Bolivia: public holidays 2026

A full-day national public holiday across Bolivia’s nine departments celebrating the beginning of the year, Año Nuevo is listed by Decreto Supremo Nº 2750 with suspension of public and private activities.

A full-day public holiday across Bolivia’s nine departments commemorating the creation of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, this January 22 observance is listed nationally by Decreto Supremo Nº 2750 with suspension of public and private activities.

Carnival is a national public holiday on Monday and Tuesday across Bolivia’s nine departments. Decreto Supremo Nº 2750 provides two full days off, suspending public and private activities.

Carnival is a national public holiday on Monday and Tuesday across Bolivia’s nine departments. Decreto Supremo Nº 2750 provides two full days off, suspending public and private activities.

A full-day national public holiday across Bolivia’s nine departments, Good Friday commemorates Jesus Christ’s crucifixion and death; Decreto Supremo Nº 2750 lists it nationally, and the Holy See’s Catechism describes the crucifixion and death in the Passion.

Bolivia’s full-day national Día del Trabajo honors Bolivian women and men who work; Ley Nº 274 institutes it as a national holiday, and Decreto Supremo Nº 2750 includes it among holidays suspending public and private activities.

A full-day public holiday across Bolivia’s nine departments, Corpus Christi commemorates the Eucharist, understood in Catholic teaching as the Body and Blood of Christ; Decreto Supremo Nº 2750 lists it nationally.

A full-day public holiday across Bolivia’s nine departments, Año Nuevo Aymara Amazónico commemorates the Aymara and Amazonian New Year; Decreto Supremo Nº 2750 lists it among national holidays with suspension of public and private activities.

This full-day observed holiday covers the Monday transfer of Bolivia’s Aymara and Amazonian New Year in 2026, when June 21 fell on Sunday; Decreto Supremo Nº 2750 transfers eligible Sunday national holidays to the following Monday, and Aymara New Year is not among its exceptions. It applies across all nine departments.

A full-day national public holiday across Bolivia’s nine departments commemorating Bolivia’s independence, Día de la Independencia de Bolivia is listed by Decreto Supremo Nº 2750 with suspension of public and private activities.

Across Bolivia’s nine departments, this full-day public holiday commemorates people who lost their lives between October 11 and 17, 2003, in the “Gas War”; Ley Nº 424 links their sacrifice to the recovery of natural resources and calls for commemorative activities.

A full-day public holiday across Bolivia’s nine departments, Día de Todos los Difuntos is dedicated to remembering the departed; Decreto Supremo Nº 2750 lists it among national holidays with suspension of public and private activities.

This full-day public holiday in Beni commemorates the creation of the department; the 1942 law declared November 18 a civil holiday honoring the first centenary of Beni’s creation.

A full-day national public holiday across Bolivia’s nine departments, Christmas celebrates the birth and Incarnation of Jesus Christ; Decreto Supremo Nº 2750 lists Navidad nationally, and the Holy See’s Catechism describes the Incarnation as including conception and birth.