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Working Days by Country
Select a country to see annual working-day counts, monthly breakdowns, and public holiday calendars for 2026 and 2027.
Definition
What is a working day?
A working day — also called a business day — is any calendar day that is not a weekend and not a public holiday. In most countries the work week runs Monday through Friday, so Saturdays, Sundays, and any nationally-observed holiday falling on a weekday are excluded.
Working-day counts matter for payroll periods, contract deadlines, supplier lead times, court filings, settlement cycles, and project planning. Two countries with the same calendar year can have meaningfully different working-day totals — Japan has 14 more public holidays per year than the United States.
- Excludes: Saturdays, Sundays, and all public/national holidays observed nationwide.
- Includes: regional/state holidays not observed nationally (these are paid leave for some, work days for others).
- Substitute days (e.g. when a Saturday holiday is moved to Friday) are counted as a single deduction — never both dates.
How working days are calculated
- 01
Start with calendar days
365 in a regular year, 366 in a leap year. For a month, use 28–31 depending on the month and whether February falls in a leap year.
- 02
Subtract weekends
104 weekend days in most years (52 Saturdays + 52 Sundays). Gulf countries with a Friday–Saturday weekend use the same total against a Sunday–Thursday work week.
- 03
Subtract weekday holidays
Only public holidays falling Mon–Fri count — weekend holidays are already excluded by step 2. Substitute days replace, not stack with, the weekend original.
Browse by country and year
Pick a country below to see annual working-day counts for 2026 and 2027, monthly breakdowns with public holidays highlighted, and a downloadable calendar.
All countries
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- Afghanistan248working days · 13 holidays
- Albania246working days · 15 holidays
- Algeria251working days · 10 holidays
- Andorra251working days · 10 holidays
- Angola248working days · 13 holidays
- Antigua & Barbuda250working days · 11 holidays
- Argentina245working days · 16 holidays
- Armenia250working days · 11 holidays
- Australia244working days · 17 holidays
- Austria251working days · 10 holidays
- Azerbaijan247working days · 14 holidays
17 countries
- Bahamas248working days · 13 holidays
- Bahrain249working days · 12 holidays
- Bangladesh235working days · 26 holidays
- Barbados251working days · 10 holidays
- Belarus253working days · 8 holidays
- Belgium251working days · 10 holidays
- Belize250working days · 11 holidays
- Benin248working days · 13 holidays
- Bhutan251working days · 10 holidays
- Bolivia249working days · 12 holidays
- Bosnia & Herzegovina250working days · 11 holidays
- Botswana249working days · 12 holidays
- Brazil244working days · 17 holidays
- Brunei246working days · 15 holidays
- Bulgaria248working days · 13 holidays
- Burkina Faso248working days · 13 holidays
- Burundi248working days · 13 holidays
18 countries
- Cambodia247working days · 14 holidays
- Cameroon252working days · 9 holidays
- Canada245working days · 16 holidays
- Cape Verde254working days · 7 holidays
- Central African Republic250working days · 11 holidays
- Chad251working days · 10 holidays
- Chile251working days · 10 holidays
- China242working days · 19 holidays
- Colombia243working days · 18 holidays
- Comoros249working days · 12 holidays
- Congo - Brazzaville254working days · 7 holidays
- Congo - Kinshasa255working days · 6 holidays
- Costa Rica254working days · 7 holidays
- Côte d’Ivoire249working days · 12 holidays
- Croatia252working days · 9 holidays
- Cuba254working days · 7 holidays
- Cyprus247working days · 14 holidays
- Czechia250working days · 11 holidays
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- Gabon249working days · 12 holidays
- Gambia248working days · 13 holidays
- Georgia248working days · 13 holidays
- Germany251working days · 10 holidays
- Ghana248working days · 13 holidays
- Greece251working days · 10 holidays
- Grenada249working days · 12 holidays
- Guatemala250working days · 11 holidays
- Guinea250working days · 11 holidays
- Guinea-Bissau254working days · 7 holidays
- Guyana249working days · 12 holidays
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- Laos253working days · 8 holidays
- Latvia250working days · 11 holidays
- Lebanon253working days · 8 holidays
- Lesotho252working days · 9 holidays
- Liberia251working days · 10 holidays
- Libya258working days · 3 holidays
- Liechtenstein242working days · 19 holidays
- Lithuania251working days · 10 holidays
- Luxembourg253working days · 8 holidays
17 countries
- Macao SAR China244working days · 17 holidays
- Madagascar252working days · 9 holidays
- Malawi249working days · 12 holidays
- Malaysia241working days · 20 holidays
