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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.
Country/Region | Minimum number of public holidays | Maximum number of public holidays | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Albania [1] | 13 | 14 | |
Argentina [2] | 16 | 19 | depending on state and workplace |
Australia [3] | 9 | 13 | depending on state |
Austria [4] | 13 | 18 | depending on state and workplace |
Bangladesh [5] | 22 | 22 | |
Belgium [6] | 10 | 10 | |
Barbados [7] | 11 | 12 | |
Brazil [8] [9] | 9 | 12 | including bank holidays |
Bulgaria [10] | 12 | 12 | |
Cambodia [11] | 21 | 21 | |
Canada [12] | 10 | 11 | depending on jurisdiction |
Chile [13] | 20 | 20 | depending on state and workplace |
China [14] | 13 | 13 | |
Colombia [15] | 18 | 18 | |
Croatia [16] | 14 | 14 | |
Cyprus [17] | 14 | 14 | |
Czechia [18] | 13 | 13 | |
Denmark [19] | 10 | 10 | |
Dominican Republic [20] | 12 | 12 | |
Ecuador [21] | 11 | 11 | depending on city |
Egypt [22] | 12 | 12 | |
Estonia [23] | 12 | 12 | |
Fiji [24] | 11 | 23 | |
Finland [25] | 13 | 13 | |
France [26] | 11 | 13 | 13 only in Alsace and Moselle [27] |
Germany [28] [29] | 10 | 13 | depending on state |
Ghana [30] | 13 | 13 | |
Greece | 12 | 12 | |
Hong Kong [31] | 17 | 17 | |
Hungary [32] | 11 | 13 | |
Iceland [33] | 16 | 16 | |
India [31] | 21[ citation needed ] | 21 | |
Indonesia [34] [35] | 16 | 16 | |
Iran [36] | 26 | 26 | |
Ireland [37] | 10 | 10 | |
Israel [38] | 11 | 11 | |
Italy [39] | 12 | 12 | |
Japan [40] | 16 | 16 | |
Kazakhstan [41] | 16 | 16 | |
Kenya [42] | 13 | 13 | |
Kosovo [43] | 11 | 11 | |
Latvia [31] | 13 | 13 | |
Lebanon [44] | 19 | 19 | |
Liechtenstein [45] | 20 | 22 | |
Lithuania [46] | 15 | 15 | |
Luxembourg [47] | 11 | 11 | |
Macau [48] | 20 | 20 | |
Malaysia [49] | 18 | 24 | depending on the state |
Mexico [50] | 8 | 8 | |
Mongolia [51] | 16 | 16 | |
Morocco [52] | 16 | 16 | |
Myanmar [53] | 25 | 26 | |
Nepal [54] | 35 | 43+ | |
Netherlands [55] | 7 | 9 | |
New Zealand [56] | 12 | 12 | |
Nigeria [57] | 12 | 12 | |
Norway [58] [59] | 12 | 12 | |
Malta [60] | 14 | 14 | |
Pakistan [31] | 15 | 16 | |
Peru [61] | 14 | 14 | |
Philippines [31] | 18 | 18 | |
Poland [62] [63] | 14 | 14 | |
Portugal [64] | 13 | 15 | depending on the region |
Romania [65] | 15 | 15 | |
Russia [66] | 14 | 14 | |
Rwanda [31] | 14 | 14 | |
Saint Lucia [67] | 12 | 12 | |
Serbia [68] | 9 | 9 | |
Singapore [69] | 11 | 13 | Polling day is declared as a public holiday during years with General Elections or Presidential Elections |
Slovakia [70] | 14 | 15 | |
Slovenia [71] | 14 | 14 | |
South Africa [72] | 12 | 12 | |
South Korea [73] | 14 | 14 | |
Spain [74] | 12 | 13 | depending on autonomous community |
Sri Lanka [75] | 25 | 25 | |
Sweden [76] | 12 | 12 | |
Switzerland [77] | 9 | 15 | depending on the canton, including holidays falling on a weekend |
Taiwan [78] | 16 | 16 | |
Thailand [31] | 16 | 16 | |
Tanzania [79] | 16 | 16 | |
East Timor [80] | 18 | 18 | |
Trinidad and Tobago [31] | 18 | 18 | |
Turkey [31] | 14 | 14 | |
Ukraine [81] | 11 | 11 | |
United Kingdom [82] | 8 | 10 | depending on nation, but 8 for England and Wales [83] |
United States [84] | 6 | 11 | |
Uruguay [85] | 12 | 12 | |
Venezuela [86] | 14 | 14 | |
Vietnam [87] | 6 | 6 | Note: Tet goes for 7 days but is only listed as one holiday |