India, June 2 -- Indian employees take fewer annual leaves than their peers in Asia-Pacific markets despite having relatively generous leave entitlements, emphasising a gap between leave allocation and usage, a report said on Monday.

While leave is available, Indian workers appear more cautious in how they use it, with time off often taken in smaller increments rather than as extended vacations, revealed a report by HR and payroll company Deel.

The report is based on inputs from over 4,500 full-time workers on the Deel APAC platform in 2025. It further revealed that the median leave taken by Indian workers in 2025 was 12 days.

Only 17.2 per cent of Indian workers used 100 per cent of their leave, compared with 57.2 per cent in Singapor...