Minimum Vacation Time Around The World
(legaly required)
Finland
5 weeks.
France
5 weeks + 2 weeks of RTT (Reduction du Temps de Travail, in English : Reduction of Working Time) = 7 weeks. The most significant vacation time of any country in the world.
Germany
4 weeks (24 “workable” days, i.e. Mo to Sa, even if the working week is Mo to Fri), plus 9 to 13 bank holidays.
Hong Kong
7 days.
Belgium
20 days, premium pay.
Hungary
20 working days.
Ireland
4 weeks, plus 9 public holidays.
Israel
14 days.
Japan
including sick leave: 18 days paid time off; officially, five weeks (in reaction to the karoshi problem).
Korea, South
10 working days.
Mexico
1 week.
Netherlands
4 weeks.
New Zealand
4 weeks as of April 1, 2007.
Norway
25 working days.
Paraguay
2 weeks.
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