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Name: Countries with Paid Sick Leave
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Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Paid Personal Health Leave Data - World Policy Analysis Center; A Comparison of Paid Sick Day Policies in 22 Countries - Center for Economic and Policy Research.

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Countries with Paid Sick Leave

Countries with Paid Sick Leave: compare 193 countries on 7 metrics.

Economics Health193 countries · 7 metricsUpdated Jun 19, 2025Original page

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Offers Guaranteed Paid Sick Leave

3 values across 193 entries

Paid from First Day

2 values across 183 entries

Wage Replacement

4 values across 173 entries

Duration w/ 1 Month Employment

5 values across 177 entries

Duration w/ 1 Year Employment

5 values across 177 entries

Funding Source

3 values across 179 entries

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193 countries


Afghanistan	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	2 - 5.9 weeks	2 - 5.9 weeks	Employer only	Low-Income
Albania	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	Middle-Income
Algeria	Yes	Yes	Less than 60% of wages	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Social security only	Middle-Income
Andorra	Yes	No	Less than 60% of wages	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Social security only	High-Income
Angola	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Middle-Income
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	High-Income
Argentina	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Middle-Income
Armenia	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	Middle-Income
Australia	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	2 - 5.9 weeks	2 - 5.9 weeks	Employer only	High-Income
Austria	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	High-Income
Azerbaijan	Yes	Yes	60 - 79%	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	Middle-Income
Bahamas	Yes	No	80 - 100%	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	High-Income
Bahrain	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Employer only	High-Income
Bangladesh	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	2 - 5.9 weeks	2 - 5.9 weeks	Employer only	Middle-Income
Barbados	Yes	No	60 - 79%	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Social security only	High-Income
Belarus	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Social security only	Middle-Income
Belgium	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	High-Income
Belize	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	Middle-Income
Benin	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	Varies by type of worker	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Middle-Income
Bhutan	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	No Paid Sick Leave	Less then 2 weeks	Employer only	Middle-Income
Bolivia	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	2 - 5.9 weeks	Varies by type of worker	Employer and social security	Middle-Income
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Middle-Income
Botswana	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	2 - 5.9 weeks	2 - 5.9 weeks	Employer only	Middle-Income
Brazil	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	Middle-Income
Brunei	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	No Paid Sick Leave	2 - 5.9 weeks	Employer only	High-Income
Bulgaria	Yes	Yes	60 - 79%	Less then 2 weeks	2 - 5.9 weeks	Employer and social security	Middle-Income
Burkina Faso	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Low-Income
Burundi	Yes	Yes	60 - 79%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Social security only	Low-Income
Cambodia	Yes	Yes	60 - 79%	No Paid Sick Leave	2 - 5.9 weeks	—	Middle-Income
Cameroon	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	2 - 5.9 weeks	Varies by type of worker	Employer only	Middle-Income
Canada	Yes	No	—	No Paid Sick Leave	2 - 5.9 weeks	Social security only	High-Income
Cape Verde	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	2 - 5.9 weeks	2 - 5.9 weeks	Employer and social security	Middle-Income
Central African Republic	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	Varies by type of worker	Varies by type of worker	Employer only	Low-Income
Chad	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	2 - 5.9 weeks	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Low-Income
Chile	Yes	No	80 - 100%	No Paid Sick Leave	2 - 5.9 weeks	Social security only	High-Income
China	Yes	Yes	—	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Social security only	Middle-Income
Colombia	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	Middle-Income
Comoros	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Middle-Income
Costa Rica	Yes	Yes	Less than 60% of wages	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	Middle-Income
Croatia	Yes	Yes	60 - 79%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	High-Income
Cuba	Yes	No	Less than 60% of wages	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Social security only	Middle-Income
Cyprus	Yes	No	Less than 60% of wages	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Social security only	High-Income
Czechia	Yes	Yes	60 - 79%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	High-Income
Denmark	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	High-Income
Djibouti	Yes	Yes	Less than 60% of wages	Varies by type of worker	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Middle-Income
Dominica	Yes	No	60 - 79%	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Social security only	Middle-Income
Dominican Republic	Yes	No	Less than 60% of wages	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Social security only	Middle-Income
DR Congo	Yes	Yes	60 - 79%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Low-Income
Ecuador	Yes	Yes	60 - 79%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	Middle-Income
Egypt	Yes	Yes	60 - 79%	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Social security only	Middle-Income
El Salvador	Yes	Yes	60 - 79%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	Middle-Income
Equatorial Guinea	Yes	Yes	60 - 79%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	Middle-Income
Eritrea	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Low-Income
Estonia	Yes	No	Less than 60% of wages	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	High-Income
Eswatini	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	No Paid Sick Leave	2 - 5.9 weeks	Employer only	Middle-Income
Ethiopia	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Low-Income
