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Statutory paid annual leave (minimum days required by law)

Minimum statutory paid annual leave required by national law. Compare legal paid vacation entitlements across 160+ countries (latest 2019–2023).

Source: International Labour Organization (ILO)•180 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
16.8days
Median: 20.0days
Countries Covered
180
with available data
Highest
Cuba
30.0days
Lowest
Yemen
0.0days
Top 5 Countries
1Cuba30.0days
2Equatorial Guinea30.0days
3Kuwait30.0days
4Maldives30.0days
5Mali30.0days
By Region
Europe22.3days(32 countries)
South America19.3days(7 countries)
Africa17.6days(9 countries)
Other16.1days(102 countries)
Asia13.3days(24 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0days)High (30.0days)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 16.8days)

Europe (32)
South America (7)
Africa (9)
Other (102)
Asia (24)
Oceania (2)
North America (4)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Minimum statutory paid annual leave required by national law. Compare legal paid vacation entitlements across 160+ countries (latest 2019–2023). Source: International Labour Organization (ILO).

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Cuba30.0days
2Equatorial Guinea30.0days
3Kuwait30.0days
4Maldives30.0days
5Mali30.0days
6Oman30.0days
7Panama30.0days
8Peru30.0days
9Guinea-Bissau30.0days
10Spain30.0days
11Togo30.0days
12United Arab Emirates30.0days
13Estonia28.0days
14Latvia28.0days
15Moldova, Republic of28.0days
16Russian Federation28.0days
17United Kingdom28.0days
18United Republic of Tanzania28.0days
19Islamic Republic of Iran26.0days
20Cote d'Ivoire26.0days
21Denmark25.0days
22Finland25.0days
23France25.0days
24Luxembourg25.0days
25Norway25.0days
26Sweden25.0days
27Cape Verde24.0days
28Chad24.0days
29Comoros24.0days
30Republic of the Congo24.0days
31Georgia24.0days
32Iceland24.0days
33Kazakhstan24.0days
34Kyrgyzstan24.0days
35Madagascar24.0days
36Namibia24.0days
37Niger24.0days
38Senegal24.0days
39Tajikistan24.0days
40Turkmenistan24.0days
41Ukraine24.0days
42Zambia24.0days
43Portugal22.0days
44Zimbabwe22.0days
45Burkina Faso22.0days
46Kenya21.0days
47Mozambique21.0days
48Saudi Arabia21.0days
49Seychelles21.0days
50South Africa21.0days
51Tunisia21.0days
52Uganda21.0days
53Egypt21.0days
54Bulgaria20.0days
55Myanmar20.0days
56Burundi20.0days
57Belarus20.0days
58Cameroon20.0days
59Croatia20.0days
60Cyprus20.0days
61Czech Republic20.0days
62Republic of The Gambia20.0days
63Germany20.0days
64Greece20.0days
65Guinea20.0days
66Hungary20.0days
67Iraq20.0days
68Ireland20.0days
69Italy20.0days
70Lithuania20.0days
71Malta20.0days
72Montenegro20.0days
73Netherlands20.0days
74Vanuatu20.0days
75Poland20.0days
76Romania20.0days
77Serbia20.0days
78Slovakia20.0days
79Slovenia20.0days
80Switzerland20.0days
81The Republic of North Macedonia20.0days
82Uruguay20.0days
83Samoa20.0days
84Albania20.0days
85Algeria20.0days
86Andorra20.0days
87Angola20.0days
88Argentina20.0days
89Australia20.0days
90Austria20.0days
91Bahamas20.0days
92Bahrain20.0days
93Bangladesh20.0days
94Armenia20.0days
95Barbados20.0days
96Belgium20.0days
97Bermuda20.0days
98Bhutan20.0days
99Bolivia20.0days
100Bosnia and Herzegovina20.0days
101Botswana20.0days
102Brazil20.0days
103Belize20.0days
104Solomon Islands20.0days
105Brunei Darussalam20.0days
106Cambodia18.0days
107Democratic Republic of the Congo18.0days
108Malawi18.0days
109Morocco18.0days
110Nepal18.0days
111Rwanda18.0days
112Ethiopia16.0days
113Chile15.0days
114Colombia15.0days
115Ecuador15.0days
116El Salvador15.0days
117Ghana15.0days
118Guatemala15.0days
119Haiti15.0days
120South Korea15.0days
121Lao People's Democratic Republic15.0days
122Lebanon15.0days
123Mongolia15.0days
124Nicaragua15.0days
125Uzbekistan15.0days
126Venezuela15.0days
127Sri Lanka14.0days
128Dominican Republic14.0days
129Jordan14.0days
130Mauritius14.0days
131Pakistan14.0days
132Türkiye14.0days
133Costa Rica12.0days
134Benin12.0days
135Guyana12.0days
136India12.0days
137Indonesia12.0days
138Lesotho12.0days
139Paraguay12.0days
140Timor-Leste12.0days
141Vietnam12.0days
142Canada10.0days
143Cayman Islands10.0days
144Honduras10.0days
145Jamaica10.0days
146Japan10.0days
147Trinidad and Tobago10.0days
148Malaysia8.0days
149Singapore7.0days
150Mexico6.0days
151Nigeria6.0days
152Thailand6.0days
153People's Republic of China5.0days
154Philippines5.0days
155Central African Republic0.0days
156Eritrea0.0days
157Faroe Islands0.0days
158Falkland Islands (Malvinas)0.0days
159Fiji0.0days
160Djibouti0.0days
161Gabon0.0days
162State of Palestine0.0days
163Israel0.0days
164North Korea0.0days
165Liberia0.0days
166Libya0.0days
167Mauritania0.0days
168Aruba0.0days
169New Caledonia0.0days
170New Zealand0.0days
171Papua New Guinea0.0days
172Qatar0.0days
173Sierra Leone0.0days
174Somalia0.0days
175South Sudan0.0days
176Sudan0.0days
177Suriname0.0days
178Syrian Arab Republic0.0days
179United States of America0.0days
180Yemen0.0days
Showing 180 of 180 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from International Labour Organization (ILO) (2023).

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