Countries with most public holidays

How many days in your holiday? How many days are you off sick? How many public holiday days are there? Economist magazine had a look at the day-off trends in different countries and came up with some surprising numbers.

We – although not all of us – seem to be working harder than the Romans did. Under Claudius, who was Roman Emperor from 41 to 54 AD, the citizens had the privilege of 159 public holidays, 93 of which were set aside for public games. 

06/15/2012. Category: didyouknow. Topic: work.