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Working days in 2028: all 246 countries compared

2028 has 366 calendar days. Across 246 countries and territories the number of working days runs from 238 (Myanmar) to 296 (Iran), with a median of 250 and an average of 250.1. The most common count is 251 working days, shared by 49 countries.

296most working days (Iran)
250median across 246 countries
238fewest working days (Myanmar)
13.0public holidays on average

A working day is a calendar day that is neither a weekend day nor a public holiday, counted with the national weekend of each country: Saturday and Sunday for 226 countries, Friday and Saturday for 18, and another pattern for 2. Holidays that fall on the weekend do not reduce the count unless a substitute day is granted. Only nationwide holidays are counted; regional calendars have their own pages. See the methodology.

Ranking by working days in 2028

Sorted from the most working days to the fewest. Countries with the same count share a rank and are listed alphabetically. Click a country for its holiday dates, working days per month and long weekends.

RankCountryWorking daysPublic holidaysHolidays on weekdaysWeekend daysWeekend
1Iran296241852Friday
2Sri Lanka26000106Saturday and Sunday
2Ukraine26000106Saturday and Sunday
4Switzerland25743106Saturday and Sunday
5Canada25654106Saturday and Sunday
5Mauritania25695105Friday and Saturday
5Qatar25685105Friday and Saturday
5Tokelau25664106Saturday and Sunday
5Uruguay25654106Saturday and Sunday
10Mexico25575106Saturday and Sunday
10Papua New Guinea255115106Saturday and Sunday
10Pitcairn25585106Saturday and Sunday
10Saint Helena25555106Saturday and Sunday
10United Arab Emirates255125106Saturday and Sunday
15Australia25476106Saturday and Sunday
15Bahrain254147105Friday and Saturday
15Estonia254126106Saturday and Sunday
15Guinea-Bissau254116106Saturday and Sunday
15Israel25487105Friday and Saturday
15Kuwait254127105Friday and Saturday
15Somalia254106106Saturday and Sunday
15Türkiye254146106Saturday and Sunday
23Afghanistan253148105Friday and Saturday
23Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba253107106Saturday and Sunday
23Bosnia and Herzegovina253107106Saturday and Sunday
23Cuba253107106Saturday and Sunday
23Denmark253107106Saturday and Sunday
23El Salvador253117106Saturday and Sunday
23Laos253117106Saturday and Sunday
23Micronesia25387106Saturday and Sunday
23Netherlands253107106Saturday and Sunday
23Solomon Islands25397106Saturday and Sunday
23South Sudan253157106Saturday and Sunday
23Western Sahara253117106Saturday and Sunday
35Algeria252149105Friday and Saturday
35Belarus252118106Saturday and Sunday
35Belgium252108106Saturday and Sunday
35Cameroon252118106Saturday and Sunday
35Comoros252148106Saturday and Sunday
35Costa Rica25298106Saturday and Sunday
35Djibouti252139105Friday and Saturday
35Egypt252129105Friday and Saturday
35Falkland Islands25288106Saturday and Sunday
35Faroe Islands252148106Saturday and Sunday
35Germany25298106Saturday and Sunday
35Greenland252118106Saturday and Sunday
35Honduras252108106Saturday and Sunday
35Jordan252139105Friday and Saturday
35Latvia252158106Saturday and Sunday
35Lesotho252108106Saturday and Sunday
35Macau252108106Saturday and Sunday
35Montenegro25298106Saturday and Sunday
35Mozambique25298106Saturday and Sunday
35Republic of the Congo252108106Saturday and Sunday
35Samoa252118106Saturday and Sunday
35São Tomé and Príncipe25298106Saturday and Sunday
35Serbia252128106Saturday and Sunday
35Sweden252138106Saturday and Sunday
35Turkmenistan252108106Saturday and Sunday
35United Kingdom25288106Saturday and Sunday
61Armenia251139106Saturday and Sunday
61Aruba251119106Saturday and Sunday
61Brazil251109106Saturday and Sunday
61Burundi251149106Saturday and Sunday
61Curaçao251129106Saturday and Sunday
61Cyprus251159106Saturday and Sunday
61Dominican Republic251129106Saturday and Sunday
61DR Congo251119106Saturday and Sunday
61Eswatini251119106Saturday and Sunday
61Ethiopia251119106Saturday and Sunday
61Finland251159106Saturday and Sunday
61France251119106Saturday and Sunday
61French Guiana251129106Saturday and Sunday
61French Southern Territories251119106Saturday and Sunday
61Greece251129106Saturday and Sunday
61Guatemala251119106Saturday and Sunday
61Guernsey251109106Saturday and Sunday
61Guinea251129106Saturday and Sunday
61Hungary251139106Saturday and Sunday
61Iraq2511610105Friday and Saturday
61Ireland251109106Saturday and Sunday
61Jamaica251109106Saturday and Sunday
61Jersey251109106Saturday and Sunday
61Kenya251119106Saturday and Sunday
61Liberia251119106Saturday and Sunday
61Libya251159106Saturday and Sunday
61Lithuania251169106Saturday and Sunday
61Mali251129106Saturday and Sunday
61Marshall Islands251109106Saturday and Sunday
61Moldova251139106Saturday and Sunday
61Namibia251129106Saturday and Sunday
61New Caledonia251129106Saturday and Sunday
61Nicaragua251109106Saturday and Sunday
61North Macedonia251119106Saturday and Sunday
61Norway251129106Saturday and Sunday
61Oman2511410105Friday and Saturday
61Pakistan251169106Saturday and Sunday
61Poland251149106Saturday and Sunday
61Saint Pierre and Miquelon251119106Saturday and Sunday
61Saudi Arabia2511010105Friday and Saturday
61Sint Maarten251149106Saturday and Sunday
61South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands25199106Saturday and Sunday
61Spain251109106Saturday and Sunday
61Sudan2511510105Friday and Saturday
61Svalbard and Jan Mayen251129106Saturday and Sunday
61Tajikistan251129106Saturday and Sunday
61Tunisia251179106Saturday and Sunday
61United States Minor Outlying Islands251109106Saturday and Sunday
61Uzbekistan25199106Saturday and Sunday
110Åland Islands2501610106Saturday and Sunday
