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 |
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