10 Countries with Most Holidays
Austria:
Austria, Bolivia, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Luxembourg and Sweden shared the third position. Austria has 38 days of total number of holiday entitlement while Bolivia has 37 days. Bolivia’s legal definition of annual vacation is 30 days with 10+ years of seniority where vacation days do not include Sundays. Denmark has a total of 34 days of entitlement and Finland has 35 days where employees are entitled to five weeks of vacation per year, with Christmas Eve and Midsummer Eve not being considered as official public holidays. France has an entitlement of 36 days with the law providing for five weeks of paid vacation. Greece has a holiday entitlement of 37 days, based on its legislation employees who have completed 10 years of service with the same employer or 12 years with several employers are entitled to 25 working days as paid leave per annum. Luxembourg has a total statutory paid leave of 35 days where as Sweden has a total of 36 days.
Malta:
Malta and Venezuela ranked fourth on this list with 38 and 36 days of statutory entitlement each. Malta has 24days of statutory paid holiday along with 14 days public holiday, yet it fares slightly worse in comparison to other countries of Western Europe. Venezuela has statutory minimum leave of 24 days along with 12 days of public holidays.