One graph that shows which country’s workers take the most holiday

75% of British workers use up most if not all their paid holiday, while only 44% of Americans use up their allowance

British workers get on average 27 days of annual leave, 6 above the worldwide figure. (Getty Images)

British workers are the most likely to say they will use up all of their paid holiday this year.

75 per cent of British people will take all or almost all of their annual leave, according to new YouGov research.

Workers from 22 countries spanning five continents were surveyed on how likely they were to use up their paid holiday entitlement. European workers were most likely to use up their allowance, claiming the top six spots and employees in Denmark, Germany and Finland get an average of 30 days off a year, amongst the highest in the world.

(YouGov)

Workers in the US on the other hand are not legally entitled to paid vacation and on average receive only 12 days of paid holiday per year. Of this relatively small entitlement, only 44 per cent of Americans said they will take all or almost all of their days off this year.

There is very little correlation between the number of days off workers receive and the amount they actually use. In Saudi Arabia average workers get 30 days leave, yet only 51 per cent say they will take all or nearly all of it.

17 per cent of British workers said they weren’t using their annual leave as they don’t have enough reason to take a holiday and 26 per cent said they wanted to carry some over to next year, which is also the most popular reason worldwide for not using the entire holiday allowance.