Countries by Minimum Paid Vacation Days
Complete ranking of 191 countries • days/year • Data refreshed May 28, 2026
Leader
Andorra
Field size
191 countries
Lowest rank
United States
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About Minimum Paid Vacation Days Rankings
Andorra leads all 191 countries in Minimum Paid Vacation Days with a value of 31 days/yr, while United States ranks last at 0 days/yr. The gap between top and bottom reflects meaningful global variation.
What Minimum Paid Vacation Days Measures
Minimum legal paid annual vacation days on a five-day workweek, from open country-law tables.
Why This Ranking Matters
Examining Minimum Paid Vacation Days across all countries reveals patterns that might not be obvious at the national level. Regional clusters, outlier nations, and historical trajectories all become clearer when the full global picture is assembled in a single ranking.
Global Range
Values range from 0 days/yr (United States) to 31 days/yr (Andorra) — an infinitely large difference across 191 countries.
Regional Patterns
European countries lead with 8 entries in the top 20, though representation spans multiple continents. Regional factors clearly play a role, but outliers from other parts of the world show that national policy and geography matter as much as continental trends.
Values are broadly distributed across countries, with the middle 50% ranging from 12 days/yr to 22 days/yr. The overall spread from 0 days/yr to 31 days/yr reflects significant global variation.
Notable Outliers
The top of the ranking is competitive: Andorra and United Arab Emirates are separated by only 3%, indicating that the leading positions could shift with updated data.
Continental Leaders
Highest Minimum Paid Vacation Days
The 5 strongest Minimum Paid Vacation Days reads.
Lowest Minimum Paid Vacation Days
The 5 lowest Minimum Paid Vacation Days reads.
Data Note
Rankings are based on the latest available data from Wikipedia Minimum Annual Leave Table, covering 191 of 249 countries and territories. Countries without data for this metric are excluded from the ranking. All values represent the most recently reported figures.
