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Clear, clean cases (public holidays are generally employer-paid days off)

Austria

• Annual leave: 25 working days (5 weeks). 
• Public holidays: 13 listed as public holidays. 
• Total: 38 paid days off (25 + 13)

Spain

• Annual leave: 30 calendar days (≈ 22 working days). 
• Paid statutory holidays: 14 employer-paid statutory holidays. 
• Total (working-day basis): about 36 paid weekdays off (22 + 14) (Because annual leave is defined in calendar days, the “working day equivalent” can be 22–23.) 

United Kingdom (England & Wales)

UK law gives 28 days (5.6 weeks) paid leave for a full-time 5-day worker, and employers are allowed to include bank holidays inside those 28 days. 

So there are two common “totals” depending on how an employer structures it:

• Minimum required by law: 28 total (bank holidays may be included) 
• If an employer gives 28 days plus the 8 bank holidays: 36 total (28 + 8) 

Mostly-works but with important nuance about “paid holiday” status

France

• Annual leave: 30 working days (5 weeks). 
• Official public holidays: 11. 
• Nuance: Only May 1 is universally required as a paid non-working day; other holidays can depend on agreements/sector. 
• Total: commonly described as 5 weeks + ~11 holidays, but “paid day off” for all 11 isn’t uniform across all jobs. 

Sweden

• Annual leave: 25 days. 
• Public holidays: Sweden has a defined set of public holidays (listed by date each year). 
• Nuance: several Swedish public holidays often land on weekends (e.g., some “red days” like Midsummer Day / All Saints’ Day), so the number of weekday paid holidays varies by year. 

Denmark

• Annual leave: 5 weeks (25 days). 
• Public holidays: Denmark has a defined set of annual public holidays (list varies by source and what’s counted as “public” vs commonly observed). 
• Nuance: some widely observed days off (e.g., Constitution Day, Christmas Eve in many workplaces) can depend on contract/collective agreement.