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Countries with the most public holidays in 2013

Countries239

Past year: recalculated from the python-holidays rules; one-off holidays declared at the time may be missing.

Most30Iran

Median13

Fewest4Switzerland

Top 30

Iran30

Nepal30

Myanmar (Burma)28

Vatican City28

Cambodia26

Sri Lanka26

Azerbaijan25

China25

Armenia23

Kazakhstan21

Kyrgyzstan21

North Korea21

Thailand21

Argentina20

Bangladesh19

Brunei19

Lebanon19

Philippines19

Puerto Rico19

Tanzania19

Albania18

Bhutan18

Colombia18

India18

Latvia18

Maldives18

Palestinian Territories18

Syria18

U.S. Virgin Islands18

Georgia17

Most holidays falling on the weekend

Myanmar (Burma)10

Vatican City8

Sri Lanka8

Nepal7

North Korea7

Georgia7

Cambodia6

India6

Liechtenstein6

Åland Islands6

Malta6

Iran5

Azerbaijan5

Thailand5

Bangladesh5

All countries

#	Country	Dates	Weekdays	Weekend	3+ day breaks
1	Iran	30	25	5	2
2	Nepal	30	23	7	9
3	Myanmar (Burma)	28	18	10	5
4	Vatican City	28	20	8	6
5	Cambodia	26	20	6	8
6	Sri Lanka	26	18	8	11
7	Azerbaijan	25	20	5	6
8	China	25	23	2	7
9	Armenia	23	20	3	9
10	Kazakhstan	21	18	3	10
11	Kyrgyzstan	21	18	3	8
12	North Korea	21	14	7	5
13	Thailand	21	16	5	9
14	Argentina	20	17	3	6
15	Bangladesh	19	14	5	7
16	Brunei	19	15	4	4
17	Lebanon	19	15	4	5
18	Philippines	19	15	4	6
19	Puerto Rico	19	16	3	10
20	Tanzania	19	16	3	8
21	Albania	18	14	4	6
22	Bhutan	18	13	5	7
23	Colombia	18	16	2	11
24	India	18	12	6	4
25	Latvia	18	13	5	7
26	Maldives	18	14	4	5
27	Palestinian Territories	18	15	3	6
28	Syria	18	15	3	7
29	U.S. Virgin Islands	18	16	2	8
30	Georgia	17	10	7	4
31	Iraq	17	14	3	7
32	Japan	17	13	4	10
33	Liechtenstein	17	11	6	3
34	Russia	17	14	3	5
35	San Marino	17	12	5	3
36	Yemen	17	13	4	3
37	Afghanistan	16	13	3	5
38	Anguilla	16	15	1	1
39	Bulgaria	16	12	4	5
40	Chile	16	12	4	3
41	Equatorial Guinea	16	12	4	5
42	Haiti	16	12	4	4
43	Madagascar	16	12	4	4
44	Morocco	16	16	0	5
45	Northern Mariana Islands	16	14	2	10
46	Tunisia	16	15	1	4
47	Turkmenistan	16	12	4	4
48	Åland Islands	16	10	6	4
49	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	15	13	2	5
50	Congo - Kinshasa	15	11	4	0
51	Cyprus	15	13	2	6
52	Egypt	15	13	2	5
53	Eritrea	15	12	3	5
54	Finland	15	10	5	4
55	Gambia	15	13	2	3
56	Guadeloupe	15	13	2	5
57	Hungary	15	13	2	7
58	Kosovo	15	12	3	4
59	Lithuania	15	10	5	5
60	Mauritius	15	10	5	4
61	Pakistan	15	12	3	2
62	Slovakia	15	11	4	4
63	South Korea	15	12	3	4
64	South Sudan	15	13	2	2
65	Suriname	15	14	1	5
66	Taiwan	15	13	2	4
67	Timor-Leste	15	12	3	4
68	Venezuela	15	14	1	2
69	Andorra	14	11	3	4
70	Bahrain	14	12	2	3
71	Botswana	14	13	1	4
72	British Virgin Islands	14	13	1	7
73	Burkina Faso	14	14	0	4
74	Burundi	14	12	2	4
75	Chad	14	12	2	5
76	Christmas Island	14	12	2	5
77	Comoros	14	12	2	3
78	Croatia	14	11	3	3
79	Côte d’Ivoire	14	13	1	4
80	Faroe Islands	14	12	2	6
81	French Polynesia	14	12	2	4
82	Grenada	14	14	0	6
83	Guam	14	11	3	7
84	Iceland	14	12	2	4
85	Indonesia	14	12	2	3
86	Jordan	14	11	3	4
87	Libya	14	12	2	3
88	Malaysia	14	11	3	4
89	Malta	14	8	6	3
90	Martinique	14	12	2	4
91	Niger	14	13	1	1
92	Panama	14	11	3	4
93	Paraguay	14	11	3	0
94	Seychelles	14	11	3	3
95	Sint Maarten	14	12	2	5
96	Slovenia	14	11	3	3
97	Togo	14	12	2	4
98	Trinidad & Tobago	14	12	2	3
99	Vanuatu	14	13	1	2
100	Wallis & Futuna	14	11	3	5
101	Zambia	14	11	3	4
102	American Samoa	13	12	1	6
103	Austria	13	10	3	3
