The number of holidays in different countries. There are fewer holidays in Russia than in other countries

In the labor laws of most countries of the world, the duration of compulsory annual leave is indicated not in calendar days, but in working days. If we translate into the same system of measurements a vacation of 28 calendar days, then it will last 20 working days. Another caveat - in many states, vacation is calculated based on a six-day working week. Therefore, in order to correctly compare the duration of the annual rest in different countries, we brought everything to a common denominator: we proceed from the working five-day period, indicate the data in working days and take into account the minimum provided by local legislation.

Great Britain. There are 8 public holidays in the country. If the employer pays them, the employee gets 20 days of vacation. If not, a vacation of 28 working days is laid down. So every Englishman rests for a total of 28 days.

Austria. After 25 years of service, an additional 5 working days are added to the employee's vacation, as a result, the vacation is 30 working days.

France. The country has only one holiday recognized as a day off - Labor Day (May 1). Rest on other public holidays as agreed with the employer.

Finland. All 13 holidays are tied to calendar dates. That is, those that fall on the weekend are not transferred to subsequent working days, as we have.

Saudi Arabia. Leave at the beginning of the labor path is 10 working days, after 10 years of work with one employer - 15 working days.

Argentina. After 5 years of work in one place, vacation increases to 15 days; 10 years - 20 days; 20 years - 25 days.

Japan. Vacation pay increases with seniority. However, Japanese workaholics rarely take full advantage of their holidays, and one in six Japanese workers refuses to take a break at all. Because of this, the government is preparing to legally oblige citizens to use at least 5 vacation days annually.

Israel. The day preceding some holidays is also considered a non-working day. A novice worker (experience from 1 year to 4 years) can count on 2 weeks of vacation. Then it increases every year by 1-2 working days. After 7 years of work reaches 15 working days. The maximum leave for employees with 14 years of experience or more is 20 working days.

USA. The duration of the leave is not defined by law. This is decided by the employer. Usually - 10 business days. Including public holidays, on average, Americans take about 28 days off.

India. Republic Day, Independence Day and Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday have the status of public holidays. The rest are regional holidays. Their number depends on the state. Most of all celebrate in the state of Haryana.

Malaysia. A novice employee is entitled to leave of 8 days, after 2 years of experience - 12 days, after 5 years - 16.

China. During the first 10 years of work, vacation is 5 days, then 10, and after 20 years - 15. But even a third of the Chinese refuses even such a short vacation in order to earn extra money.

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Someone strives to celebrate both Soviet and new holidays, while someone does not particularly favor either one or the other.

A person who does not honor the holidays of his native country and does not know their origins is not worthy of being called a patriot of his fatherland. Many of these people do not like to work very much and look forward to the "red days of the calendar" to relax (although before that they did not have to strain especially). But for what reason the rest is arranged, they have no time to find out.

True, sometimes it happens that due to global historical cataclysms in the calendar, there is a complete or partial change in the entire festive paradigm. This happened in our country at least twice: after the revolution and after the collapse of the USSR. Someone strives to celebrate both Soviet and new holidays, while someone does not particularly favor either one or the other. And how is it in other countries? Where are the most holidays? As it turned out, the most fortunate were the Egyptians and the Chinese ...

Egypt - 16 days. Paid vacation in Egypt is 21 working days, plus there are 16 public holidays and two days off that fall on the weekend. Most civil servants get their day off the following week if the public holiday falls on a weekend. In private companies, such a day off is usually added to other days. Accordingly, these days are usually then deducted from the employee's annual leave, RATA-news notes.

China, Hong Kong - 16 days. Chinese workers enjoy a large number of official holidays, including New Year's Day, Spring Festival, Labor Day and National Day, and more recently two days off a week. Those who work for foreign companies can also get a day off at Christmas. Any public holiday that falls on a weekend guarantees a day off on the first business day of the following week. Paid leave in China is between one and two weeks per year and can be used at a time that is convenient for both the employee and the employer.

India - 15 days. Civil servants receive an average of one month of paid leave per year, while private sector employees are given 15 to 20 paid days off. In 2007, India had 17 public holidays, 12 of which fell on weekdays. In 2008, the number of days off was reduced to 15. Residents of the country often take several days off in addition to the official holiday and arrange short holidays for themselves. Most active Indians travel in June during the school holidays, as well as in December.

Indonesia - 15 days. At the end of Ramadan, Indonesian Muslims celebrate Eid ul-Fitr, also known as Lebaran. During Lebaran, many city dwellers, especially Muslims, return to the villages and settlements where they come from. And during this period, the government announces a weekend for a week (5 working days) to allow people to see relatives, visit loved ones. The trend to extend weekends and take small vacations became very popular after the bombing in Bali in 2002 (then killed more than 200 people) and the second terrorist attack in Bali in 2005. Immediately after these events, the number of tourists coming to Bali dropped sharply, foreign guests canceled booked tours to the island. The government hopes that the long weekend will boost domestic tourism and that Indonesians themselves will begin to holiday in Bali more often, thus saving the tourism industry from a sudden collapse.

