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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.

Countries

Australia - No guaranteed day of rest

Barbados - No guaranteed day of rest

Burundi - No guaranteed day of rest

The Gambia - No guaranteed day of rest

Georgia - No guaranteed day of rest

Guyana - No guaranteed day of rest

India - No guaranteed day of rest

Marshall Islands - No guaranteed day of rest

Micronesia, Federated States of - No guaranteed day of rest

Myanmar - No guaranteed day of rest

New Zealand - No guaranteed day of rest

Pakistan - No guaranteed day of rest

Palau - No guaranteed day of rest

Sri Lanka - No guaranteed day of rest

St. Kitts and Nevis - No guaranteed day of rest

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No guaranteed day of rest

Sudan - No guaranteed day of rest

Eswatini - No guaranteed day of rest

Tonga - No guaranteed day of rest

Trinidad and Tobago - No guaranteed day of rest

United States of America - No guaranteed day of rest

Afghanistan - 24 hours rest

Albania - 24 hours rest

Algeria - 24 hours rest

Andorra - 24 hours rest

Angola - 24 hours rest

Antigua and Barbuda - 24 hours rest

Bahamas - 24 hours rest

Bahrain - 24 hours rest

Bangladesh - 24 hours rest

Belgium - 24 hours rest

Belize - 24 hours rest

Benin - 24 hours rest

Bhutan - 24 hours rest

Bolivia - 24 hours rest

Bosnia and Herzegovina - 24 hours rest

Botswana - 24 hours rest

Brazil - 24 hours rest

Brunei - 24 hours rest

Burkina Faso - 24 hours rest

Cambodia - 24 hours rest

Cameroon - 24 hours rest

Canada - 24 hours rest

Cabo Verde - 24 hours rest

Central African Republic - 24 hours rest

Chad - 24 hours rest

China - 24 hours rest

Colombia - 24 hours rest

Comoros - 24 hours rest

Democratic Republic of the Congo - 24 hours rest

Republic of the Congo - 24 hours rest

Costa Rica - 24 hours rest

Cote d'Ivoire - 24 hours rest

Croatia - 24 hours rest

Cuba - 24 hours rest

Cyprus - 24 hours rest

Djibouti - 24 hours rest

Dominica - 24 hours rest

Egypt - 24 hours rest

El Salvador - 24 hours rest

Equatorial Guinea - 24 hours rest

Eritrea - 24 hours rest

Ethiopia - 24 hours rest

Fiji - 24 hours rest

Gabon - 24 hours rest

Greenland - 24 hours rest

Grenada - 24 hours rest

Guatemala - 24 hours rest

Guinea - 24 hours rest

Guinea-Bissau - 24 hours rest

Haiti - 24 hours rest

Honduras - 24 hours rest

Indonesia - 24 hours rest

Iran - 24 hours rest

Iraq - 24 hours rest

Italy - 24 hours rest

Jamaica - 24 hours rest

Japan - 24 hours rest

Jordan - 24 hours rest

Kazakhstan - 24 hours rest

Kenya - 24 hours rest

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - 24 hours rest

Republic of Korea - 24 hours rest

Kuwait - 24 hours rest

Kyrgyzstan - 24 hours rest

Laos - 24 hours rest

Lesotho - 24 hours rest

Libya - 24 hours rest

North Macedonia - 24 hours rest

Madagascar - 24 hours rest

Malawi - 24 hours rest

Malaysia - 24 hours rest

Maldives - 24 hours rest

Mali - 24 hours rest

Malta - 24 hours rest

Mauritania - 24 hours rest

Mauritius - 24 hours rest

Mexico - 24 hours rest

Moldova - 24 hours rest

Monaco - 24 hours rest

Montenegro - 24 hours rest

Morocco - 24 hours rest

Mozambique - 24 hours rest

Nauru - 24 hours rest

Nepal - 24 hours rest

Nicaragua - 24 hours rest

Niger - 24 hours rest

Nigeria - 24 hours rest

Panama - 24 hours rest

Papua New Guinea - 24 hours rest

Paraguay - 24 hours rest

Peru - 24 hours rest

The Philippines - 24 hours rest

Qatar - 24 hours rest

Rwanda - 24 hours rest

San Marino - 24 hours rest

Sao Tome and Principe - 24 hours rest

Saudi Arabia - 24 hours rest

Senegal - 24 hours rest

Serbia - 24 hours rest

Seychelles - 24 hours rest

Sierra Leone - 24 hours rest

Singapore - 24 hours rest

Slovenia - 24 hours rest

Solomon Islands - 24 hours rest

Somalia - 24 hours rest

South Sudan - 24 hours rest

St. Lucia - 24 hours rest

Suriname - 24 hours rest

Syria - 24 hours rest

Tajikistan - 24 hours rest

Tanzania - 24 hours rest

Thailand - 24 hours rest

Timor-Leste - 24 hours rest

Togo - 24 hours rest

Tunisia - 24 hours rest

Türkiye - 24 hours rest

Turkmenistan - 24 hours rest

Uganda - 24 hours rest

Ukraine - 24 hours rest

United Arab Emirates - 24 hours rest

United Kingdom - 24 hours rest

Uruguay - 24 hours rest

Uzbekistan - 24 hours rest

Vanuatu - 24 hours rest

Vietnam - 24 hours rest

Yemen - 24 hours rest

Zambia - 24 hours rest

Zimbabwe - 24 hours rest

Argentina - 25 - 36 hours rest

Armenia - 25 - 36 hours rest

Austria - 25 - 36 hours rest

Bulgaria - 25 - 36 hours rest

Chile - 25 - 36 hours rest

Czech Republic - 25 - 36 hours rest

Denmark - 25 - 36 hours rest

Dominican Republic - 25 - 36 hours rest

Estonia - 25 - 36 hours rest

Finland - 25 - 36 hours rest

France - 25 - 36 hours rest

Germany - 25 - 36 hours rest

Greece - 25 - 36 hours rest

Iceland - 25 - 36 hours rest

Ireland - 25 - 36 hours rest

Israel - 25 - 36 hours rest

Lebanon - 25 - 36 hours rest

Liberia - 25 - 36 hours rest

Liechtenstein - 25 - 36 hours rest

Lithuania - 25 - 36 hours rest

The Netherlands - 25 - 36 hours rest

Norway - 25 - 36 hours rest

Poland - 25 - 36 hours rest

Portugal - 25 - 36 hours rest

Samoa - 25 - 36 hours rest

South Africa - 25 - 36 hours rest

Spain - 25 - 36 hours rest

Sweden - 25 - 36 hours rest

Switzerland - 25 - 36 hours rest

Azerbaijan - 37 - 48 hours rest

Belarus - 37 - 48 hours rest

Ecuador - 37 - 48 hours rest

Ghana - 37 - 48 hours rest

Hungary - 37 - 48 hours rest

Kiribati - 37 - 48 hours rest

Latvia - 37 - 48 hours rest

Luxembourg - 37 - 48 hours rest

Mongolia - 37 - 48 hours rest

Oman - 37 - 48 hours rest

Romania - 37 - 48 hours rest

Russian Federation - 37 - 48 hours rest

Slovakia - 37 - 48 hours rest

Tuvalu - 37 - 48 hours rest

Venezuela - 37 - 48 hours rest