Independence Day around the world

Independence Day is a public holiday in 107 countries in our calendar. The date can differ: some countries follow other calendars or move the day off.

107 countries

Country	Local name	2026	2027
Algeria	عيد الاستقلال	Sun 5 Jul	Mon 5 Jul
American Samoa		Fri 3 Jul	Sun 4 Jul
Antigua and Barbuda		Sun 1 Nov	Mon 1 Nov
Argentina	Día de la Independencia	Thu 9 Jul	Fri 9 Jul
Armenia	Անկախության օր	Mon 21 Sep	Tue 21 Sep
Azerbaijan	Müstəqillik Günü	Thu 28 May	Fri 28 May
Bangladesh	স্বাধীনতা দিবস	Thu 26 Mar	Fri 26 Mar
Barbados		Mon 30 Nov	Tue 30 Nov
Belize		Mon 21 Sep	Tue 21 Sep
Bolivia	Día de la Independencia de Bolivia	Thu 6 Aug	Fri 6 Aug
Brazil	Independência do Brasil	Mon 7 Sep	Tue 7 Sep
Bulgaria	Ден на Независимостта на България	Tue 22 Sep	Wed 22 Sep
Burkina Faso		Wed 5 Aug	Thu 5 Aug
Burundi	Anniversaire de l'Indépendance	Wed 1 Jul	Thu 1 Jul
Central African Republic	Jour de l'indépendance	Thu 13 Aug	Fri 13 Aug
Chad	Anniversaire de la Proclamation de l'Indépendance	Tue 11 Aug	Wed 11 Aug
Chile	Día de la Independencia	Fri 18 Sep	Sat 18 Sep
Colombia	Día de la Independencia	Mon 20 Jul	Tue 20 Jul
Costa Rica	Día de la Independencia	Tue 15 Sep	Wed 15 Sep
Cuba	Inicio de las Guerras de Independencia	Sat 10 Oct	Sun 10 Oct
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Journée de l'indépendance	Tue 30 Jun	Wed 30 Jun
Djibouti	Fête de l'indépendance	Sat 27 Jun	Sun 27 Jun
Dominica		Tue 3 Nov	Wed 3 Nov
El Salvador	Día de la Independencia	Tue 15 Sep	Wed 15 Sep
Eritrea		Sun 24 May	Mon 24 May
Estonia	iseseisvuspäev	Tue 24 Feb	Wed 24 Feb
Eswatini		Sun 6 Sep	Mon 6 Sep
Federated States of Micronesia		Tue 3 Nov	Wed 3 Nov
Finland	Itsenäisyyspäivä	Sun 6 Dec	Mon 6 Dec
Gabon	Jour de l'indépendance	Sun 16 Aug	Mon 16 Aug
Georgia	დამოუკიდებლობის დღე	Tue 26 May	Wed 26 May
Ghana		Fri 6 Mar	Sat 6 Mar
Greece	Εικοστή Πέμπτη Μαρτίου	Wed 25 Mar	Thu 25 Mar
Grenada		Sat 7 Feb	Sun 7 Feb
Guam		Fri 3 Jul	Sun 4 Jul
Guatemala	Día de la Independencia	Tue 15 Sep	Wed 15 Sep
Guinea	Fête anniversaire de l'indépendance de la Guinée	Fri 2 Oct	Sat 2 Oct
Guinea-Bissau	Dia da Independência	Thu 24 Sep	Fri 24 Sep
Guyana		Tue 26 May	Wed 26 May
Honduras	Día de la Independencia	Tue 15 Sep	Wed 15 Sep
India		Sat 15 Aug	Sun 15 Aug
Indonesia	Hari Kemerdekaan Republik Indonesia	Mon 17 Aug	Tue 17 Aug
Israel	יום העצמאות (נצפה)	Wed 22 Apr	Wed 12 May
Ivory Coast	Fête Nationale	Fri 7 Aug	Sat 7 Aug
Jamaica		Thu 6 Aug	Fri 6 Aug
Jordan	عيد الاستقلال	Mon 25 May	Tue 25 May
Kazakhstan	Тəуелсіздік күні	Wed 16 Dec	Thu 16 Dec
Kosovo	Dita e Pavarësisë së Republikës së Kosovës	Tue 17 Feb	Wed 17 Feb
