From my own experience, I recognized that the number of vacation days can vary quite a bit depending on which country you work in. Mercer Consulting has researched the number of days off work among different countries, with Canada and the U.S. having a relatively low number of days off annually compared to other countries like Brazil and Lithuania, having up to twice as much off. See a list of selected country below:
Brazil: 30 days plus 11 days of public holidays. Total: 41
Lithuania: annual minimum of 28 off and 13 public holidays. Total: 41
France: minimum of 30 days off and 10 days of public holidays. Total: 40
Russia: statutory minimum of 28 days plus 12 days for public holidays. Total: 40
Finland: 30 days for vacation plus 10 days of public holidays. Total: 40
UK: 28 days vacation is statutory minimum, but only 8 public holidays. Total: 36
Poland: minimum of 26 vacation days and 10 days for public holidays Total: 36
Denmark: 25 days for vacation and 9 days of public holidays. Total: 34
South Korea: minimum of 19 working days and 15 days of public holidays. Total: 34
New Zealand: 20 days of vacation and 11 days of public holidays. Total: 31
Austria: 25 days for vacation and 13 days off for public holidays. Total: 28
Switzerland: 20 days of vacation plus 8 public holidays. Total: 28
Taiwan: 15 days as statutory minimum but 13 days of public holidays. Total: 28
India: only 12 days vacation, but highest number of public holidays, namely 16 days. Total: 28
Hong Kong: 14 days of mandatory vacation and 12 days off as public holidays. Total 26
Greece: minimum of 25 days vacation.
US: no mandatory requirement, but typically 15 days and 10 public holidays. Total: 25
Singapore: 14 days off for vacation and 11 public holidays. Total: 25
China: 10 vacation days and 11 days of holidays. Total: 21
Canada: 10 days of vacation and 9 public holidays (least overall together with China). Total: 19
But before you quit your job and move to another country in the hope of more vacation, you should know that these are just minimum requirements, and companies often have some discretion on how much vacation they offer their employees. Therefore it might be worth checking out some companies in your home country first


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