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Statutory paid sick leave — minimum annual entitlement for employees (days)

Name: Statutory paid sick leave — minimum annual entitlement for employees (days)
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT)
Keywords: statistic-of-the-day, ai-generated, labor, workers, paid leave, sick leave, employment law, social protection, workplace rights

Minimum number of paid sick-leave days guaranteed by law to employees, based on ILOSTAT policy data (latest available, 2019–2024).

Source: International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT)•177 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

0.2days

Countries Covered

177

with available data

Highest

Belgium

30.0days

Lowest

Brunei Darussalam

0.0days

Top 5 Countries

1Belgium30.0days

2New Zealand5.0days

3Canada3.0days

4Chile3.0days

5Bulgaria0.0days

By Region

Oceania2.5days(2 countries)

Europe0.9days(32 countries)

North America0.8days(4 countries)

South America0.4days(7 countries)

Other0.0days(98 countries)

Key Findings

•Legal guarantees for paid sick leave differ sharply worldwide, from no statutory entitlement in some countries to extended periods (months) in others via social insurance.
•A single ‘days’ number can mask major differences in wage replacement rates and eligibility rules that affect real protection.
•Statutory sick leave is closely linked to public health resilience and household financial stability, especially during epidemics and seasonal illness peaks.
•Cross-country comparisons are most meaningful when paired with information on wage replacement and coverage.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0days)High (365.0days)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.2days)

Oceania (2)

Europe (32)

North America (4)

South America (7)

Other (98)

Asia (25)

Africa (9)

About This Statistic

Paid sick leave is a core labor protection that determines whether workers can stay home when ill without losing income. Countries vary widely: some provide no statutory paid sick leave, while others guarantee extended paid leave through employers and/or social insurance schemes.

