Europe leads the way in regards to workers’ rights, ranking at the top for the gender pay gap, diversity, parental leave, work and life balance and more, according to the 2019 Worker’s Rights Index: Best & Worst Countries by Small Business Prices.

The study looks at the ways in which many developed countries treat their workers. From general rights of working people to those of parents and minorities, the study looked at which countries progressed the most.

Norway topped the list for the gender category with the highest parliament and boardroom diversity score. Luxembourg had the lowest gender pay gap at 3.4%. Korea had the highest gender pay gap in the study at 36.7%.

“The gender pay gap is an important and often discussed metric on which progressive nations can be compared,” the study said. “We’ve looked at both wages and the level of inclusion women have in both the boardroom and Parliament.”

In terms of maternity and parental leave, Sweden had the longest duration for maternity leave at 69 weeks with 80% of wages paid during the covered period. Mexico ranked at the bottom of the leaderboard with 12 weeks of maternity leave.

“Countries are growing more and more progressive when it comes to their approach to both maternal and parental leave,” the study stated. “We’ve looked at legislation in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development countries as well as the proposition of wages that are paid during and after pregnancy.”

In terms of well-being and satisfaction, life satisfaction among persons aged 15 and over (2015 or last year available) was the highest in Norway.

The Netherlands, Denmark and Switzerland ranked at the top for work/life balance. This took into account the life satisfaction score and average working hours per week.

Meanwhile, Germany had the lowest number of annual working hours per persons engaged with 1,371.