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In 2026 the most public holidays are in Spain with 29, the fewest in Djibouti with 3. The longest break runs 9 days in El Salvador.

Counted over 2026 for all 204 countries in the data. The unit is “dates carrying a public holiday” — a few countries stack two holidays on one date, so this differs from a count of entries.

Top 20

Longest long weekends of 2026

The longest stretches where weekends and public holidays run together for three days or more.

#	Country	Dates	Break
1	El Salvador	2026.08.01Sat ~ 08.09Sun	9-day break
2	El Salvador	2026.11.07Sat ~ 11.15Sun	9-day break
3	Romania	2026.01.01Thu ~ 01.07Wed	7-day break
4	Russia	2026.01.01Thu ~ 01.07Wed	7-day break
5	United States Virgin Islands	2026.03.31Tue ~ 04.06Mon	7-day break
6	Armenia	2026.01.01Thu ~ 01.06Tue	6-day break
7	Haiti	2026.01.01Thu ~ 01.06Tue	6-day break
8	Cambodia	2026.04.11Sat ~ 04.16Thu	6-day break
9	Cambodia	2026.04.14Tue ~ 04.19Sun	6-day break
10	Panama	2026.10.31Sat ~ 11.05Thu	6-day break
11	Panama	2026.11.03Tue ~ 11.08Sun	6-day break
12	Moldova	2026.01.07Wed ~ 01.11Sun	5-day break
13	Haiti	2026.02.14Sat ~ 02.18Wed	5-day break
14	South Korea	2026.02.14Sat ~ 02.18Wed	5-day break
15	Puerto Rico	2026.02.14Sat ~ 02.18Wed	5-day break
16	Singapore	2026.02.14Sat ~ 02.18Wed	5-day break
17	Hong Kong	2026.02.15Sun ~ 02.19Thu	5-day break
18	Denmark	2026.04.02Thu ~ 04.06Mon	5-day break
19	Faroe Islands	2026.04.02Thu ~ 04.06Mon	5-day break
20	Greenland	2026.04.02Thu ~ 04.06Mon	5-day break

Top 20

Most public holidays in 2026

#	Country	Days off
1	Spain	29 days
2	El Salvador	25 days
3	New Zealand	22 days
4	Switzerland	21 days
5	Micronesia	21 days
6	Cambodia	21 days
7	Puerto Rico	21 days
8	Australia	20 days
9	Haiti	20 days
10	Canada	19 days
11	Colombia	19 days
12	Germany	19 days
13	South Korea	18 days
14	Philippines	18 days
15	San Marino	18 days
16	Suriname	18 days
17	Chile	17 days
18	Faroe Islands	17 days
19	Georgia	17 days
20	Hong Kong	17 days

Bottom 20

Fewest public holidays in 2026

#	Country	Days off
1	Djibouti	3 days
2	Mauritania	4 days
3	Sudan	4 days
4	Somalia	4 days
5	Vietnam	4 days
6	Bahrain	5 days
7	Algeria	5 days
8	Comoros	5 days
9	Libya	5 days
10	Yemen	5 days
11	China	6 days
12	Bangladesh	7 days
13	Guinea	7 days
14	Iraq	7 days
15	Mexico	7 days
16	Niger	7 days
17	Pitcairn Islands	7 days
18	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	8 days
19	Cameroon	8 days
20	Christmas Island	8 days

Top 20

Most long weekends in 2026

#	Country	Long weekends
1	Colombia	18
2	Puerto Rico	16
3	Cambodia	15
4	Argentina	13
5	United States Virgin Islands	13
6	Liechtenstein	12
7	Northern Mariana Islands	12
8	Panama	12
9	San Marino	12
10	Zambia	12
11	Anguilla	11
12	Dominican Republic	11
13	Japan	11
14	South Korea	11
15	Monaco	11
16	Mali	11
17	Malta	11
18	Uruguay	11
19	Vatican City	11
20	Albania	10

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