- Maldives247working days · 14 holidays
- Mali247working days · 14 holidays
- Malta250working days · 11 holidays
- Mauritania254working days · 7 holidays
- Mauritius251working days · 10 holidays
- Mexico251working days · 10 holidays
- Moldova247working days · 14 holidays
- Monaco250working days · 11 holidays
- Mongolia248working days · 13 holidays
- Montenegro244working days · 17 holidays
- Morocco251working days · 10 holidays
- Mozambique252working days · 9 holidays
- Myanmar (Burma)239working days · 22 holidays
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- Namibia250working days · 11 holidays
- Nepal242working days · 19 holidays
- Netherlands253working days · 8 holidays
- New Zealand239working days · 22 holidays
- Nicaragua249working days · 12 holidays
- Niger247working days · 14 holidays
- Nigeria249working days · 12 holidays
- North Macedonia249working days · 12 holidays
- Norway253working days · 8 holidays
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- Pakistan249working days · 12 holidays
- Palestinian Territories257working days · 4 holidays
- Panama248working days · 13 holidays
- Papua New Guinea251working days · 10 holidays
- Paraguay250working days · 11 holidays
- Peru247working days · 14 holidays
- Philippines239working days · 22 holidays
- Poland253working days · 8 holidays
- Portugal249working days · 12 holidays
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- Samoa252working days · 9 holidays
- San Marino245working days · 16 holidays
- São Tomé & Príncipe252working days · 9 holidays
- Saudi Arabia254working days · 7 holidays
- Senegal249working days · 12 holidays
- Serbia252working days · 9 holidays
- Seychelles250working days · 11 holidays
- Sierra Leone250working days · 11 holidays
- Singapore250working days · 11 holidays
- Slovakia250working days · 11 holidays
- Slovenia250working days · 11 holidays
- Solomon Islands255working days · 6 holidays
- Somalia249working days · 12 holidays
- South Africa251working days · 10 holidays
- South Korea247working days · 14 holidays
- South Sudan251working days · 10 holidays
- Spain243working days · 18 holidays
- Sri Lanka245working days · 16 holidays
- St. Kitts & Nevis251working days · 10 holidays
- St. Lucia250working days · 11 holidays
- St. Vincent & Grenadines251working days · 10 holidays
- Sudan258working days · 3 holidays
- Suriname245working days · 16 holidays
- Sweden251working days · 10 holidays
- Switzerland245working days · 16 holidays
- Syria257working days · 4 holidays
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- Taiwan245working days · 16 holidays
- Tajikistan251working days · 10 holidays
- Tanzania248working days · 13 holidays
- Thailand242working days · 19 holidays
- Timor-Leste246working days · 15 holidays
- Togo251working days · 10 holidays
- Tonga253working days · 8 holidays
- Trinidad & Tobago250working days · 11 holidays
- Tunisia256working days · 5 holidays
- Türkiye249working days · 12 holidays
- Turkmenistan252working days · 9 holidays
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Frequently asked
- What is a working day?
- A working day (also called a business day) is any calendar day that is not a weekend or a public holiday. In most countries the standard work week runs Monday through Friday, so working days exclude Saturday and Sunday plus any nationally-observed holiday that falls on a weekday. A few countries — most of the Gulf — observe Friday and Saturday as the weekend instead.
- How are working days calculated?
- Start with the calendar days in the period (e.g. 365 for a year, 30 or 31 for a month). Subtract Saturdays and Sundays. Then subtract every public holiday that falls on a weekday — holidays that land on a weekend are already excluded by the weekend deduction. The remainder is your working-day count. Substitute or 'observed' holidays (when a Saturday holiday is moved to Friday, or a Sunday holiday to Monday) are counted once each.
- Are working days the same in every country?
- No. Two factors vary by country: the public holiday calendar and the weekend definition. The United States typically has 251–253 working days per year. Countries with more public holidays (Japan, India, China) cluster around 245–248. Countries that observe Friday-Saturday as the weekend (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt) compute working days against a Sunday-Thursday work week instead.
- Why do some sources show different working-day counts?
- Differences usually come from three sources: regional holidays (some countries have state or canton-specific public holidays we don't include in the national count), bank vs. statutory holidays (banking holidays are sometimes broader than the public holiday list), and substitute-day rules (some sources count both the original date and the observed date, others count only one). We use the official national list and count substitutes as a single working-day deduction.