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).
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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