Average Number of Vacation Days per Year
source: World Tourism Organization (WTO)
Italy 42 days
France 37 days
Germany 35 days
Brazil 34 days
UK 28 days
Canada 26 days
Korea 25 days
Japan 25 days
USA 13 days
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Nancy
One could make a comment regarding workload and management demands but one won’t. Happy holidays anyway!
jameshigham
You could be in Korea or Japan, you know. 🙂
Mark
Is this just vacation, or vacation plus statutory holidays? If it’s just vacation, some of these numbers are probably too high (most Canadians get only two weeks, or 10 days a year.) If its vacation plus holidays, the number for the U.S. seems low.
Greg
I bet its paid days off per year. considering many, many Americans work part time jobs that offer no paid time off (sick, holiday, or vacation) and most trade union jobs are also that way (their “vacation time” is worked in to their hourly wage and they therefore only get paid when they work). If thats the case, averaging lots of people who get zero, I bet 13 isnt too far off the mark for Americans.