starting year 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Select an ending year 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Related Motherhood Datasets Communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional disease prevalence, per 100,000 people, 1990–2017 Maternal deaths, number, 2008–2015 Maternal disorder prevalence, per 100,000 people, 1990–2017 Maternal mortality rate, per 100,000 live births, 1990–2015 Maternity leave benefits, percent of wages paid in covered period, 1960–2017 Neonatal disorder prevalence, per 100,000 people, 1990–2017 Number of children born to women aged 15 to 19, per 1,000 women, 1960–2015 Teenage mothers, percent of women aged 15 to 19, 1985–2016 Parental leave is an employee benefit that provides paid or unpaid time off work to care for a child or make arrangements for the child’s welfare. Source: World Bank