Childcare outside the family for children up to
three years of age, (number of places per 100
children, expressed as a percentage), 2004 

 

Country/Region	%
Sweden	74.4
Denmark	68.0
Flanders	34.2
Belgium	30.6
France	29.4
Netherlands	26.0
Portugal	23.2
Spain	21.7
Finland	19.5
Italy	18.7
Japan	18.0
Austria	11.0
Luxembourg	10.9
UK	10.8
Germany	8.5

Source: European Commission/OECD/the Flemish governmental agency Kind en Gezin (Child & Family), in a socioeconomic report on Flanders

 

Average proportion of family income spent on formal childcare, 2005 

Country/Region	%
Germany	5.7
Greece	5.7
Sweden	6.3
Finland	7.0
Denmark	10.3
Norway	12.0
Belgium	12.7
Japan	16.7
France	16.7
Austria	18.3
Australia	19.7
Canada	20.7
Netherlands	22.3
USA	22.7
Portugal	24.3
UK	25.0
Switzerland	26.7
Ireland	34.3

Source: OECD