110Antigua and Barbuda2501110106Saturday and Sunday
110Bahamas2501110106Saturday and Sunday
110Bermuda2501010106Saturday and Sunday
110Bolivia2501210106Saturday and Sunday
110Botswana2501410106Saturday and Sunday
110Cabo Verde2501210106Saturday and Sunday
110Chad2501210106Saturday and Sunday
110Croatia2501410106Saturday and Sunday
110Czechia2501310106Saturday and Sunday
110Dominica2501210106Saturday and Sunday
110Fiji2501110106Saturday and Sunday
110Ghana2501410106Saturday and Sunday
110Iceland2501410106Saturday and Sunday
110Isle of Man2501010106Saturday and Sunday
110Lebanon2501910106Saturday and Sunday
110Luxembourg2501110106Saturday and Sunday
110Maldives2501811105Friday and Saturday
110Mayotte2501210106Saturday and Sunday
110Morocco2501710106Saturday and Sunday
110Niger2501310106Saturday and Sunday
110Palau2501110106Saturday and Sunday
110Peru2501710106Saturday and Sunday
110Portugal2501310106Saturday and Sunday
110Réunion2501210106Saturday and Sunday
110Russia2501410106Saturday and Sunday
110Saint Barthélemy2501210106Saturday and Sunday
110Saint Kitts and Nevis2501210106Saturday and Sunday
110Saint Martin2501310106Saturday and Sunday
110Singapore2501110106Saturday and Sunday
110Slovenia2501510106Saturday and Sunday
110South Africa2501210106Saturday and Sunday
110Suriname2501510106Saturday and Sunday
110Tonga250910106Saturday and Sunday
110Tuvalu2501110106Saturday and Sunday
110United States2501110106Saturday and Sunday
146Bangladesh2491812105Friday and Saturday
146Barbados2491211106Saturday and Sunday
146Belize249911106Saturday and Sunday
146Bhutan2491811106Saturday and Sunday
146Central African Republic2491411106Saturday and Sunday
146Christmas Island2491111106Saturday and Sunday
146Cook Islands2491111106Saturday and Sunday
146French Polynesia2491411106Saturday and Sunday
146Gabon2491511106Saturday and Sunday
146Haiti2491611106Saturday and Sunday
146Italy2491411106Saturday and Sunday
146Kosovo2491111106Saturday and Sunday
146Madagascar2491611106Saturday and Sunday
146Malawi2491111106Saturday and Sunday
146Mauritius2491511106Saturday and Sunday
146Monaco2491211106Saturday and Sunday
146Mongolia2491611106Saturday and Sunday
146Montserrat2491211106Saturday and Sunday
146New Zealand2491111106Saturday and Sunday
146Niue2491111106Saturday and Sunday
146Palestine2491711106Saturday and Sunday
146Panama2491211106Saturday and Sunday
146Paraguay2491411106Saturday and Sunday
146Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2491311106Saturday and Sunday
146San Marino2491811106Saturday and Sunday
146Senegal2491411106Saturday and Sunday
146Seychelles2491311106Saturday and Sunday
146Slovakia2491311106Saturday and Sunday
146Togo2491311106Saturday and Sunday
146Uganda2491411106Saturday and Sunday
146Venezuela2491511106Saturday and Sunday
146Wallis and Futuna2491411106Saturday and Sunday
146Yemen2491512105Friday and Saturday
146Zimbabwe2491311106Saturday and Sunday
180American Samoa2481412106Saturday and Sunday
180Austria2481312106Saturday and Sunday
180Benin2481412106Saturday and Sunday
180Bulgaria2481412106Saturday and Sunday
180Burkina Faso2481512106Saturday and Sunday
180Cayman Islands2481212106Saturday and Sunday
180Chile2481612106Saturday and Sunday
180China2481212106Saturday and Sunday
180Cocos (Keeling) Islands2481212106Saturday and Sunday
180Côte d'Ivoire2481412106Saturday and Sunday
180Ecuador2481112106Saturday and Sunday
180Eritrea2481512106Saturday and Sunday
180Georgia2481812106Saturday and Sunday
180Gibraltar2481212106Saturday and Sunday
180Guadeloupe2481512106Saturday and Sunday
180Kiribati2481312106Saturday and Sunday
180Malaysia2481312106Saturday and Sunday
180Malta2481412106Saturday and Sunday
180Martinique2481412106Saturday and Sunday
180Norfolk Island2481212106Saturday and Sunday
180Philippines2481812106Saturday and Sunday
180Saint Lucia2481312106Saturday and Sunday
180Sierra Leone2481212106Saturday and Sunday
180Syria2481913105Friday and Saturday
180Tanzania2481712106Saturday and Sunday
180Trinidad and Tobago2481412106Saturday and Sunday
180Turks and Caicos Islands2481312106Saturday and Sunday
180Vietnam2481312106Saturday and Sunday
208Andorra2471413106Saturday and Sunday
208Angola2471613106Saturday and Sunday
208Argentina2471713106Saturday and Sunday
208Equatorial Guinea2471313106Saturday and Sunday
208Grenada2471413106Saturday and Sunday
208Guyana2471513106Saturday and Sunday
208India2471813106Saturday and Sunday
208Indonesia2471713106Saturday and Sunday
208Liechtenstein2471713106Saturday and Sunday
208Nigeria2471313106Saturday and Sunday
208Romania2471713106Saturday and Sunday
208Timor-Leste2471813106Saturday and Sunday
208Vanuatu2471413106Saturday and Sunday
208Zambia2471613106Saturday and Sunday
222Albania2461414106Saturday and Sunday
222Anguilla2461514106Saturday and Sunday
222British Virgin Islands2461414106Saturday and Sunday
222Brunei2461515105Friday and Sunday
222Cambodia2462214106Saturday and Sunday
222Guam2461514106Saturday and Sunday
222Hong Kong2461614106Saturday and Sunday
222Japan2461614106Saturday and Sunday
222Nauru2461414106Saturday and Sunday
222Puerto Rico2461614106Saturday and Sunday
222Rwanda2461514106Saturday and Sunday
233Kazakhstan2451515106Saturday and Sunday
233Kyrgyzstan2452015106Saturday and Sunday
233Northern Mariana Islands2451615106Saturday and Sunday
233Taiwan2451515106Saturday and Sunday
237Gambia2441716106Saturday and Sunday
238South Korea2431817106Saturday and Sunday
239Colombia242818106Saturday and Sunday
239North Korea2422218106Saturday and Sunday
239Thailand2422518106Saturday and Sunday
239U.S. Virgin Islands2421918106Saturday and Sunday
243Azerbaijan2412019106Saturday and Sunday
244Nepal2403120106Saturday and Sunday
244Vatican City2402920106Saturday and Sunday
246Myanmar2382922106Saturday and Sunday

