How many public holidays stop your supply chain, by market

Shipping, customs clearance and retail activation all stop on these days, and the long runs are where launches die.

119 markets · 1,555 underlying records · verified September 9, 2026

The median is 13 public holidays, across 119 markets. It runs from 5 (Laos) to 24 (Sri Lanka).

#MarketPublic holidays in the year ahead
1Sri Lanka24
2Lebanon23
3Malaysia23
4Iran22
5Taiwan22
6Brunei19
7Cambodia19
8Colombia19
9Germany19
10Kyrgyzstan18
11Puerto Rico18
12Timor-Leste18
13Georgia17
14Hong Kong17
15Romania17
16South Korea17
17Thailand17
18Afghanistan16
19Argentina16
20Chile16
21Haiti16
22Iceland16
23Japan16
24Kosovo16
25North Korea16
26Zambia16
27Angola15
28India15
29Jordan15
30Latvia15
31Slovenia15
32Suriname15
33Uruguay15
34Armenia14
35Belize14
36Bosnia and Herzegovina14
37Croatia14
38Cyprus14
39Lithuania14
40Malta14
41Poland14
42Portugal14
43Tajikistan14
44Vanuatu14
45Austria13
46Bulgaria13
47Czechia13
48Dominican Republic13
49Finland13
50Guatemala13
51Hungary13
52Italy13
53Kuwait13
54Mali13
55Moldova13
56Namibia13
57Oman13
58Panama13
59Peru13
60Russia13
61Turkey13
62Zimbabwe13
63Benin12
64Burundi12
65Estonia12
66Greece12
67Nepal12
68New Caledonia12
69Nicaragua12
70North Macedonia12
71Paraguay12
72Slovakia12
73South Africa12
74South Sudan12
75Trinidad and Tobago12
76Uganda12
77Bahamas11
78Bolivia11
79Central African Republic11
80Costa Rica11
81Democratic Republic of the Congo11
82Ecuador11
83Fiji11
84France11
85Honduras11
86Lesotho11
87Liberia11
88Luxembourg11
89Norway11
90Papua New Guinea11
91Singapore11
92Togo11
93Turkmenistan11
94Ukraine11
95United Arab Emirates11
96United States11
97Belgium10
98Denmark10
99Equatorial Guinea10
100Ethiopia10
101Ireland10
102Israel10
103Jamaica10
104Kenya10
105Republic of the Congo10
106Serbia10
107Uzbekistan10
108Belarus9
109Cuba9
110Mozambique9
111Netherlands9
112Saudi Arabia9
113Cameroon8
114Qatar8
115Solomon Islands8
116Myanmar7
117Bangladesh5
118Bhutan5
119Laos5

Where this comes from

Every row links to its own entry, which carries the evidence, the confidence and the date it was last checked. The method behind all of it is on how the index is made, and reuse terms are on the licence page. Take the table: surface-retail-calendar.csv — every row with its market code, its record and the source, so it can be checked after it has been pasted somewhere else.

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