Are workers guaranteed a weekly day of rest?

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Are workers guaranteed a weekly day of rest?This map shows how many hours of continuous rest workers are guaranteed each week.

Map reflects a systematic review of laws in place as of April 2015 supplemented with detailed data on OECD countries as of September 2016 and other known policy changes that have occurred since then.

Countries

India - No day of rest

Burundi - No day of rest

Eswatini - No day of rest

Guyana - No day of rest

Sudan - No day of rest

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No day of rest

South Sudan - No day of rest

Sri Lanka - No day of rest

Tonga - No day of rest

Sierra Leone - No day of rest

Myanmar - No day of rest

Georgia - No day of rest

The Gambia - No day of rest

New Zealand - No day of rest

Pakistan - No day of rest

Marshall Islands - No day of rest

Micronesia, Federated States of - No day of rest

Trinidad and Tobago - No day of rest

Kiribati - No day of rest

United States of America - No day of rest

Barbados - No day of rest

Tuvalu - No day of rest

Zambia - No day of rest

Australia - No day of rest

Nicaragua - 24 hours

Lesotho - 24 hours

Niger - 24 hours

Morocco - 24 hours

Nigeria - 24 hours

Albania - 24 hours

Nepal - 24 hours

Nauru - 24 hours

Libya - 24 hours

Liechtenstein - 24 hours

Monaco - 24 hours

Montenegro - 24 hours

Malta - 24 hours

North Macedonia - 24 hours

Madagascar - 24 hours

Moldova - 24 hours

Malawi - 24 hours

Malaysia - 24 hours

Maldives - 24 hours

Panama - 24 hours

Mexico - 24 hours

Mauritius - 24 hours

Mauritania - 24 hours

Mali - 24 hours

Afghanistan - 24 hours

Sao Tome and Principe - 24 hours

Papua New Guinea - 24 hours

Uganda - 24 hours

Thailand - 24 hours

Timor-Leste - 24 hours

Togo - 24 hours

Tunisia - 24 hours

Turkey - 24 hours

Turkmenistan - 24 hours

Ukraine - 24 hours

Tajikistan - 24 hours

United Arab Emirates - 24 hours

United Kingdom - 24 hours

Uruguay - 24 hours

Uzbekistan - 24 hours

Vanuatu - 24 hours

Vietnam - 24 hours

Yemen - 24 hours

Tanzania - 24 hours

Syria - 24 hours

Paraguay - 24 hours

Saudi Arabia - 24 hours

Peru - 24 hours

The Philippines - 24 hours

Qatar - 24 hours

Rwanda - 24 hours

Samoa - 24 hours

San Marino - 24 hours

Kyrgyzstan - 24 hours

Senegal - 24 hours

Suriname - 24 hours

Serbia - 24 hours

Seychelles - 24 hours

Singapore - 24 hours

Slovenia - 24 hours

Solomon Islands - 24 hours

Somalia - 24 hours

St. Lucia - 24 hours

Laos - 24 hours

Liberia - 24 hours

Kuwait - 24 hours

Costa Rica - 24 hours

Cabo Verde - 24 hours

Central African Republic - 24 hours

Chad - 24 hours

China - 24 hours

Colombia - 24 hours

Comoros - 24 hours

Republic of the Congo - 24 hours

Cote d'Ivoire - 24 hours

Cameroon - 24 hours

Croatia - 24 hours

Cuba - 24 hours

Cyprus - 24 hours

Djibouti - 24 hours

Republic of Korea - 24 hours

Egypt - 24 hours

El Salvador - 24 hours

Canada - 24 hours

Cambodia - 24 hours

Eritrea - 24 hours

Belgium - 24 hours

Algeria - 24 hours

Andorra - 24 hours

Angola - 24 hours

Antigua and Barbuda - 24 hours

Bahamas - 24 hours

Bahrain - 24 hours

Bangladesh - 24 hours

Belize - 24 hours

Burkina Faso - 24 hours

Benin - 24 hours

Bhutan - 24 hours

Bolivia - 24 hours

Bosnia and Herzegovina - 24 hours

Botswana - 24 hours

Brazil - 24 hours

Brunei - 24 hours

Equatorial Guinea - 24 hours

Dominica - 24 hours

Zimbabwe - 24 hours

Iran - 24 hours

Guatemala - 24 hours

Guinea - 24 hours

Ethiopia - 24 hours

Haiti - 24 hours

Honduras - 24 hours

Iceland - 24 hours

Indonesia - 24 hours

Iraq - 24 hours

Greenland - 24 hours

Italy - 24 hours

Jamaica - 24 hours

Japan - 24 hours

Jordan - 24 hours

Kazakhstan - 24 hours

Kenya - 24 hours

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - 24 hours

Grenada - 24 hours

Guinea-Bissau - 24 hours

Gabon - 24 hours

Greece - 24 hours

Fiji - 24 hours

France - 24 hours

Portugal - 25 - 36 hours

Finland - 25 - 36 hours

Ireland - 25 - 36 hours

Israel - 25 - 36 hours

Dominican Republic - 25 - 36 hours

Lithuania - 25 - 36 hours

Poland - 25 - 36 hours

Austria - 25 - 36 hours

Armenia - 25 - 36 hours

Argentina - 25 - 36 hours

Norway - 25 - 36 hours

Lebanon - 25 - 36 hours

Bulgaria - 25 - 36 hours

Estonia - 25 - 36 hours

Switzerland - 25 - 36 hours

Germany - 25 - 36 hours

Denmark - 25 - 36 hours

Czech Republic - 25 - 36 hours

The Netherlands - 25 - 36 hours

Namibia - 25 - 36 hours

Chile - 25 - 36 hours

Sweden - 25 - 36 hours

Spain - 25 - 36 hours

South Africa - 25 - 36 hours

Latvia - 37 - 48 hours

Democratic Republic of the Congo - 37 - 48 hours

Oman - 37 - 48 hours

Venezuela - 37 - 48 hours

Ghana - 37 - 48 hours

Ecuador - 37 - 48 hours

Azerbaijan - 37 - 48 hours

Belarus - 37 - 48 hours

Luxembourg - 37 - 48 hours

Mongolia - 37 - 48 hours

Hungary - 37 - 48 hours

Slovakia - 37 - 48 hours

Russian Federation - 37 - 48 hours

Romania - 37 - 48 hours