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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

Countries

44 · OECD / national statutes
  1. 1stUnited Kingdom28
  2. 2ndLuxembourg26
  3. 2ndPoland26
  4. 4thAustria25
  5. 4thDenmark25
  6. 4thFinland25
  7. 4thFrance25
  8. 4thSweden25
  9. 9thIceland24
  10. 9thMalta24
  11. 11thBrazil22
  12. 11thPortugal22
  13. 11thSpain22
  14. 14thNorway21
  15. 15thAustralia20
  16. 15thBelgium20
  17. 15thCzechia20
  18. 15thEstonia20
  19. 15thGermany20
  20. 15thGreece20
  21. 15thHungary20
  22. 15thIreland20
  23. 15thItaly20
  24. 15thLatvia20
  25. 15thLithuania20
  26. 15thNetherlands20
  27. 15thNew Zealand20
  28. 15thRomania20
  29. 15thRussia20
  30. 15thSlovakia20
  31. 15thSlovenia20
  32. 15thSwitzerland20
  33. 33rdChile15
  34. 33rdColombia15
  35. 33rdSouth Africa15
  36. 33rdSouth Korea15
  37. 37thIsrael12
  38. 37thMexico12
  39. 37thTürkiye12
  40. 40thCanada10
  41. 40thCosta Rica10
  42. 40thJapan10
  43. 43rdChina5
  44. 44thUnited States0

US states

51 · No US state mandates paid annual leave (0 days)
  1. tiedAlabama0
  2. tiedAlaska0
  3. tiedArizona0
  4. tiedArkansas0
  5. tiedCalifornia0
  6. tiedColorado0
  7. tiedConnecticut0
  8. tiedDelaware0
  9. tiedDistrict of Columbia0
  10. tiedFlorida0
  11. tiedGeorgia0
  12. tiedHawaii0
  13. tiedIdaho0
  14. tiedIllinois0
  15. tiedIndiana0
  16. tiedIowa0
  17. tiedKansas0
  18. tiedKentucky0
  19. tiedLouisiana0
  20. tiedMaine0
  21. tiedMaryland0
  22. tiedMassachusetts0
  23. tiedMichigan0
  24. tiedMinnesota0
  25. tiedMississippi0
  26. tiedMissouri0
  27. tiedMontana0
  28. tiedNebraska0
  29. tiedNevada0
  30. tiedNew Hampshire0
  31. tiedNew Jersey0
  32. tiedNew Mexico0
  33. tiedNew York0
  34. tiedNorth Carolina0
  35. tiedNorth Dakota0
  36. tiedOhio0
  37. tiedOklahoma0
  38. tiedOregon0
  39. tiedPennsylvania0
  40. tiedRhode Island0
  41. tiedSouth Carolina0
  42. tiedSouth Dakota0
  43. tiedTennessee0
  44. tiedTexas0
  45. tiedUtah0
  46. tiedVermont0
  47. tiedVirginia0
  48. tiedWashington0
  49. tiedWest Virginia0
  50. tiedWisconsin0
  51. tiedWyoming0

44 countries ranked and 51 US states.

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