Labour Day is a public holiday in Iraq, known locally as عيد العمال العالمي.
In 2026 it falls on Friday 1 May; in 2027 on Saturday 1 May.
The date is fixed, so only the weekday changes from year to year.
123 other countries in our calendar also have Labour Day as a public holiday.
Dates, 2025 to 2028
| Year | Date | Weekday | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 May | Thursday | |
| 2026 | 1 May | Friday long weekend | |
| 2027 | 1 May | Saturday weekend | |
| 2028 | 1 May | Monday long weekend |
Labour Day elsewhere
Around the worldAlgeria1 MayAndorra1 MayAnguilla1 MayAntigua and Barbuda4 MayArgentina1 MayArmenia1 MayAruba1 MayAustria1 MayBahrain1 MayBelarus1 MayBelgium1 MayBelize1 MayBenin1 MayBermuda7 SeptemberBolivia1 MayBotswana1 MayBurkina Faso1 MayCameroon1 MayCanada7 SeptemberCaribbean Netherlands1 MayCentral African Republic1 MayChad1 MayChile1 MayChristmas Island16 MarchColombia1 MayComoros1 MayCroatia1 MayCuraçao1 MayCyprus1 MayCzech Republic1 MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo1 MayDjibouti1 MayDominica4 MayDominican Republic4 MayEcuador1 MayEgypt1 MayEl Salvador1 MayFrance1 MayFrench Guiana1 MayFrench Polynesia1 MayFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands1 MayGabon1 MayGermany1 MayGhana1 MayGreece1 MayGrenada1 MayGuadeloupe1 MayGuatemala1 MayGuinea1 MayGuyana1 MayHonduras1 MayHong Kong1 MayHungary1 MayIceland1 MayItaly1 MayIvory Coast1 MayJordan1 MayKenya1 MayKyrgyzstan1 MayLatvia1 May