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# Countries ranked by statutory paid annual leave

The minimum paid annual leave the law gives a full-time employee on a five-day week, in working days and without public holidays (Eurofound, 2022). Collective agreements and contracts often give more. Destinations outside the Eurofound comparison are absent rather than ranked at zero.

- Canonical: /reports/countries-ranked-by-paid-annual-leave/
- Last checked: 2026-09-19

## Answers

### Malta

28 days
- Source: https://assets.eurofound.europa.eu/f/279033/356ff40090/ef23007en.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Luxembourg

26 days
- Source: https://assets.eurofound.europa.eu/f/279033/356ff40090/ef23007en.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Austria

25 days
- Source: https://assets.eurofound.europa.eu/f/279033/356ff40090/ef23007en.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Denmark

25 days
- Source: https://assets.eurofound.europa.eu/f/279033/356ff40090/ef23007en.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### France

25 days
- Source: https://assets.eurofound.europa.eu/f/279033/356ff40090/ef23007en.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Sweden

25 days
- Source: https://assets.eurofound.europa.eu/f/279033/356ff40090/ef23007en.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Portugal

22 days
- Source: https://assets.eurofound.europa.eu/f/279033/356ff40090/ef23007en.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Spain

22 days
- Source: https://assets.eurofound.europa.eu/f/279033/356ff40090/ef23007en.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Norway

21 days
- Source: https://assets.eurofound.europa.eu/f/279033/356ff40090/ef23007en.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Belgium

20 days
- Source: https://assets.eurofound.europa.eu/f/279033/356ff40090/ef23007en.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Bulgaria

20 days
- Source: https://assets.eurofound.europa.eu/f/279033/356ff40090/ef23007en.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Croatia

20 days
- Source: https://assets.eurofound.europa.eu/f/279033/356ff40090/ef23007en.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Cyprus

20 days
- Source: https://assets.eurofound.europa.eu/f/279033/356ff40090/ef23007en.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Czechia

20 days
- Source: https://assets.eurofound.europa.eu/f/279033/356ff40090/ef23007en.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Estonia

20 days
- Source: https://assets.eurofound.europa.eu/f/279033/356ff40090/ef23007en.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Finland

20 days
- Source: https://assets.eurofound.europa.eu/f/279033/356ff40090/ef23007en.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Germany

20 days
- Source: https://assets.eurofound.europa.eu/f/279033/356ff40090/ef23007en.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Greece

20 days
- Source: https://assets.eurofound.europa.eu/f/279033/356ff40090/ef23007en.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Hungary

20 days
- Source: https://assets.eurofound.europa.eu/f/279033/356ff40090/ef23007en.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Ireland

20 days
- Source: https://assets.eurofound.europa.eu/f/279033/356ff40090/ef23007en.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Italy

20 days
- Source: https://assets.eurofound.europa.eu/f/279033/356ff40090/ef23007en.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Latvia

20 days
- Source: https://assets.eurofound.europa.eu/f/279033/356ff40090/ef23007en.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Lithuania

20 days
- Source: https://assets.eurofound.europa.eu/f/279033/356ff40090/ef23007en.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Netherlands

20 days
- Source: https://assets.eurofound.europa.eu/f/279033/356ff40090/ef23007en.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Poland

20 days
- Source: https://assets.eurofound.europa.eu/f/279033/356ff40090/ef23007en.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Romania

20 days
- Source: https://assets.eurofound.europa.eu/f/279033/356ff40090/ef23007en.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Slovakia

20 days
- Source: https://assets.eurofound.europa.eu/f/279033/356ff40090/ef23007en.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Slovenia

20 days
- Source: https://assets.eurofound.europa.eu/f/279033/356ff40090/ef23007en.pdf
- Checked: 2026-09-19

## Method

Require all component metrics for the same country, keep their source records, calculate statutory_annual_leave_days, then sort descending.

## Sources

Eurofound, Working time in 2021–2022 (EF23007EN), Figure 11 'Minimum number of days of paid annual leave, 2022' and Annex 2 notes — https://assets.eurofound.europa.eu/f/279033/356ff40090/ef23007en.pdf

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### APA

ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 29). Countries ranked by statutory paid annual leave [ImmigrationDB compilation; version b4067eb72cd3c72fc052a8ff3f54ee90]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/countries-ranked-by-paid-annual-leave/ Retrieved 2026-09-29. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_countries-ranked-by-statutory-paid-annual-leave_7e26eab56e58,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Countries ranked by statutory paid annual leave},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-29},
  version = {b4067eb72cd3c72fc052a8ff3f54ee90},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/countries-ranked-by-paid-annual-leave/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-29. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

### Markdown

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## Boundary

This is a standardized data comparison, not a personal budget or migration recommendation. Read the included and excluded components before using it.