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Statutory paid holiday
Statutory minimum paid annual leave, in working days. Every US state is 0 by statute — any country with a mandate ranks 1st. That is the honest comparison.
Darker = better (higher), by rank · 44 countries · OECD / national statutes · tap a country to pin it here
Darker = better (higher), by rank · 51 states · No US state mandates paid annual leave (0 days)
Countries
44 · OECD / national statutes- 1stUnited Kingdom28
- 2ndLuxembourg26
- 2ndPoland26
- 4thAustria25
- 4thDenmark25
- 4thFinland25
- 4thFrance25
- 4thSweden25
- 9thIceland24
- 9thMalta24
- 11thBrazil22
- 11thPortugal22
- 11thSpain22
- 14thNorway21
- 15thAustralia20
- 15thBelgium20
- 15thCzechia20
- 15thEstonia20
- 15thGermany20
- 15thGreece20
- 15thHungary20
- 15thIreland20
- 15thItaly20
- 15thLatvia20
- 15thLithuania20
- 15thNetherlands20
- 15thNew Zealand20
- 15thRomania20
- 15thRussia20
- 15thSlovakia20
- 15thSlovenia20
- 15thSwitzerland20
- 33rdChile15
- 33rdColombia15
- 33rdSouth Africa15
- 33rdSouth Korea15
- 37thIsrael12
- 37thMexico12
- 37thTürkiye12
- 40thCanada10
- 40thCosta Rica10
- 40thJapan10
- 43rdChina5
- 44thUnited States0
US states
51 · No US state mandates paid annual leave (0 days)- tiedAlabama0
- tiedAlaska0
- tiedArizona0
- tiedArkansas0
- tiedCalifornia0
- tiedColorado0
- tiedConnecticut0
- tiedDelaware0
- tiedDistrict of Columbia0
- tiedFlorida0
- tiedGeorgia0
- tiedHawaii0
- tiedIdaho0
- tiedIllinois0
- tiedIndiana0
- tiedIowa0
- tiedKansas0
- tiedKentucky0
- tiedLouisiana0
- tiedMaine0
- tiedMaryland0
- tiedMassachusetts0
- tiedMichigan0
- tiedMinnesota0
- tiedMississippi0
- tiedMissouri0
- tiedMontana0
- tiedNebraska0
- tiedNevada0
- tiedNew Hampshire0
- tiedNew Jersey0
- tiedNew Mexico0
- tiedNew York0
- tiedNorth Carolina0
- tiedNorth Dakota0
- tiedOhio0
- tiedOklahoma0
- tiedOregon0
- tiedPennsylvania0
- tiedRhode Island0
- tiedSouth Carolina0
- tiedSouth Dakota0
- tiedTennessee0
- tiedTexas0
- tiedUtah0
- tiedVermont0
- tiedVirginia0
- tiedWashington0
- tiedWest Virginia0
- tiedWisconsin0
- tiedWyoming0
44 countries ranked and 51 US states.
Top 10 countries by statutory paid holiday →Keep exploring
More on work
- Paid maternity leaveStatutory paid leave available to mothers, in weeks.
- Minimum wageStatutory hourly minimum wage, PPP-adjusted USD.
- UnemploymentUnemployed share of the labour force.
- Labor force participationShare of the adult population working or looking for work.
- Average wagesAverage monthly pay of employees, adjusted for price levels.
- Life expectancyPeriod life expectancy at birth.
Who leads the world
- Monacotops life expectancy86.5 years
- Singaporetops homicide rate0.1 per 100k
- Bulgariatops paid maternity leave59 weeks
United Kingdom leads on statutory paid holiday — see where it lands on every other measure, and which US state it most resembles.
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