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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 day of rest

Barbados - No day of rest

Burundi - No day of rest

The Gambia - No day of rest

Georgia - No day of rest

Guyana - No day of rest

India - No day of rest

Kiribati - No day of rest

Marshall Islands - No day of rest

Micronesia, Federated States of - No day of rest

Myanmar - No day of rest

New Zealand - No day of rest

Pakistan - No day of rest

Sierra Leone - No day of rest

South Sudan - No day of rest

Sri Lanka - No day of rest

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No day of rest

Sudan - No day of rest

Eswatini - No day of rest

Tonga - No day of rest

Trinidad and Tobago - No day of rest

Tuvalu - No day of rest

United States of America - No day of rest

Zambia - No day of rest

Afghanistan - 24 hours

Albania - 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

Belgium - 24 hours

Belize - 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

Burkina Faso - 24 hours

Cambodia - 24 hours

Cameroon - 24 hours

Canada - 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

Costa Rica - 24 hours

Cote d'Ivoire - 24 hours

Croatia - 24 hours

Cuba - 24 hours

Cyprus - 24 hours

Djibouti - 24 hours

Dominica - 24 hours

Egypt - 24 hours

El Salvador - 24 hours

Equatorial Guinea - 24 hours

Eritrea - 24 hours

Ethiopia - 24 hours

Fiji - 24 hours

France - 24 hours

Gabon - 24 hours

Greece - 24 hours

Grenada - 24 hours

Guatemala - 24 hours

Guinea - 24 hours

Guinea-Bissau - 24 hours

Haiti - 24 hours

Honduras - 24 hours

Iceland - 24 hours

Indonesia - 24 hours

Iran - 24 hours

Iraq - 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

Republic of Korea - 24 hours

Kuwait - 24 hours

Kyrgyzstan - 24 hours

Laos - 24 hours

Lesotho - 24 hours

Liberia - 24 hours

Libya - 24 hours

Liechtenstein - 24 hours

North Macedonia - 24 hours

Madagascar - 24 hours

Malawi - 24 hours

Malaysia - 24 hours

Maldives - 24 hours

Mali - 24 hours

Malta - 24 hours

Mauritania - 24 hours

Mauritius - 24 hours

Mexico - 24 hours

Moldova - 24 hours

Monaco - 24 hours

Montenegro - 24 hours

Morocco - 24 hours

Nauru - 24 hours

Nepal - 24 hours

Nicaragua - 24 hours

Niger - 24 hours

Nigeria - 24 hours

Panama - 24 hours

Papua New Guinea - 24 hours

Paraguay - 24 hours

Peru - 24 hours

The Philippines - 24 hours

Qatar - 24 hours

Rwanda - 24 hours

Samoa - 24 hours

San Marino - 24 hours

Sao Tome and Principe - 24 hours

Saudi Arabia - 24 hours

Senegal - 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

Suriname - 24 hours

Syria - 24 hours

Tajikistan - 24 hours

Tanzania - 24 hours

Thailand - 24 hours

Timor-Leste - 24 hours

Togo - 24 hours

Tunisia - 24 hours

Türkiye - 24 hours

Turkmenistan - 24 hours

Uganda - 24 hours

Ukraine - 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

Zimbabwe - 24 hours

Argentina - 25 - 36 hours

Armenia - 25 - 36 hours

Austria - 25 - 36 hours

Bulgaria - 25 - 36 hours

Chile - 25 - 36 hours

Czech Republic - 25 - 36 hours

Denmark - 25 - 36 hours

Dominican Republic - 25 - 36 hours

Estonia - 25 - 36 hours

Finland - 25 - 36 hours

Germany - 25 - 36 hours

Ireland - 25 - 36 hours

Israel - 25 - 36 hours

Lebanon - 25 - 36 hours

Lithuania - 25 - 36 hours

Namibia - 25 - 36 hours

The Netherlands - 25 - 36 hours

Norway - 25 - 36 hours

Poland - 25 - 36 hours

Portugal - 25 - 36 hours

South Africa - 25 - 36 hours

Spain - 25 - 36 hours

Sweden - 25 - 36 hours

Switzerland - 25 - 36 hours

Azerbaijan - 37 - 48 hours

Belarus - 37 - 48 hours

Democratic Republic of the Congo - 37 - 48 hours

Ecuador - 37 - 48 hours

Ghana - 37 - 48 hours

Hungary - 37 - 48 hours

Latvia - 37 - 48 hours

Luxembourg - 37 - 48 hours

Mongolia - 37 - 48 hours

Oman - 37 - 48 hours

Romania - 37 - 48 hours

Russian Federation - 37 - 48 hours

Slovakia - 37 - 48 hours

Venezuela - 37 - 48 hours