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Question: In the last 12 months, how many days of leave from your work, if any, did you take altogether (do not include maternity or sick leaves or similar types of leave)?
Choices: "None" "1-5 days" "6-10 days" "11-20 days" "21-30 days" "More than 30 days"
Data: % of "21-30 days" "More than 30 days" in those answering any of those answers
Period:
Area:
34 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Sweden65.6%
2 Finland 58.0%
3 Norway55.1%
4 Switzerland55.0%
5 Belgium44.0%
6 United Kingdom38.7%
7 Poland36.5%
8 Russian Federation34.6%
9 Latvia33.8%
10 Hungary33.7%
11 Croatia31.9%
12 Germany30.8%
13 Czech Republic28.2%
14 Slovenia27.2%
15 Australia25.3%
16 Austria24.7%
17 New Zealand24.0%
18 Ireland22.7%
19 Slovakia22.3%
20 Uruguay21.4%
21 Cyprus21.3%
22 France20.3%
23 Mexico20.1%
24 Bulgaria15.6%
25 Argentina13.8%
26 United States12.2%
27 Taiwan11.5%
28 Israel10.7%
29 Dominican Republic7.6%
30 Republic of Korea7.1%
31 Japan6.9%
32 South Africa5.8%
33 Philippines4.4%
34 Chile2.7%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Belgium: Flanders only. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 204 countries.

Source
ISSP 2007

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 2.351491 X +5.926
Correlation coefficient (r)0.576
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.332

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 76047.424271 X +17611.610
Correlation coefficient (r)0.480
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.230

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 8.862144 X +76.461
Correlation coefficient (r)0.324
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.105

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = -0.938125 X +1.932
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.383
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.147

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data33
Regression equation
Y = 6.226030 X +11.798
Correlation coefficient (r)0.163
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027