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The UK is the world leader when it comes to annual leave with workers boasting the most statutory paid holiday out of any country - while the US is the worst.

British full-time staff may feel as though they don't get enough time off, but when compared globally, the 28 days of paid leave - not including public holidays - is as good as it gets.

The rest of Europe also does quite well, according to Mercer's Worldwide Benefit And Employment Guidelines, when it comes to getting paid to take time off. 

Take a break: Brazil, Bolivia, the UK and parts of Europe lead the world in paid leave as this graphic shows

Mercer's findings - compiled in a map by Thrillist.com - cover 64 countries with the figures based on entitlements for employees with 10 years of service who work a five-day week.

The report says Poland boasts 26 compulsory days while Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Luxembourg and Sweden all get 25 days off as standard.

The catch for Brits, however, is that public holidays can be included in workers' 28 days. 

But in the US, employers don't have to give staff any paid leave, just the 10 national holidays, which include Thanksgiving and Independence Day. 

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The UK can't be too smug about this fact, though, as when all days off are added up they are trumped by Austria, the Center for Economic and Policy Research reveals.

Austrians get 25 paid holidays in addition to 13 public holidays each year, giving them a massive total of 38 days off.

In other parts of the globe, French workers get 31 days including public holidays, Bolivians get a 37 days when 10 public holidays are included, while Sweden and Luxembourg both get 25 days statutory leave and a total of 36 altogether. 

With a single year of service in a job, workers in Finland are entitled to 30 days off.

At the other end of the spectrum comes India with 12 days (28 with public holidays), China (10 days and a total of 21), Thailand (6 days compulsory leave and 22 in total) and the Philippines (20 in total including just five compulsory).