Singapore workers most likely to use all vacation days, Deel data shows

Data showed a strong uptake of paid time off across full-time employees.

Singapore workers were the most likely in Asia-Pacific to use all their paid annual leave in 2025 and recorded the highest rate of full leave utilisation, according to data from global HR platform Deel.

Based on analysis of more than 4,500 full-time workers across APAC, 57% of Singapore employees used all their entitled vacation leave in 2025, whilst 77% used at least 80%. Both were the highest among markets surveyed.

Singapore also recorded a median of 19 vacation days taken, ahead of Hong Kong at 16.5 days, Australia at 16 days, Indonesia and Malaysia at 15.5 days each, and South Korea at 15 days, the data showed.

Deel said the median entitlement in Singapore was 18 days, with some employees exceeding this through rollover leave.

The data also showed differences in leave patterns across policy types. In Singapore, workers on flexible leave arrangements took a median of 20.75 days off, compared with 19 days for fixed entitlement policies.

Across APAC markets, workers on flexible arrangements generally took more leave, with Indonesia the exception.

In terms of leave structure, Singapore workers were more likely to take breaks of four days or longer, whilst Hong Kong workers tended to take shorter two-day breaks. One-day leave requests remained the most common across all markets.

Deel said the findings are based on internal platform data and are not representative of national workforces.