Fiji	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	No Paid Sick Leave	2 - 5.9 weeks	Employer only	Middle-Income
Finland	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	High-Income
France	Yes	No	Less than 60% of wages	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	High-Income
Gabon	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Middle-Income
Gambia	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Low-Income
Georgia	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Middle-Income
Germany	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	High-Income
Ghana	Yes	Yes	—	—	—	Employer only	Middle-Income
Greece	Yes	Yes	Less than 60% of wages	2 - 5.9 weeks	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	High-Income
Greenland	Yes	No	—	—	—	Social security only	High-Income
Grenada	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	Middle-Income
Guatemala	Yes	Yes	Less than 60% of wages	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	Middle-Income
Guinea	Yes	No	—	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Social security only	Middle-Income
Guinea-Bissau	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Social security only	Low-Income
Guyana	Yes	No	Less than 60% of wages	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Social security only	High-Income
Haiti	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	2 - 5.9 weeks	2 - 5.9 weeks	Employer only	Middle-Income
Honduras	Yes	Yes	Less than 60% of wages	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	Middle-Income
Hungary	Yes	Yes	60 - 79%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	High-Income
Iceland	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	High-Income
India	Yes	No	Less than 60% of wages	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Social security only	Middle-Income
Indonesia	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Middle-Income
Iran	Yes	No	Less than 60% of wages	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Social security only	Middle-Income
Iraq	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	Middle-Income
Ireland	Yes	No	—	No Paid Sick Leave	No Paid Sick Leave	Social security only	High-Income
Israel	Yes	No	60 - 79%	2 - 5.9 weeks	2 - 5.9 weeks	Employer only	High-Income
Italy	Yes	No	Less than 60% of wages	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Social security only	High-Income
Ivory Coast	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Middle-Income
Jamaica	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	No Paid Sick Leave	2 - 5.9 weeks	Employer only	Middle-Income
Japan	Yes	No	Less than 60% of wages	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Social security only	High-Income
Jordan	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	2 - 5.9 weeks	2 - 5.9 weeks	Employer only	Middle-Income
Kazakhstan	Yes	Yes	—	—	—	Employer only	Middle-Income
Kenya	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	No Paid Sick Leave	2 - 5.9 weeks	Employer only	Middle-Income
Kiribati	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	No Paid Sick Leave	2 - 5.9 weeks	Employer only	Middle-Income
Kuwait	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	High-Income
Kyrgyzstan	Yes	Yes	60 - 79%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Social security only	Middle-Income
Laos	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	Varies by type of worker	6 weeks or more	—	Middle-Income
Latvia	Yes	No	60 - 79%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	High-Income
Lebanon	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	—	Middle-Income
Lesotho	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Middle-Income
Liberia	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	2 - 5.9 weeks	2 - 5.9 weeks	Employer only	Low-Income
Libya	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Middle-Income
Liechtenstein	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	High-Income
Lithuania	Yes	Yes	60 - 79%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	High-Income
Luxembourg	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	High-Income
Madagascar	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	—	—	Employer only	Low-Income
Malawi	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Low-Income
Malaysia	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	2 - 5.9 weeks	2 - 5.9 weeks	Employer only	Middle-Income
Maldives	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Middle-Income
Mali	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	Varies by type of worker	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Low-Income
Malta	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	High-Income
Marshall Islands	No Sick Leave	—	—	—	—	—	Middle-Income
Mauritania	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Middle-Income
Mauritius	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	No Paid Sick Leave	2 - 5.9 weeks	Employer only	Middle-Income
Mexico	Yes	No	Less than 60% of wages	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Social security only	Middle-Income
Micronesia	No Sick Leave	—	—	—	—	—	Middle-Income
Moldova	Yes	Yes	60 - 79%	2 - 5.9 weeks	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	Middle-Income
Monaco	Yes	No	Less than 60% of wages	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	High-Income
Mongolia	Yes	Yes	Less than 60% of wages	Less then 2 weeks	6 weeks or more	Social security only	Middle-Income
Montenegro	Yes	Yes	60 - 79%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Middle-Income
Morocco	Yes	No	Less than 60% of wages	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Social security only	Middle-Income
Mozambique	Yes	No	60 - 79%	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Social security only	Low-Income
Myanmar	Yes	Yes	60 - 79%	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Middle-Income
Namibia	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	Less then 2 weeks	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	Middle-Income
Nauru	No Sick Leave	—	—	—	—	—	High-Income
Nepal	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	Less then 2 weeks	2 - 5.9 weeks	Employer only	Middle-Income
Netherlands	Yes	Yes	60 - 79%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	High-Income
New Zealand	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	High-Income
Nicaragua	Yes	No	Less than 60% of wages	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Social security only	Middle-Income
Niger	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	Varies by type of worker	Varies by type of worker	Employer only	Low-Income
Nigeria	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	2 - 5.9 weeks	2 - 5.9 weeks	Employer only	Middle-Income
North Macedonia	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Middle-Income
