Employees In These Countries Get The Most Paid Vacation Days Each Year

Employees in countries like Austria, Malta, Iceland, and the United Kingdom enjoy the highest number of paid vacation days. Americans and Mexican … not so much. Public attitudes to holidays differ from nation to nation.

The tiny Mediterranean island nation of Malta enjoys the highest number of days off work with 25 statutory days and 14 public holidays – total 39 days each year. Austria, which guarantees employees the second most paid time off each year, has a legal minimum of 38 paid vacation days each year.

By law, every nation in the European Union has at least four work weeks of paid vacation. Many Americans, Mexican, and Canadians, on the other hand, remain chained to their desks.

To identify, countries that reward their employees the most annual vacation days each year, CEOWORLD magazine reviewed 2018 figures from the Center for Economic Policy and Research and OECD Statistics database (the latest for which figures were available), the magazine reviewed major economies where employees have the most annual paid public holidays.

Employees In These Countries Get The Most Paid Vacation Days Each Year:

1. Malta: 39 days
2. Austria: 38 days
3. United Kingdom: 37 days
4. Iceland: 36 days
5. Finland: 36 days
6. France: 36 days
7. Spain: 36 days
8. Sweden: 36 days
9. Luxembourg: 35 days
10. Slovak Republic: 35 days
11. Denmark: 34 days
12. Russia: 34 days
13. Czech Republic: 33 days
14. Germany: 33 days
15. Croatia: 33 days
16. Latvia: 32 days
17. Poland: 32 days
18. Portugal: 32 days
19. Slovenia: 32 days
20. Bulgaria: 32 days
21. Greece: 31 days
22. Lithuania: 31 days
23. New Zealand: 31 days
24. Norway: 31 days
25. Argentina: 31 days
26. Romania: 30 days
27. Hungary: 30 days
28. Belgium: 30 days
29. Estonia: 30 days
30. Italy: 30 days
31. South Korea: 30 days
32. Netherlands: 29 days
33. Ukraine: 29 days
34. Australia: 28 days
35. Ireland: 28 days
36. India: 27 days
37. Indonesia: 27 days
38. Switzerland: 27 days
39. Turkey: 26 days
40. Philippines: 26 days
41. Japan: 25 days
42. Israel: 21 days
43. China: 21 days
44. Cyprus: 20 days
45. Canada: 19 days
46. Mexico: 13 days
47. United States: 10 days