| Country | Legally required minimum leave |
| Argentina | 14 calendar days (from 0 to 5 years seniority), 21 calendar days (from 5 to 10), 28 calendar days (from 10 to 20) and 35 calendar days (from 20) |
| Australia | As of 27 March 2006, 20 work days (4 weeks). 2 weeks can be "sold" to employer. Additional Long service leave is also payable. 10 public holidays as well are payable to employees. |
| Austria | 5 weeks |
| The Bahamas | 14 days after 1 year employment, 21 day after 5 years employment |
| Belgium | 20 days, premium pay |
| Brazil | 30 consecutive days after 1 year employment, of which 10 can be sold back to the employer |
| Bulgaria | 20 working days |
| Canada | Determined by provincial law. 10-15 working days depending on province. In addition, 5-10 public holidays depending on province. |
| Chile | 15 working days |
| Colombia | 15 working days for every year, vacations can be accumulated for up to 4 years (up to 60 working days of vacations) |
| Costa Rica | 2 weeks after 1 year employment. |
| China | 11 working days. |
| Croatia | 18 working days. Saturdays can be included even if company offices are not open on Saturdays. This is left for employers and employees to agree. |
| Czech Republic | 4 weeks |
| Denmark | 25 work days minimum + 5 "special days" |
| Dominican Republic | 14 work days after one year employment, 20 work days after 5 years employment. |
| Estonia | 28 calendar days |
| European Union | 4 weeks, more in some countries |
| Ecuador | 14 days |
| Finland | 5 weeks (30 days with Saturdays, but not Sundays counted as holidays) is the minimum mandated by law. More precisely: vacation is accrued between 1.4. - 31.3. each year and used primarily during the following summer holiday period. During each such full period 2,5 vacation days are accrued per month. When taking up a new job, only 2 days are accrued until the start of the first full period. Many trade unions have been able to agree for more vacation time for their profession |
| France | 5 weeks[1] (+ 2 weeks of RTT (Reduction du Temps de Travail, in English : Reduction of Working Time) according to the contract) |
| Germany | 4 working weeks |
| Greece | 20 working days or more depending on the years in the company |
| Guatemala | 2 working weeks |
| Hong Kong | 7 days[2] |
| Hungary | 20 working days (increasing up to 30 with age) |
| Iceland | 24 days[3], not including 13 official holidays. |
| Ireland | 4 working weeks (20 days if working full time), plus 9 public holidays |
| Iran | 4 weeks |
| India | 1 work day for every 20 days worked (around 12 work days a year)[4] |
| Israel | from 12 working days for the first year to 24 days for 14-th year and on, not including official holidays, sick leave, etc. |
| Italy | 20-32 working days (exact amount depends on contract details) plus 12 public holidays. With 40-hours-labour-week there are at least 25 days paid time off. |
| Japan | including sick leave: 18 days paid time off;
officially, five weeks (in reaction to the karoshi problem) |
| Jersey | 2 weeks[5] |
| Korea, South | 10 working days |
| Latvia | 4 weeks |
| Lithuania | 28 calendar days [6] |
| Malaysia | Starts at 8 days for first 2 years employment with an employer. Increases to 12 days for between 2 and 5 years employment and 16 days for 5 or more years. Plus, depending on which state, around 14 public holidays. |
| Mexico | Starts at minimum 6 days for the 1 year of employment. Increases to 8 days after the second year, to 10 days after the third year, 12 days after the fourth year and to 14 days from year 5 o year 9; then every 5 years increases two days. |
| Netherlands | 4 weeks |
| New Zealand | 4 weeks as of April 1, 2007, plus 11 paid public holidays. |
| Norway | 25 working days |
| Pakistan | 15 working days |
| Paraguay | 14 days |
| Peru | 14 days |
| Philippines | 5 days, rendered at least 1 year of service is entitled to a yearly service incentive leave. |
| Poland | 20 business days, 26 business days after 10 years of employment |
| Portugal | 22 working days, up to 25 without work absences in previous year. |
| Puerto Rico | 15 days |
| Romania | 21 working days |
| Russia | 28 calendar days[7] |
| Serbia | 20 working days minimum |
| Saudi Arabia | 30 days |
| Singapore | 14 days (executive and above); 7 days with 1 additional day per year up to a maximum of 14 days (non-executive) |
| Slovakia | 20 days, 25 days after 15 years of employment |
| South Africa | 21 consecutive days |
| Spain | 30 calendar days |
| Sweden | 25 work days minimum |
| Switzerland | 28 calendar days (= 20 work days) |
| Taiwan | 7 days |
| Tanzania | 28 calendar days |
| Turkey | 12 work days |
| Tunisia | 30 work days |
| Ukraine | 24 calendar days |
| United Kingdom | 5.6 weeks (28 work days)[8] |
| United States | none[9] |
| Uruguay | 14 days |
| Venezuela | 15 paid days for the first year + 1 day extra for every year of service until reaching 30 days. In addition, a maximum of 12 public holidays provided every holiday falls on a weekday. |
| Vietnam | 10 working days. |
