34 countries with the most PTO

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As workers travel for the holidays and spend time with their loved ones, many may find themselves scraping the bottom of their PTO. But do paid vacation days always have to feel like a precious commodity? 

Resume builder Resume.io ranked 197 countries based on the number of paid vacation days workers were entitled to by national law. After examining annual statutory paid leave and paid public holidays laws in each country, Resume.io found that the U.S. had the second lowest number of paid vacation days, only beaten by the Federal States of Micronesia. In fact, the U.S. has zero days of paid leave and 10 paid public holidays, while Iran, which ranked number one for the most vacation days, has 26 days of paid leave and 27 paid public holidays. 

53 paid vacation days

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Deanna Cuadra
Senior Reporter

Deanna Cuadra is a senior reporter at Employee Benefit News. Her work covers healthcare, U.S. policy and reform, challenges faced by women and parents in the workplace and innovation in work culture … Read full bio


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