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Russia at top for paid and public holidays : Hotels.com

Research released by Hotels.com reveals discrepancies in paid and public holiday entitlements across the globe. When looking at both statutory annual leave and public holiday allowances, Russia tops the table with 40 days holiday, whilst those living in Mexico came last with only 13 days in total.

Of the 30 nations surveyed, the hotel expert revealed the average annual leave and public entitlement to be 28 days. Italy and Sweden were both second to Russia with 36 days total holiday, eight more than the global average of 28. In contrast, Canada and Mexico both receive the lowest amount of holiday allowance, with workers only receiving 15 and 13 days respectively.

A plethora of annual bank holidays exist across the world, and Argentina tops the list with 19, which includes the popular 'Carnival' in Argentina between 11th and 12th February. Colombia follows suit with 18 days including 'Dia de San Jose' in Colombia on 19th March. In contrast, Brazil, Canada and India have the lowest number of public holidays with only five days each.

Alison Couper, from Hotels.com, said: "It's surprising to see the big global differences across the world when it comes to holiday allowance. There is a huge disparity with 27 days difference between Russia and Mexico, amounting to over five working weeks!"

Total global holiday entitlement for 2013:

 

Country

Annual leave

Public holidays

Total

1

Russia

28

12

40

2

Italy

24

12

36

2

Sweden

25

11

36

4

Finland

25

10

35

4

France

25

10

35

4

Norway

25

10

35

4

Brazil

30

5

35

8

Denmark

25

9

34

8

Spain

22

12

34

10

Colombia

15

18

33

11

New Zealand

20

11

31

12

Australia

20

10

30

13

Argentina

10

19

29

13

Germany

20

9

29

13

Ireland

20

9

29

13

Switzerland

20

9

29

17

UK

20

8

28

18

South Korea

15

12

27

18

Netherlands

20

7

27

20

India

21

5

26

20

Japan

10

16

26

22

Hong Kong

7

16

23

23

Malaysia

8

14

22

24

Thailand

6

15

21

25

USA

10

10

20

26

Taiwan

7

12

19

27

Singapore

7

11

18

28

China

5

11

16

29

Canada

10

5

15

30

Mexico

7

6

13


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