How Much Paid Leave And Holidays Workers Get In Different Countries, Charted

There are some things other developed countries tend to do a lot better than the US: Public transportation. Healthcare systems that don't habitually bankrupt sick people. Good-faith efforts to fight climate change.

Another of the things other countries do a much better job with is giving workers a much-needed break. Many wealthy countries (and even some not-so-wealthy countries) require companies to give workers a minimum number of paid vacation days each year. When you add these statutory minimum paid leave days to the public holidays observed in each country, workers in some countries are required to get at least 30 days off each year, per this chart from statistics website Statista:

Meanwhile, workers in America get exactly… zero statutory paid leave days. We're not even going to tell you to be grateful if you do get any paid leave from your work, given that almost one out of four American private sector workers doesn't get any paid. Frankly, we should all be mad that the richest country in the world doesn't care about workers' well-being.

[Read more at Statista]