This indicator captures the minimum legal entitlement to paid sick leave for an employee (expressed as days), based on national legislation and statutory schemes recorded by the ILO. It is useful for comparing baseline protections across countries, but it does not measure actual usage, enforcement, or collective-agreement benefits that may exceed the legal minimum.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Belgium	30.0days
2	New Zealand	5.0days
3	Canada	3.0days
4	Chile	3.0days
5	Bulgaria	0.0days
6	Myanmar	0.0days
7	Burundi	0.0days
8	Belarus	0.0days
9	Cambodia	0.0days
10	Cameroon	0.0days
11	Cape Verde	0.0days
12	Cayman Islands	0.0days
13	Central African Republic	0.0days
14	Sri Lanka	0.0days
15	Chad	0.0days
16	People's Republic of China	0.0days
17	Colombia	0.0days
18	Comoros	0.0days
19	Republic of the Congo	0.0days
20	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.0days
21	Costa Rica	0.0days
22	Croatia	0.0days
23	Cuba	0.0days
24	Cyprus	0.0days
25	Czech Republic	0.0days
26	Benin	0.0days
27	Denmark	0.0days
28	Dominican Republic	0.0days
29	Ecuador	0.0days
30	El Salvador	0.0days
31	Equatorial Guinea	0.0days
32	Ethiopia	0.0days
33	Eritrea	0.0days
34	Estonia	0.0days
35	Faroe Islands	0.0days
36	Fiji	0.0days
37	Finland	0.0days
38	France	0.0days
39	Djibouti	0.0days
40	Gabon	0.0days
41	Georgia	0.0days
42	Republic of The Gambia	0.0days
43	Germany	0.0days
44	Ghana	0.0days
45	Greece	0.0days
46	Guatemala	0.0days
47	Guinea	0.0days
48	Guyana	0.0days
49	Haiti	0.0days
50	Honduras	0.0days
51	Hungary	0.0days
52	Iceland	0.0days
53	India	0.0days
54	Indonesia	0.0days
55	Islamic Republic of Iran	0.0days
56	Iraq	0.0days
57	Ireland	0.0days
58	Israel	0.0days
59	Italy	0.0days
60	Cote d'Ivoire	0.0days
61	Jamaica	0.0days
62	Japan	0.0days
63	Kazakhstan	0.0days
64	Jordan	0.0days
65	Kenya	0.0days
66	North Korea	0.0days
67	South Korea	0.0days
68	Kuwait	0.0days
69	Kyrgyzstan	0.0days
70	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.0days
71	Lebanon	0.0days
72	Lesotho	0.0days
73	Latvia	0.0days
74	Liberia	0.0days
75	Libya	0.0days
76	Lithuania	0.0days
77	Luxembourg	0.0days
78	Madagascar	0.0days
79	Malawi	0.0days
80	Malaysia	0.0days
81	Maldives	0.0days
82	Mali	0.0days
83	Malta	0.0days
84	Mauritania	0.0days
85	Mauritius	0.0days
86	Mexico	0.0days
87	Mongolia	0.0days
88	Moldova, Republic of	0.0days
89	Montenegro	0.0days
90	Morocco	0.0days
91	Mozambique	0.0days
92	Oman	0.0days
93	Namibia	0.0days
94	Nepal	0.0days
95	Netherlands	0.0days
96	New Caledonia	0.0days
97	Vanuatu	0.0days
98	Nicaragua	0.0days
99	Niger	0.0days
100	Nigeria	0.0days
101	Norway	0.0days
102	Pakistan	0.0days
103	Panama	0.0days
104	Papua New Guinea	0.0days
105	Paraguay	0.0days
106	Peru	0.0days
107	Philippines	0.0days
108	Poland	0.0days
109	Portugal	0.0days
110	Guinea-Bissau	0.0days
111	Timor-Leste	0.0days
112	Qatar	0.0days
113	Romania	0.0days
114	Russian Federation	0.0days
115	Rwanda	0.0days
116	Saudi Arabia	0.0days
117	Senegal	0.0days
118	Serbia	0.0days
119	Seychelles	0.0days
120	Sierra Leone	0.0days
121	Singapore	0.0days
122	Slovakia	0.0days
123	Vietnam	0.0days
124	Slovenia	0.0days
125	Somalia	0.0days
126	South Africa	0.0days
127	Zimbabwe	0.0days
128	Spain	0.0days
129	South Sudan	0.0days
130	Sudan	0.0days
131	Suriname	0.0days
132	Sweden	0.0days
133	Switzerland	0.0days
134	Syrian Arab Republic	0.0days
135	Tajikistan	0.0days
136	Thailand	0.0days
137	Togo	0.0days
138	Trinidad and Tobago	0.0days
139	United Arab Emirates	0.0days
140	Tunisia	0.0days
141	Türkiye	0.0days
142	Turkmenistan	0.0days
143	Uganda	0.0days
144	Ukraine	0.0days
145	The Republic of North Macedonia	0.0days
146	Egypt	0.0days
147	United Kingdom	0.0days
148	United Republic of Tanzania	0.0days
149	United States of America	0.0days
150	Burkina Faso	0.0days
151	Uruguay	0.0days
152	Uzbekistan	0.0days
153	Venezuela	0.0days
154	Samoa	0.0days
155	Yemen	0.0days
156	Zambia	0.0days
157	Afghanistan	0.0days
158	Albania	0.0days
159	Algeria	0.0days
160	Andorra	0.0days
161	Angola	0.0days
162	Argentina	0.0days
163	Australia	0.0days
164	Austria	0.0days
165	Bahrain	0.0days
166	Bangladesh	0.0days
167	Armenia	0.0days
168	Barbados	0.0days
169	Bermuda	0.0days
170	Bhutan	0.0days
171	Bolivia	0.0days
172	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.0days
173	Botswana	0.0days
174	Brazil	0.0days
175	Belize	0.0days
176	Solomon Islands	0.0days
177	Brunei Darussalam	0.0days

Showing 177 of 177 countries

Topics

#statistic-of-the-day #ai-generated #labor #workers #paid leave #sick leave #employment law #social protection #workplace rights

Data Source

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

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