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Working days in 2030: all 246 countries compared

2030 has 365 calendar days. Across 246 countries and territories the number of working days runs from 237 (Nepal) to 288 (Iran), with a median of 250 and an average of 250.4. The most common count is 250 working days, shared by 50 countries.

288most working days (Iran)
250median across 246 countries
237fewest working days (Nepal)
13.1public 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 2030

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
1Iran288282552Friday
2Sri Lanka26100104Saturday and Sunday
2Ukraine26100104Saturday and Sunday
4Switzerland25744104Saturday and Sunday
4Uruguay25754104Saturday and Sunday
6Canada25655104Saturday and Sunday
6Israel25695104Friday and Saturday
6Saint Helena25655104Saturday and Sunday
9Australia25576104Saturday and Sunday
9Brazil255106104Saturday and Sunday
9Ethiopia255126104Saturday and Sunday
9Mali255126104Saturday and Sunday
9Mauritania255106104Friday and Saturday
9Somalia255106104Saturday and Sunday
9Tokelau25566104Saturday and Sunday
16Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba254107104Saturday and Sunday
16Djibouti254137104Friday and Saturday
16Guinea-Bissau254117104Saturday and Sunday
16Laos25487104Saturday and Sunday
16Netherlands254117104Saturday and Sunday
16Nicaragua254107104Saturday and Sunday
16Qatar25487104Friday and Saturday
16Spain25487104Saturday and Sunday
16Western Sahara254117104Saturday and Sunday
25Algeria253148104Friday and Saturday
25Cabo Verde253128104Saturday and Sunday
25Costa Rica25398104Saturday and Sunday
25Denmark253108104Saturday and Sunday
25El Salvador253118104Saturday and Sunday
25Estonia253128104Saturday and Sunday
25Falkland Islands25388104Saturday and Sunday
25Guatemala253118104Saturday and Sunday
25Guinea253128104Saturday and Sunday
25Honduras253118104Saturday and Sunday
25Jordan253148104Friday and Saturday
25Kuwait253138104Friday and Saturday
25Macau253108104Saturday and Sunday
25Malta253148104Saturday and Sunday
25Mexico25388104Saturday and Sunday
25Micronesia25388104Saturday and Sunday
25Montenegro25398104Saturday and Sunday
25Mozambique25398104Saturday and Sunday
25Oman253158104Friday and Saturday
25Pakistan253158104Saturday and Sunday
25Pitcairn25388104Saturday and Sunday
25Solomon Islands25398104Saturday and Sunday
25Sweden253138104Saturday and Sunday
25Turkmenistan253108104Saturday and Sunday
25United Kingdom25388104Saturday and Sunday
50Afghanistan252159104Friday and Saturday
50Belgium252109104Saturday and Sunday
50Bosnia and Herzegovina252109104Saturday and Sunday
50Cameroon252119104Saturday and Sunday
50Comoros252149104Saturday and Sunday
50Cuba252109104Saturday and Sunday
50DR Congo252119104Saturday and Sunday
50Germany25299104Saturday and Sunday
50Greenland252119104Saturday and Sunday
50Guernsey25299104Saturday and Sunday
50Indonesia252179104Saturday and Sunday
50Ireland252109104Saturday and Sunday
50Italy252149104Saturday and Sunday
50Jersey25299104Saturday and Sunday
50Malaysia252129104Saturday and Sunday
50Portugal252139104Saturday and Sunday
50Republic of the Congo25299104Saturday and Sunday
50Samoa252119104Saturday and Sunday
50São Tomé and Príncipe25299104Saturday and Sunday
50Serbia252129104Saturday and Sunday
50Singapore252109104Saturday and Sunday
50South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands25299104Saturday and Sunday
50Tajikistan252129104Saturday and Sunday
50United Arab Emirates252129104Saturday and Sunday
50Uzbekistan25299104Saturday and Sunday
75Åland Islands2511510104Saturday and Sunday
75Armenia2511310104Saturday and Sunday
75Aruba2511110104Saturday and Sunday
75Austria2511310104Saturday and Sunday
75Bahrain2511410104Friday and Saturday
75Belarus2511210104Saturday and Sunday
75Belize2511310104Saturday and Sunday
75Bermuda2511010104Saturday and Sunday
75Chad2511210104Saturday and Sunday
75Curaçao2511210104Saturday and Sunday
75Czechia2511310104Saturday and Sunday
75Dominican Republic2511210104Saturday and Sunday
75Eritrea2511510104Saturday and Sunday
75Eswatini2511010104Saturday and Sunday
75Fiji2511110104Saturday and Sunday
75Finland2511510104Saturday and Sunday
75France2511110104Saturday and Sunday
75French Guiana2511110104Saturday and Sunday
75French Southern Territories2511110104Saturday and Sunday
75Isle of Man2511010104Saturday and Sunday
75Jamaica2511010104Saturday and Sunday
75Kenya2511110104Saturday and Sunday
75Lesotho2511110104Saturday and Sunday
75Liberia2511110104Saturday and Sunday
75Lithuania2511610104Saturday and Sunday
75Luxembourg2511110104Saturday and Sunday
75Marshall Islands2511110104Saturday and Sunday
75Mauritius2511510104Saturday and Sunday
75Mayotte2511210104Saturday and Sunday
75Moldova2511310104Saturday and Sunday
75Mongolia2511510104Saturday and Sunday
75Norway2511210104Saturday and Sunday
75Papua New Guinea2511110104Saturday and Sunday
75Saint Pierre and Miquelon2511110104Saturday and Sunday
75Saudi Arabia2511010104Friday and Saturday
75Svalbard and Jan Mayen2511210104Saturday and Sunday
75Tuvalu2511110104Saturday and Sunday
75Uganda2511410104Saturday and Sunday
75United States Minor Outlying Islands2511010104Saturday and Sunday
114Andorra2501411104Saturday and Sunday
114Antigua and Barbuda2501111104Saturday and Sunday
114Bahamas2501111104Saturday and Sunday
114Barbados2501211104Saturday and Sunday
114Bhutan2501811104Saturday and Sunday