How the 246 countries are spread in 2028

Number of countries for each working days count.

Working daysCountriesExamples
2961Iran
2602Sri Lanka, Ukraine
2571Switzerland
2565Canada, Mauritania, Qatar, Tokelau and 1 other
2555Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn, Saint Helena and 1 other
2548Australia, Bahrain, Estonia, Guinea-Bissau and 4 others
25312Afghanistan, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cuba and 8 others
25226Algeria, Belarus, Belgium, Cameroon and 22 others
25149Armenia, Aruba, Brazil, Burundi and 45 others
25036Åland Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bermuda and 32 others
24934Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bhutan and 30 others
24828American Samoa, Austria, Benin, Bulgaria and 24 others
24714Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Equatorial Guinea and 10 others
24611Albania, Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Brunei and 7 others
2454Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Northern Mariana Islands, Taiwan
2441Gambia
2431South Korea
2424Colombia, North Korea, Thailand, U.S. Virgin Islands
2411Azerbaijan
2402Nepal, Vatican City
2381Myanmar

Questions about working days in 2028

Which country has the most working days in 2028?
Iran with 296 working days, out of 366 calendar days.
Which country has the fewest working days in 2028?
Myanmar with 238 working days.
Why do the counts differ so much between countries?
Three things move the number: how many public holidays a country has, how many of them fall on weekdays in 2028, and which days form the weekend. A holiday on a Saturday costs no working day unless a substitute day is granted, which is why the same country can gain or lose two or three working days from one year to the next.
How many working days are there in 2028 on average?
250.1 across the 246 countries and territories, with a median of 250. 2028 has 260 weekdays (Monday to Friday) before any holiday is removed.
What about 2029?
See working days in 2029 or go back to 2027.

Data from the OpenWorkdays dataset (holidays 0.106), licensed CC BY 4.0. Cite this page as: OpenWorkdays, Working days in 2028, https://openworkdays.com/working-days/2028/.