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List of countries by number of public holidays

The following table is a list of countries by number of public holidays excluding non-regular special holidays. Nepal has the highest number of public holidays in the world with 35 annually. Also, Nepal has 6 day working schedule in a week. But in 2023 India has 42 holidays which 17 Gazetted holidays and more than 25 restricted holidays.

Country Minimum Number of public holidays Maximum Number of public holidays[1]
Albania 14 14
Argentina[2] 19 19
Australia[3] 9 13 depending on state
Austria[4] 13 18 depending on state and workplace
Bangladesh[5] 22 22
Belgium[citation needed] 10 10
Barbados 12 12
Brazil[6][7] 9 12 including bank holidays
Bulgaria[8] 12 12
Cambodia[9] 21 21
Canada[10] 10 11 depending on jurisdiction
Chile[11] 16 18 depending on state and workplace
China[12] 11 11
Colombia[13] 18 18
Croatia[14] 14 14
Cyprus[15] 14 14
Czechia[16] 13 13
Denmark[17] 14 14
Dominican Republic[18] 12 12
Ecuador[19] 8 9 depending on city
Egypt[20] 22 22
Estonia[21] 12 12
Fiji[22] 10 10
Finland[citation needed] 13 13
France[23] 11 11
Germany[24][25] 10 13 depending on state
Ghana[citation needed] 13 13
Greece 12 12
Hong Kong[1] 17 17
Hungary[26] 12 12
Iceland[27] 16 16
India[1] 17 42 (17 Gazetted holidays and more than 25 Restricted holidays)
Indonesia[28] 28 28
Iran 26 26
Ireland[29] 10 10
Israel[30] 11 11
Italy 12 12
Japan[31] 16 16
Kazakhstan[32] 16 16
Kosovo[33] 11 11
Latvia[1] 13 13
Lebanon[34] 19 19
Liechtenstein[35] 20 22
Lithuania[citation needed] 15 15
Luxembourg[36] 11 11
Macau[37] 20 20
Malaysia[38] 18 18 Depending on the State
Mexico[39] 8 8
Mongolia[citation needed] 16 16
Myanmar[40] 24 24
Nepal[citation needed] 35 35
Netherlands[41] 7 9
New Zealand[42] 12 12
Nigeria[citation needed] 12 12
Norway[43][44] 12 12
Malta[45] 14 14
Pakistan[1] 16 16
Peru[46] 14 14
Philippines[1] 18 18
Poland[47] 13 13
Portugal[48] 13 15 depending on the region
Romania[49] 15 15
Russia 11 11
Rwanda[1] 14 14
Saint Lucia 12 12
Serbia[50] 13 13
Singapore[51] 11 11
Slovakia[52] 15 15
Slovenia[53] 14 14
South Africa[54] 12 12
South Korea[citation needed] 14 14
Spain[55] 12 13 depending on autonomous community
Sri Lanka[56] 25 25
Sweden[57] 12 12
Switzerland[58] 9 15 depending on the canton
Taiwan 12 12
Thailand[1] 16 16
Tanzania[59] 16 16
Trinidad and Tobago[1] 18 18
Turkey[1] 14 14
Ukraine 11 11
United Kingdom[60] 8 10 depending on nation
United States[61] 6 11
Uruguay[citation needed] 12 12
Venezuela[62] 14 14
Vietnam 11 11

See also edit

References edit

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