114Bolivia2501211104Saturday and Sunday
114Burundi2501411104Saturday and Sunday
114Central African Republic2501411104Saturday and Sunday
114Christmas Island2501111104Saturday and Sunday
114Cook Islands2501111104Saturday and Sunday
114Croatia2501411104Saturday and Sunday
114Egypt2501211104Friday and Saturday
114Georgia2501811104Saturday and Sunday
114Greece2501211104Saturday and Sunday
114Hungary2501311104Saturday and Sunday
114India2501811104Saturday and Sunday
114Iraq2501611104Friday and Saturday
114Latvia2501511104Saturday and Sunday
114Lebanon2501811104Saturday and Sunday
114Libya2501511104Saturday and Sunday
114Liechtenstein2501711104Saturday and Sunday
114Malawi2501111104Saturday and Sunday
114Monaco2501211104Saturday and Sunday
114Namibia2501311104Saturday and Sunday
114New Caledonia2501211104Saturday and Sunday
114New Zealand2501111104Saturday and Sunday
114Niger2501411104Saturday and Sunday
114Niue2501111104Saturday and Sunday
114North Macedonia2501111104Saturday and Sunday
114Palau2501111104Saturday and Sunday
114Paraguay2501411104Saturday and Sunday
114Poland2501411104Saturday and Sunday
114Réunion2501211104Saturday and Sunday
114Romania2501711104Saturday and Sunday
114Russia2501411104Saturday and Sunday
114Saint Barthélemy2501211104Saturday and Sunday
114Saint Martin2501311104Saturday and Sunday
114Senegal2501411104Saturday and Sunday
114Seychelles2501311104Saturday and Sunday
114Sint Maarten2501411104Saturday and Sunday
114Slovakia2501311104Saturday and Sunday
114South Africa2501211104Saturday and Sunday
114Sudan2501511104Friday and Saturday
114Togo2501411104Saturday and Sunday
114Tonga250911104Saturday and Sunday
114Trinidad and Tobago2501411104Saturday and Sunday
114Türkiye2501411104Saturday and Sunday
114United States2501111104Saturday and Sunday
114Wallis and Futuna2501411104Saturday and Sunday
114Zimbabwe2501311104Saturday and Sunday
164Argentina2491712104Saturday and Sunday
164Benin2491412104Saturday and Sunday
164Bulgaria2491412104Saturday and Sunday
164Cayman Islands2491212104Saturday and Sunday
164Cocos (Keeling) Islands2491212104Saturday and Sunday
164Côte d'Ivoire2491412104Saturday and Sunday
164Dominica2491212104Saturday and Sunday
164Equatorial Guinea2491312104Saturday and Sunday
164Faroe Islands2491412104Saturday and Sunday
164Gabon2491612104Saturday and Sunday
164Ghana2491412104Saturday and Sunday
164Gibraltar2491212104Saturday and Sunday
164Guam2491512104Saturday and Sunday
164Guyana2491512104Saturday and Sunday
164Haiti2491612104Saturday and Sunday
164Iceland2491412104Saturday and Sunday
164Kiribati2491212104Saturday and Sunday
164Kosovo2491212104Saturday and Sunday
164Madagascar2491612104Saturday and Sunday
164Martinique2491412104Saturday and Sunday
164Montserrat2491112104Saturday and Sunday
164Morocco2491712104Saturday and Sunday
164Norfolk Island2491212104Saturday and Sunday
164Palestine2491812104Saturday and Sunday
164Panama2491212104Saturday and Sunday
164Saint Kitts and Nevis2491212104Saturday and Sunday
164Sierra Leone2491212104Saturday and Sunday
164Slovenia2491512104Saturday and Sunday
164South Sudan2491512104Saturday and Sunday
164Tanzania2491712104Saturday and Sunday
164Timor-Leste2491812104Saturday and Sunday
164Turks and Caicos Islands2491312104Saturday and Sunday
164Vietnam2491412104Saturday and Sunday
197American Samoa2481413104Saturday and Sunday
197Angola2481513104Saturday and Sunday
197Botswana2481413104Saturday and Sunday
197Burkina Faso2481513104Saturday and Sunday
197Chile2481713104Saturday and Sunday
197China2481313104Saturday and Sunday
197Cyprus2481513104Saturday and Sunday
197Ecuador2481113104Saturday and Sunday
197French Polynesia2481413104Saturday and Sunday
197Grenada2481413104Saturday and Sunday
197Guadeloupe2481513104Saturday and Sunday
197Japan2481913104Saturday and Sunday
197Maldives2481913104Friday and Saturday
197Nigeria2481313104Saturday and Sunday
197Peru2481713104Saturday and Sunday
197Philippines2481813104Saturday and Sunday
197Saint Lucia2481313104Saturday and Sunday
197Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2481313104Saturday and Sunday
197San Marino2481813104Saturday and Sunday
197Suriname2481513104Saturday and Sunday
197Vanuatu2481413104Saturday and Sunday
197Venezuela2481413104Saturday and Sunday
197Yemen2481613104Friday and Saturday
197Zambia2481613104Saturday and Sunday
221Anguilla2471514104Saturday and Sunday
221British Virgin Islands2471414104Saturday and Sunday
221Kazakhstan2471514104Saturday and Sunday
221Nauru2471414104Saturday and Sunday
221Rwanda2471514104Saturday and Sunday
221Tunisia2471714104Saturday and Sunday
227Albania2461515104Saturday and Sunday
227Bangladesh2461615104Friday and Saturday
227Hong Kong2461715104Saturday and Sunday
227Kyrgyzstan2462115104Saturday and Sunday
227North Korea2462115104Saturday and Sunday
227Puerto Rico2461615104Saturday and Sunday
233Brunei2451616104Friday and Sunday
233Colombia245916104Saturday and Sunday
233Gambia2451716104Saturday and Sunday
233Northern Mariana Islands2451616104Saturday and Sunday
233Syria2452116104Friday and Saturday
233Taiwan2451616104Saturday and Sunday
239Cambodia2442117104Saturday and Sunday
239U.S. Virgin Islands2441917104Saturday and Sunday
241Myanmar2432818104Saturday and Sunday
241South Korea2432118104Saturday and Sunday
241Thailand2432718104Saturday and Sunday
244Azerbaijan2422019104Saturday and Sunday
245Vatican City2402921104Saturday and Sunday
246Nepal2373224104Saturday and Sunday