Thailand - 15 days. Employees are entitled to 40 paid days off per year: 10 days for personal needs, 10 days of vacation and 20 days for health reasons. Thailand has at least 13 national and religious holidays per year. Most of the country's residents prefer to take a vacation at least twice a year, most often during the school holidays. Schoolchildren have two semesters and two vacation periods - in April and October of each year. When national or religious holidays fall on Friday or Monday, the working population of the country prefers to spend this long weekend in nature or in neighboring countries.

Morocco - 15 days. Most Moroccans spend their annual holiday in their home country, visiting relatives or simply staying at home. People with average or high incomes sometimes go on vacation to other regions of the country.

Malaysia - 14 days. There are many public holidays in Malaysia. Employees are entitled to 14-24 vacation days and 30 days a year for treatment. Most often, vacations are taken at the end and beginning of the calendar year, during this period the population of the country celebrates Deepavali, Eid Mubarak, Christmas and Chinese New Year. The holiday season usually starts in November and ends at the end of February of the following year.

Chile - 13 days. Some holidays that fall on a working day in Chile are moved to the following Monday, allowing you to enjoy a three-day weekend. The government believes that long weekends promote tourism. The most traditional cultural event in Chile is associated with the celebration of Independence Day, which takes place on September 18 or in the coming days.

Türkiye - 13 days. People prefer to take holidays around official holidays or in the summer. On holidays in winter, Turks go to warmer climes, most often to the southern part of the country. Religious holidays are very popular in Turkey. Two religious festivals as well as three national public holidays are considered days off.

Let's add that Russia quite fits into this rating: in our country. The Labor Code establishes 12 days off within 8 public holidays: January 1 - New Year; January 1-5 - New Year holidays; January 7 - Nativity of Christ (Orthodox Christmas); February 23 - Defender of the Fatherland Day; March 8 - International Women's Day; May 1 - Spring and Labor Day; May 9 - Victory Day; June 12 - Day of Russia; November 4 - National Unity Day.

There may be fewer public holidays in Ukraine - according to the bill proposed by the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance, there will be 9 instead of the current 11. Victories - on the Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation (May 8), and the Monday after Trinity in May-June - on Family Day in September.

In Europe

New Year and Catholic Christmas are days off in almost all of Europe. Most European countries do not work on May 1: they celebrate either Labor Day or Spring Day. International Women's Day is celebrated only in Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova and Russia.

religious holiday

secular holiday

Data for 2017. Easter and Trinity do not have a fixed date, but always fall on Sunday (the day off is moved to Monday). Holidays in Ukraine are specified according to the current law.

In the world

In different countries of the world, according to the consulting company Mercer in 2014, the number of holidays is from 7 to 18 days. Most of all rest in Colombia and India, least of all - in Mexico. In China and Japan, the so-called golden weeks are adopted - several holidays, together with days off, form a week. In Japan, this week starts with Emperor Showa Day. In China, there are two such weeks: the celebration of the Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) and the Founding Day of the PRC. The Chinese work off part of this weekend throughout the year.

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Today I decided to collect and publish data on how long working day, working week and working hours around the world, as well as to analyze how these indicators affect the level of economic development of countries. This idea prompted me to end recently in Russia, the so-called. "New Year holidays", during which many employees rested. There are many other holidays that are not celebrated in other countries, and I have heard opinions more than once that Russians have too much rest, but they need to work. After digging into the statistics, I came to the conclusion that all this is an absolute delusion: in fact, Russians are among the people who work the most in the world! Well, residents of neighboring CIS countries are also not far away. And now more…

There is such an international Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which is engaged in the calculation and comparison of statistical data in various fields. So, among other things, she counts the hours actually worked (including official part-time jobs and overtime).

According to the OECD, in 2015 the average Russian resident spent at work, attention, 1978 hours! This means that he worked 247 8-hour working days, that is, he worked all the working days of the year according to the norm, without reduced days and no vacation at all. And this is only according to official data! Is it worth mentioning how much people recycle unofficially?

According to this indicator, Russia in 2015 ranked 6th in the world. The top five countries where workers worked the most hours looked like this:

1. Mexico.
2. Costa Rica.
3. South Korea.
4. Greece.
5. Chile.

Please note: these are predominantly “middle” and “below middle” countries, not the most developed, but not the most backward either. In general, it is not entirely clear why many Asian countries did not get into this TOP, where it is considered good form to work hard, people basically do not rest and do not take vacations. However, this is the report. Do you know which countries, according to the OECD, had the least hours of work?