104	Barbados	13	11	2	5
105	Belarus	13	11	2	4
106	Belize	13	9	4	2
107	Benin	13	13	0	3
108	Cook Islands	13	11	2	5
109	Djibouti	13	11	2	5
110	Dominica	13	12	1	6
111	Gabon	13	10	3	4
112	Ghana	13	11	2	3
113	Guinea	13	11	2	2
114	Guyana	13	11	2	3
115	Hong Kong SAR China	13	12	1	1
116	Italy	13	8	5	2
117	Kiribati	13	13	0	6
118	Kuwait	13	11	2	4
119	Malawi	13	11	2	3
120	Nigeria	13	13	0	2
121	Niue	13	11	2	4
122	North Macedonia	13	11	2	7
123	Oman	13	11	2	4
124	Peru	13	9	4	4
125	Poland	13	10	3	4
126	Senegal	13	13	0	3
127	South Africa	13	11	2	4
128	St. Lucia	13	13	0	5
129	St. Martin	13	11	2	4
130	St. Vincent & Grenadines	13	12	1	4
131	Sweden	13	8	5	1
132	Tajikistan	13	11	2	3
133	Türkiye	13	11	2	3
134	Uganda	13	11	2	3
135	United Arab Emirates	13	12	1	4
136	Vietnam	13	11	2	4
137	Zimbabwe	13	10	3	3
138	Belgium	12	9	3	4
139	Cape Verde	12	8	4	3
140	Cayman Islands	12	12	0	6
141	Central African Republic	12	10	2	3
142	Curaçao	12	11	1	2
143	Czechia	12	9	3	4
144	Dominican Republic	12	10	2	5
145	Estonia	12	8	4	3
146	Ethiopia	12	9	3	3
147	French Guiana	12	11	1	5
148	Gibraltar	12	12	0	6
149	Greece	12	11	1	5
150	Mali	12	9	3	1
151	Mayotte	12	10	2	4
152	Moldova	12	10	2	4
153	Monaco	12	10	2	3
154	Namibia	12	10	2	2
155	Nauru	12	11	1	4
156	New Caledonia	12	11	1	4
157	Norway	12	10	2	2
158	Romania	12	8	4	2
159	Réunion	12	11	1	5
160	Serbia	12	9	3	4
161	Sierra Leone	12	11	1	3
162	Singapore	12	10	2	4
163	St. Barthélemy	12	11	1	4
164	St. Kitts & Nevis	12	12	0	1
165	Svalbard & Jan Mayen	12	10	2	2
166	Tuvalu	12	11	1	5
167	Algeria	11	8	3	2
168	Angola	11	10	1	4
169	Antigua & Barbuda	11	11	0	6
170	Aruba	11	11	0	4
171	Bolivia	11	10	1	3
172	Cameroon	11	11	0	3
173	Denmark	11	9	2	3
174	Ecuador	11	8	3	3
175	Eswatini	11	11	0	4
176	France	11	10	1	4
177	French Southern Territories	11	10	1	4
178	Greenland	11	9	2	3
179	Guatemala	11	7	4	2
180	Honduras	11	7	4	2
181	Kenya	11	9	2	2
182	Lesotho	11	10	1	3
183	Liberia	11	10	1	5
184	Marshall Islands	11	10	1	7
185	Mozambique	11	8	3	3
186	Papua New Guinea	11	9	2	4
187	Rwanda	11	10	1	3
188	Samoa	11	9	2	4
189	Saudi Arabia	11	9	2	2
190	Solomon Islands	11	8	3	4
191	St. Pierre & Miquelon	11	10	1	4
192	Sudan	11	8	3	3
193	Tonga	11	11	0	4
194	Turks & Caicos Islands	11	11	0	6
195	Western Sahara	11	9	2	5
196	Bahamas	10	10	0	5
197	Bermuda	10	10	0	6
198	Bosnia & Herzegovina	10	10	0	3
199	Caribbean Netherlands	10	8	2	1
200	Congo - Brazzaville	10	10	0	4
201	Costa Rica	10	8	2	1
202	Cuba	10	9	1	4
203	El Salvador	10	7	3	2
204	Isle of Man	10	10	0	6
205	Jamaica	10	10	0	2
206	Luxembourg	10	9	1	3
207	Macao SAR China	10	8	2	3
208	Mauritania	10	8	2	3
209	Mongolia	10	7	3	4
210	Netherlands	10	8	2	2
211	New Zealand	10	10	0	3
212	Somalia	10	10	0	2
213	South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	10	9	1	4
214	United States	10	10	0	6
215	Brazil	9	5	4	2
216	Falkland Islands	9	8	1	5
217	Germany	9	9	0	2
218	Guernsey	9	9	0	4
219	Ireland	9	8	1	5
220	Israel	9	7	2	3
221	Jersey	9	9	0	4
222	Laos	9	7	2	3
223	Micronesia	9	7	2	4
224	Montenegro	9	7	2	1
225	Nicaragua	9	6	3	2
226	Palau	9	8	1	3
227	Portugal	9	7	2	2
228	U.S. Outlying Islands	9	9	0	5
229	Uzbekistan	9	7	2	2
230	Qatar	8	6	2	2
231	Spain	8	7	1	3
232	Australia	7	6	1	1
233	Mexico	7	7	0	4
234	Tokelau	6	6	0	0
235	United Kingdom	6	6	0	3
236	Canada	5	5	0	3
237	Uruguay	5	4	1	0
238	Antarctica	4	3	1	1
239	Switzerland	4	4	0	0

Counts are distinct national holiday dates; regional holidays are not included.