Here's what maternity leave looks like around the world

Australians get 18 weeks of paid maternity leave at the average pay rate of 42% of their former salary, which comes out to about 7.5 weeks of full-time pay.

Austria pays new mothers 100% of their salary for 16 weeks.

There is, however, one caveat: Maternity leave must start eight weeks before the due date, according to the country's government website.

In Belgium, the 15 weeks of maternity are paid at a rate of 64.1% of the previous salary. This equates to 9.6 weeks with full-time pay.

According to Business Insider, however, Belgian moms can opt to take eight months of part-time leave instead of the 15 full weeks.

This Eastern European country gives new mothers a whopping 58.6 weeks — more than a year — of paid maternity leave, according to the OECD.

The pay rate is 78.4% of the mother's previous full-time salary, which comes out to about 45.9 weeks off with full-time pay.

Chile offers 18 weeks of maternity leave at 100% pay.

Croatia sits on the higher end of the spectrum by offering 30 weeks of fully-paid maternity leave.

Croatia is also not an OECD member country, but its maternity leave is well above the OECD average.

This island country gives new mothers 18 weeks of maternity leave. Moms are paid 75.2% of their salary, which would come out to 13.5 weeks off if they were fully-paid.

The Czech Republic pays new mothers 62.6% of their salary for 28 weeks, making the equivalent time off with full-time pay 17.5 weeks.

New moms in Denmark get 18 weeks off work and are paid 53.6% of their salary.

That comes out to 9.6 weeks at full-time pay.

Those 18 weeks break down to four weeks before the birth and 14 weeks after, according to Business Insider.

Estonia, a European country just west of Russia, provides 20 weeks of leave at a 100% pay rate, according to the OECD.

The Finns get 17.5 weeks off for maternity leave at 74.4% pay. This would equate to 13 weeks of fully-paid time off.

German mothers are guaranteed 14 weeks of fully-paid maternity leave.

This is a good thing, as the German birth rate is at its highest level in decades, The Local Germany reported.

In Hungary, you're guaranteed 27 weeks off as a new mother with 70% pay.

The full-time pay equivalent is 16.8 weeks of paid leave.

Iceland's 13 weeks of maternity leave come with a 59% pay rate, which would be 7.8 weeks at a full-time salary.

The lucky Irish mothers get 26 weeks of maternity leave, but they're paid just 34.3% of their salary.

If they were fully-paid, that leave would come out to 8.9 weeks.

Italy promises 21.7 weeks of maternity leave at 80% pay, making the equivalent time off with full-time pay would be 17.4 weeks.

Italy's birth rate is on the decline, according to The Local Italy, with 9,000 fewer babies born in 2017 than in 2016.

Japanese mothers get 14 weeks off for maternity leave, and they're paid 67% of their previous salary. The equivalent with full pay would be 9.4 weeks.

Despite this policy, the rates of birth and marriage in Japan are at a record low, according to The Diplomat.

In South Korea, the allotted maternity leave is 12.9 weeks at 79.5% pay. This works out to 10.2 weeks of fully-paid leave.

South Koreans are having fewer babies than ever, according to Quartz, with only 357,000 born in 2017.

This county in northeastern Europe grants mothers 18 weeks of maternity leave — the OECD average — paid at the rate of their full salary.

This tiny European country assures mothers 16 weeks off, fully-paid.

Known for its bikes, canals, and tulip fields, the Netherlands offers its new moms 16 weeks of fully-paid maternity leave.

In Poland, maternity leave comes in at 20 weeks — and mothers are paid their full salary.

This Southern European country offers six weeks of maternity leave, well below the OECD average.

Those six weeks are, however, fully-paid.

Romania offers mothers 18 weeks off and pays them a rate of 85% of their salary.

In fully-paid time off, this would amount to 15.3 weeks.

Officially the Slovak Republic, Slovakia promises new mothers 34 weeks of leave at 70% payment rate, which comes out to 23.8 fully-paid weeks.

Slovenian mothers get 15 weeks of leave and they're paid the equivalent of their full former salary.

Spanish moms get 16 weeks of fully-paid maternity leave.

In Sweden, mothers get 12.9 weeks off and are paid at a rate of 77.6% of their former salary.

This would work out to 10 fully-paid weeks.

Maternity leave in Switzerland is 14 weeks with a pay rate of 56.4%.

That corresponds with 7.9 weeks off with full pay.

There's no sugarcoating it — the US is the only country in the developed world that doesn't guarantee any paid maternity leave for mothers, according to the OECD.

The US has no federal law guaranteeing women (or men) paid time off after they have a baby. Instead, they leave it up to employers, which results in more than 40% of companies choosing not to offer any paid maternity leave at all, according to a 2016 survey of medium-to-large companies.

Some companies take it upon themselves to offer paid leave.

Netflix, for example, offers employees a full year of paid time off after the birth of their child, according to Business Insider. That includes birth and adoptive parents of any gender.