Information about legal national holidays across the globe.
Islamic holidays depend on the sighting of the moon: dates not yet announced are estimates and may move by a day.
Weekend holidays are displayed in gray.
| 2012 Day | Public Holiday |
| Sunday, January 01 | New Year's Day |
| Saturday, February 04 | Prophet's Birthday |
| Wednesday, April 04 | Independence Day |
| Monday, April 09 | Easter Monday |
| Tuesday, May 01 | Labour Day |
| Thursday, May 17 | Ascension Day |
| Monday, May 28 | Whit Monday |
| Wednesday, August 15 | Assumption Day |
| Sunday, August 19 | Eid al-Fitr (Korité) |
| Monday, August 20 | Eid al-Fitr (Korité) (observed) |
| Friday, October 26 | Eid al-Adha (Tabaski) |
| Thursday, November 01 | All Saints' Day |
| Saturday, November 24 | Ashura (Tamkharit) |
| Tuesday, December 25 | Christmas Day |