> Last I checked the USA didn't have mandated paid holidays, unlike literally every other country in the world.
The UK, Netherlands, Japan, South Korea, and ~57 other countries do not have mandated paid holidays. Norway provides for two days. It's certainly common, particularly in the developed world; claiming it's literally every other country is blatantly false.
I guess maybe I'm confusing what I'd call holidays with what people in other countries would call leave or vacation days. What I mean meant was mandated paid days off work, whether a holiday/public holiday/bank holiday or annual leave/vacation.
Workers in the UK are entitled to 28 paid days off work, the other countries you've listed have similar entitlements.
It turns out that I'm wrong either way, the USA is joined by Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, and Tonga. So to be correct, literally every country apart from a handful of Pacific Island nations making up less than 1 million people and the USA entitle their workers to as least some paid leave from work.
The UK, Netherlands, Japan, South Korea, and ~57 other countries do not have mandated paid holidays. Norway provides for two days. It's certainly common, particularly in the developed world; claiming it's literally every other country is blatantly false.