Countries with the Most and Least Paid Public Holidays (PPH)


Which countries have the most and the least paid public holidays?


 Asian countries are at the top of the table for paid public holidays (PPH).

 

Workers in Iran get to enjoy more paid public holidays than those working in any other country. Their many public holidays are in honor of both national and religious events with a grand total of 27 days which are recognized as PPH.  

 

Bangladesh workers receive a similarly generous amount of 24 PPH that also include Islamic religious holidays.

 

At the top 10 countries with most paid public holidays one also finds:

  1. Azerbaijan (21 PPH)
  2. Cambodia (21 PPH)
  3. San Marino (whose 20 public holidays make it the most generous in Europe)  
  4. Myanmar (20 PPH)
  5. (19 PPH)
  6. Kazakhstan (19 PPH)
  7. Iraq (18 PPH)
  8. Colombia (18 PPH)

 

At the bottom of the table for paid public holidays are Libya with 0 PPH and Lebanon with 2 PPH.

 

The average number of PPH is 11.8.