1. Germany.
2. Netherlands.
3. Norway.
4. Denmark.
5. France.

In general, the entire top ten is occupied by European countries. For example, the working time of an average German resident in 2015 was 1371 hours, which is one third less than in Russia! In fact, all European countries included in the top 10 countries with the minimum hours worked are at a very high level of development.

Where did such a difference between the hours worked by Russians and residents of Western Europe come from? There are 3 main reasons:

1. Shorter working day and working week.
2. Longer holidays.
3. A more rigorous approach to processing, working after hours.

Moreover, interestingly, the length of the working day and the working week does not have the strongest influence on the actual hours worked per year. Because according to the results of the OECD study, it is clear that countries with approximately the same length of the working day and working week can take diametrically opposite positions in terms of the average worker's actual hours worked.

Let's look at the length of the working day and the working week in different countries of the world:

• Netherlands- the minimum working week in the world. The working day is on average 7.5 hours, the working week is 27 hours.
• France, Ireland- Working week 35 hours.
• Denmark- working day 7.3 hours, working week - 37.5 hours. It is noteworthy that at the same time, the average hourly wage in Denmark is 30% higher than in the EU as a whole - 37.6 euros per hour.
• Germany- Working week 38 hours. Despite the fact that the Germans are traditionally considered workaholics, the annual working time is the minimum in the world!
• Russia Ukraine- working day 8 hours, working week - 40 hours. However, due to overtime (even official!) and short, often non-observed holidays, these countries are among the top ten countries with the longest hours worked per year.
• USA- maximum working week - 40 hours. In fact, in the private sector, workers work an average of 34.6 hours per week.
• Japan- 40 hour work week. Everyone has heard about the workaholism of the Japanese, however, the official working week there is no different from the Russian one. In this country, it is customary to unofficially stay at work to move up the career ladder; this does not fall into official statistics. In fact, the work week often lasts up to 50 hours.
• Great Britain— working week — 43.7 hours.
• Greece- working week - 43.7 hours, actual hours worked - the maximum in Europe.
• Mexico, Thailand, India- working week up to 48 hours, six days.
• China— the average working day is 10 hours, the average working week is 60 hours. Lunch time in China is 20 minutes, and the average vacation time is 10 days.

In addition to the length of the working day and extracurricular work, the duration of the vacation also affects the total hours worked, in European countries things are also better with this than in Russia, Ukraine and other countries of the post-Soviet space.

So, for example, the average duration of paid vacation in different countries of the world is:

• Austria- 6 weeks vacation (from 25 years old);
• Finland- vacation up to 8 weeks (including "bonuses" up to 18 days for a long service at one enterprise);
• France- up to 9.5 weeks of vacation;
• UK, Germany- 4 weeks vacation;
• European average— 25 working days of vacation (5 weeks);
• Russia- 4 weeks vacation (28 days);
• Ukraine— 24 days of vacation;
• USA- there are no legislative norms for the duration of the vacation - at the discretion of the employer;
• Japan- 18 days a year, taking a vacation is considered bad form, on average, the Japanese rest 8 days a year;
• India- 12 days a year;
• China- 11 days a year;
• Mexico- 6 days a year;
• Philippines- 5 days a year (minimum).

As for the "stretched" New Year holidays, in Western countries they actually get even longer. Although there are not so many official holidays there, in reality, since December 20, business activity there has practically been reduced to zero, since December 25, almost all enterprises are closed, and open from January 9-10.

In general, if we consider the trend, then working hours in most countries of the world are gradually decreasing. In the early 1900s, people in many countries gave 3,000 hours a year to work (!), Now this figure is 1,800 hours on average worldwide, and in the most productive and economically developed countries it is even lower.

Back in 1930, economist John Keynes, the author of the famous theory of Keynesianism, predicted that in 100 years, in 2030, the working week will last an average of 15 hours. Of course, he was most likely wrong in the numbers, but not in the trend: working hours have indeed been steadily declining since then.

If you analyze the data on labor provided by the OECD, you can clearly see that for a strong economy, you need to work not hard, but efficiently. They also have such an indicator as the productivity of working hours, and so, for example, if we compare two European countries with the maximum and minimum working hours - Greece and Germany, then in Germany productivity is 70% higher than in Greece. This example perfectly demonstrates the now popular expression: “you need to work not 12 hours a day, but with your head!”.

Fans of workaholism often cite as an example Asian countries, such as China, India, where working hours are very long, and these countries demonstrate high rates of economic growth. I propose to look at Asia a little from the other side.

It is in Asia that there is a special term "karoshi", which means "death by processing." Because such cases are far from uncommon there: people literally die at their workplaces, as their body cannot withstand such a strong load. For example, in Japan, official karoshi statistics are maintained, and many believe that they are underestimated.