Kyrgyzstan	Кыргыз Республикасынын Көз карандысыздыгынын күнү	Mon 31 Aug	Tue 31 Aug
Lebanon	ذكرى الاستقلال	Sun 22 Nov	Mon 22 Nov
Lesotho		Sun 4 Oct	Mon 4 Oct
Liberia		Sun 26 Jul	Mon 26 Jul
Libya	عيد الاستقلال	Thu 24 Dec	Fri 24 Dec
Madagascar	Fetin'ny fahaleovantena	Fri 26 Jun	Sat 26 Jun
Malawi		Mon 6 Jul	Tue 6 Jul
Maldives	މިނިވަން ދުވަސް	Sun 26 Jul	Mon 26 Jul
Malta	Jum l-Indipendenza	Mon 21 Sep	Tue 21 Sep
Mauritania	عيد الاستقلال	Sat 28 Nov	Sun 28 Nov
Mexico	Día de la Independencia	Wed 16 Sep	Thu 16 Sep
Montenegro	Dan nezavisnosti	Thu 21 May	Fri 21 May
Morocco	عيد الاستقلال	Wed 18 Nov	Thu 18 Nov
Myanmar	လွတ်လပ်ရေးနေ့	Sun 4 Jan	Mon 4 Jan
Namibia		Sat 21 Mar	Sun 21 Mar
Nauru		Sat 31 Jan	Sun 31 Jan
Nicaragua	Día de la Independencia	Tue 15 Sep	Wed 15 Sep
North Macedonia	Ден на независноста	Tue 8 Sep	Wed 8 Sep
Northern Mariana Islands		Fri 3 Jul	Sun 4 Jul
Pakistan		Fri 14 Aug	Sat 14 Aug
Palau		Thu 1 Oct	Fri 1 Oct
Palestine	عيد الاستقلال	Sun 15 Nov	Mon 15 Nov
Panama	Independencia de Panamá de España	Sat 28 Nov	Sun 28 Nov
Papua New Guinea		Wed 16 Sep	Thu 16 Sep
Peru	Día de la Independencia	Tue 28 Jul	Wed 28 Jul
Philippines		Fri 12 Jun	Sat 12 Jun
Puerto Rico		Fri 3 Jul	Sun 4 Jul
Rwanda	Umunsi w'Ubwigenge	Wed 1 Jul	Thu 1 Jul
Saint Kitts and Nevis		Sat 19 Sep	Sun 19 Sep
Saint Lucia		Sun 22 Feb	Mon 22 Feb
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		Tue 27 Oct	Wed 27 Oct
Samoa		Mon 1 Jun	Tue 1 Jun
Senegal	Fête de l'Indépendance	Sat 4 Apr	Sun 4 Apr
Sierra Leone		Mon 27 Apr	Tue 27 Apr
Solomon Islands		Tue 7 Jul	Wed 7 Jul
Somalia		Fri 26 Jun	Sat 26 Jun
South Sudan		Thu 9 Jul	Fri 9 Jul
Sri Lanka	නිදහස් සමරු දිනය	Wed 4 Feb	—
Sudan	عيد الاستقلال	Thu 1 Jan	Fri 1 Jan
Suriname	Onafhankelijkheidsdag	Wed 25 Nov	Thu 25 Nov
Syria	عيد الاستقلال	Fri 17 Apr	Sat 17 Apr
São Tomé and Príncipe	Dia da Independência (observado)	Sun 12 Jul	Mon 12 Jul
Tajikistan	Рӯзи Истиқлолияти давлатии Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон	Wed 9 Sep	Thu 9 Sep
The Bahamas		Fri 10 Jul	Sat 10 Jul
The Gambia		Wed 18 Feb	Thu 18 Feb
Togo	Fête de l'indépendance	Mon 27 Apr	Tue 27 Apr
Trinidad and Tobago		Mon 31 Aug	Tue 31 Aug
Tunisia	عيد الاستقلال	Fri 20 Mar	Sat 20 Mar
Turkmenistan	Türkmenistanyň Garaşsyzlyk güni	Sun 27 Sep	Mon 27 Sep
Uganda		Fri 9 Oct	Sat 9 Oct
United States		Fri 3 Jul	Sun 4 Jul
United States Minor Outlying Islands		Fri 3 Jul	Sun 4 Jul
United States Virgin Islands		Fri 3 Jul	Sun 4 Jul
Uzbekistan	Mustaqillik kuni	Tue 1 Sep	Wed 1 Sep
Vanuatu		Thu 30 Jul	Fri 30 Jul
Venezuela	Día de la Independencia	Sun 5 Jul	Mon 5 Jul
Zambia		Sat 24 Oct	Sun 24 Oct
Zimbabwe		Sat 18 Apr	Sun 18 Apr
Åland	Itsenäisyyspäivä	Sun 6 Dec	Mon 6 Dec