How the 246 countries are spread in 2030

Number of countries for each working days count.

Working daysCountriesExamples
2881Iran
2612Sri Lanka, Ukraine
2572Switzerland, Uruguay
2563Canada, Israel, Saint Helena
2557Australia, Brazil, Ethiopia, Mali and 3 others
2549Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Djibouti, Guinea-Bissau, Laos and 5 others
25325Algeria, Cabo Verde, Costa Rica, Denmark and 21 others
25225Afghanistan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon and 21 others
25139Åland Islands, Armenia, Aruba, Austria and 35 others
25050Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados and 46 others
24933Argentina, Benin, Bulgaria, Cayman Islands and 29 others
24824American Samoa, Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso and 20 others
2476Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Kazakhstan, Nauru and 2 others
2466Albania, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Kyrgyzstan and 2 others
2456Brunei, Colombia, Gambia, Northern Mariana Islands and 2 others
2442Cambodia, U.S. Virgin Islands
2433Myanmar, South Korea, Thailand
2421Azerbaijan
2401Vatican City
2371Nepal

Questions about working days in 2030

Which country has the most working days in 2030?
Iran with 288 working days, out of 365 calendar days.
Which country has the fewest working days in 2030?
Nepal with 237 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 2030, 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 2030 on average?
250.4 across the 246 countries and territories, with a median of 250. 2030 has 261 weekdays (Monday to Friday) before any holiday is removed.
What about 2029?
See working days in 2029. 2030 is the last year published.

Data from the OpenWorkdays dataset (holidays 0.106), licensed CC BY 4.0. Cite this page as: OpenWorkdays, Working days in 2030, https://openworkdays.com/working-days/2030/.