In general, I think that in terms of the length of the working day, the working week and working hours in general, we need to focus on Europe, and not on Asia. The economies of European countries perfectly demonstrate that labor productivity is much more important than hours worked. Here are just the most important advantages of a shorter working day and working week:

• A person is less tired at work, which means that he can work more efficiently;
• Limited working time leaves no room for distraction on the so-called. - the employee is fully involved in the work process;
• The less working time, the more a person can concentrate on work;
• The employee spends more time at home, with his family, with relatives and friends, devotes more time to his hobbies, rests, which means that he has more energy and strength for work;
• A person who works less has fewer health problems, which means that he again has more strength and energy to do work.

Summing up all of the above, I can conclude: we need to look at positive examples and keep the course towards reducing the working day, the working week, and working time in general. To begin with, at least exclude constant processing from practice. Because when - this, I assure you, will not lead to anything good, neither for employers, nor for employees. Normal civilized labor relations will definitely help to increase labor efficiency, and it will be better for everyone.

In conclusion, for the sake of persuasiveness, I will give a personal example: I devote less than half of the traditional working time to working on this site. And it didn't make him any worse, did he? And achieved quite good. That is, in order to, it is not at all necessary to work a lot. Be sure to work efficiently!

Now you know what the working day, working week and working hours are like in the countries of the world, what results it brings, you see my conclusions and you can draw your own. I hope that this information will be useful to you, perhaps it will make you take a different look at things that seemed obvious.

Take care of your time - it is your limited and exhaustible resource. See you at!

Estimate:

Sri Lanka holds the record for the number of public holidays per year (24 days). In a whole group of countries, citizens officially do not work 21 days a year - these are Bhutan, Brazil, the Virgin Islands, Iran, the Maldives, Puerto Rico, San Marino. In India, 18 days a year are rested, in South Korea - 17, in Japan - 15. In developed Christian countries, the average number of holidays fluctuates around 11-13 (13 in Germany, 12 in Italy, 11 in the USA).

According to UNESCO, the average country annually gives holidays 12.2 days, while for industrialized countries this figure is 12.4, for developing countries - 12.1.

The most “resting” region of the planet is the Caribbean, where citizens do not work on average (excluding weekly holidays) 14.4 days a year. The most "hard-working" region is North America, where they rest on average only 10.5 days.

In addition to official holidays, in many countries there are periods of recession in business activity - for example, in Christian countries this is traditionally the period of the Christmas holidays, and in Russia (11 official non-working days) and the CIS countries there are also May holidays. In Brazil, for example, business activity comes to a halt almost throughout the period of Lent, when the population unanimously goes on vacation, and children have school holidays.

In countries where several religions are common, citizens (probably out of solidarity) celebrate holidays not only of their own, but also of other confessions. It is this tradition that makes Sri Lanka the leader in the number of non-working days. In India, this practice is even associated with a legislative restriction on the maximum number of non-working days due to an employee: the majority has the right to choose two of the 24 so-called "limited" holidays in accordance with their national or religious affiliation. And there are only five national holidays in this country.

The high religiosity of the citizens of Bhutan brings this small state to one of the first places in the "rating of vacationers" - with the only secular holiday (King's Birthday), the remaining 20 days are occupied by religious celebrations. Each of the two official public holidays in Saudi Arabia (Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adh) interrupts the working rhythm in the country for about 10 days. And in Puerto Rico, in almost every city, the celebration in honor of the heavenly patron of this settlement lasts an average of 10 days. In many Christian countries, extra holidays are added to major holidays, mainly Easter.

Citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, where the number of holidays ranges from six on Chuuk Island to nine on Pohnpei Island, have the fewest official holidays. In Cuba, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe, eight days of the year are officially holidays, in the UK, Vietnam, Djibouti, Cape Verde, Laos, Macedonia, Romania and Yugoslavia - nine days.

Here is a list of public holidays and weekends in some countries.

Germany:

Holiday with variable date-Easter

May 1 - Workers' Day

May 21 - Ascension

June 1 - Spirits Day

August 15 - Dormition

Italy:

Holiday with variable date- Easter Monday

First Sunday of June- Republic Day

USA:

Third Monday in January -
Martin Luther King Day

Third Monday in February-
President's Day

Last Monday in May-Memorial Day

First Monday in September-Labor Day

Second Monday in October- Columbus Day

Fourth Thursday in November- Thanksgiving Day

Japan:

Second Monday in January- coming of age day

Second Monday in October-
Health and Sports Day

When preparing the certificate, materials of the Kommersant Publishing House and a number of regional and tourist sites were used ( (“Sakura Petals”), Germany.ru, Travel.ru, Tournews.ru, etc.).