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- Egypt has 21 public holidays a year – the most on the continent
- Sudan has the fewest, with only five public holidays a year
- South Africa has 13 official public holidays a year
Does South Africa have the most public holidays on the continent?
There are times – especially during the month of April – when it feels like South Africa must have the most public holidays in the world, but the truth is that we don’t even have the most in Africa.
That honour goes to Egypt, which has 21 public holidays. South Africa is in the top 6 though just below a block of countries with 16 days.
Sudan rounds out the bottom of the table with just five official public holidays.
— 15 June, 2022Subscribe to the weekly newsletter for more charts like this