Norway	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	High-Income
Oman	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	High-Income
Pakistan	Yes	No	—	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Social security only	Middle-Income
Palau	No Sick Leave	—	—	—	—	—	Middle-Income
Panama	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	Less then 2 weeks	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	High-Income
Papua New Guinea	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	No Paid Sick Leave	Less then 2 weeks	Employer only	Middle-Income
Paraguay	Yes	Yes	Less than 60% of wages	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	—	Middle-Income
Peru	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	2 - 5.9 weeks	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	Middle-Income
Philippines	Yes	No	80 - 100%	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Social security only	Middle-Income
Poland	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	High-Income
Portugal	Yes	No	Less than 60% of wages	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Social security only	High-Income
Qatar	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Employer only	High-Income
Republic of the Congo	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Middle-Income
Romania	Yes	Yes	60 - 79%	2 - 5.9 weeks	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	High-Income
Russia	Yes	Yes	60 - 79%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	Middle-Income
Rwanda	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Low-Income
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes	No	60 - 79%	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Social security only	High-Income
Saint Lucia	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	Middle-Income
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes	No	Less than 60% of wages	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Social security only	—
Samoa	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	No Paid Sick Leave	2 - 5.9 weeks	Employer only	Middle-Income
San Marino	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Social security only	High-Income
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes	—	—	—	—	—	Middle-Income
Saudi Arabia	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	High-Income
Senegal	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Middle-Income
Serbia	Yes	Yes	60 - 79%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Middle-Income
Seychelles	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	High-Income
Sierra Leone	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Low-Income
Singapore	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	No Paid Sick Leave	2 - 5.9 weeks	Employer only	High-Income
Slovakia	Yes	Yes	Less than 60% of wages	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	High-Income
Slovenia	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	High-Income
Solomon Islands	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	No Paid Sick Leave	2 - 5.9 weeks	Employer only	Middle-Income
Somalia	No Sick Leave	—	—	—	—	—	Low-Income
South Africa	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	Less then 2 weeks	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	Middle-Income
South Korea	No Sick Leave	—	—	—	—	—	High-Income
South Sudan	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	2 - 5.9 weeks	2 - 5.9 weeks	Employer only	Low-Income
Spain	Yes	No	Less than 60% of wages	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	High-Income
Sri Lanka	No Sick Leave	—	—	—	—	—	Middle-Income
Sudan	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Low-Income
Suriname	Yes	Yes	—	—	—	Employer only	Middle-Income
Sweden	Yes	Yes	60 - 79%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	High-Income
Switzerland	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	No Paid Sick Leave	2 - 5.9 weeks	Employer only	High-Income
Syria	Yes	Yes	60 - 79%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Low-Income
Tajikistan	Yes	Yes	60 - 79%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Social security only	Middle-Income
Tanzania	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Middle-Income
Thailand	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	Middle-Income
Timor-Leste	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	2 - 5.9 weeks	2 - 5.9 weeks	Employer only	Middle-Income
Togo	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Low-Income
Tonga	No Sick Leave	—	—	—	—	—	Middle-Income
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes	No	Less than 60% of wages	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Social security only	High-Income
Tunisia	Yes	No	—	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Social security only	Middle-Income
Turkey	Yes	No	Less than 60% of wages	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Social security only	Middle-Income
Turkmenistan	Yes	Yes	60 - 79%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Social security only	Middle-Income
Tuvalu	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Middle-Income
Uganda	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	2 - 5.9 weeks	2 - 5.9 weeks	Employer only	Low-Income
Ukraine	Yes	Yes	Less than 60% of wages	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	Middle-Income
United Arab Emirates	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Employer only	High-Income
United Kingdom	Yes	No	Flat rate benefit	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	High-Income
United States	Unpaid Sick Leave	—	—	—	—	—	High-Income
Uruguay	Yes	No	Less than 60% of wages	No Paid Sick Leave	6 weeks or more	Social security only	High-Income
Uzbekistan	Yes	Yes	60 - 79%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Social security only	Middle-Income
Vanuatu	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	No Paid Sick Leave	2 - 5.9 weeks	Employer only	Middle-Income
Venezuela	Yes	No	Less than 60% of wages	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer and social security	—
Vietnam	Yes	Yes	60 - 79%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Social security only	Middle-Income
Yemen	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Low-Income
Zambia	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	—	—	Employer only	Middle-Income
Zimbabwe	Yes	Yes	80 - 100%	6 weeks or more	6 weeks or more	Employer only	Middle-Income

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Where does this countries with paid sick leave data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Paid Personal Health Leave Data - World Policy Analysis Center; A Comparison of Paid Sick Day Policies in 22 Countries - Center for Economic and Policy Research.

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