List of countries by number of public holidays information
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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. 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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