Enrolment rate of children in child care
Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
Azerbaijan | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
Austria | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 29.0 |
Armenia | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
Belgium | 30.0 | 31.0 | 32.0 | 33.0 | 35.7 | 35.1 | 34.9 | 36.9 | 37.7 | 38.8 | 38.7 | 40.6 | 43.1 | 42.8 | 43.1 | 43.3 | .. |
Bulgaria | 11.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 |
Belarus | 26.3 | 26.2 | 26.0 | 28.4 | 27.6 | 27.6 | 31.0 | 29.5 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 29.1 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 33.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 37.0 |
Canada | .. | 17.0 | .. | 17.0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 25.0 | 20.0 | 24.0 |
Croatia | 16.5 | 18.1 | 19.6 | 20.1 | 20.7 | 21.6 | 22.4 | 22.8 | 22.6 | 23.5 | 24.2 | 26.1 | 27.5 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 29.0 |
Cyprus | 17.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 24.0 | 21.0 | .. |
Czechia | 7.0 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 7.0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Denmark | 61.8 | 63.2 | 66.9 | 67.1 | 66.7 | 68.4 | 69.1 | 69.2 | 69.1 | 67.4 | 68.6 | 67.1 | 68.3 | 68.2 | .. | .. | .. |
Estonia | 35.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 25.0 | 31.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 31.0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Finland | 22.8 | 23.8 | 24.9 | 25.9 | 24.2 | 24.6 | 25.5 | 25.0 | 25.1 | 25.1 | 30.3 | 31.2 | 33.4 | 35.4 | 37.0 | 36.9 | 35.5 |
Georgia | 7.0 | 6.0 | .. | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 32.0 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Germany | 14.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 29.0 | 32.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 35.0 | 34.0 | 36.0 |
Greece | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Hungary | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 12.0 | 12.8 | 13.9 | 15.2 | 16.3 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 |
Iceland | 53.0 | 55.0 | 55.0 | 55.0 | 54.0 | 55.0 | 57.0 | 58.0 | 58.0 | 59.0 | 60.0 | 60.0 | 59.0 | 59.0 | 59.0 | 58.0 | .. |
Ireland | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7.8 | 26.6 | 24.9 | .. | .. |
Italy | 25.0 | 26.0 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 25.0 | 22.0 | 25.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 22.9 | 27.3 | 34.4 | 28.6 | 25.7 | 26.3 | .. | 33.4 |
Kazakhstan | 7.9 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 10.5 | 10.2 | 15.1 | 18.0 | 20.7 | 22.4 | 26.8 | 28.0 | 35.7 | 37.5 | 31.4 | 41.3 | 38.9 | 41.3 |
Kyrgyzstan | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Latvia | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 29.0 | 30.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 33.0 |
Lithuania | 22.0 | 27.0 | 28.0 | 25.0 | 24.0 | 23.0 | 27.0 | 31.0 | 32.0 | 33.0 | 35.0 | 37.0 | 42.0 | 44.0 | 44.0 | 44.0 | 52.0 |
Malta | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14.3 | 16.3 | 25.1 | 29.6 | 28.1 | 35.5 | .. | .. | .. |
Republic of Moldova | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 56.0 | 57.0 | 58.0 | 58.0 | 59.0 | 61.0 | 63.0 | 58.0 | 62.0 |
Montenegro | 8.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 16.8 | 17.7 | 17.9 | 21.1 | 23.5 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Netherlands | 45.0 | 44.0 | 45.0 | 49.0 | 50.0 | 51.0 | 49.0 | 47.0 | 52.0 | 56.0 | 55.0 | 59.0 | 59.0 | 62.0 | 67.0 | 72.0 | .. |
Norway | 37.0 | 42.0 | 48.0 | 51.0 | 53.0 | 54.0 | 54.0 | 54.0 | 54.0 | 55.0 | 55.2 | 56.3 | 57.3 | 58.0 | 58.3 | 59.2 | 58.9 |
Poland | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 6.8 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 10.5 | 12.4 | .. | .. |
Portugal | 23.7 | 25.0 | 26.6 | 28.1 | 29.6 | 31.3 | 34.8 | 35.0 | 37.6 | 39.7 | 41.1 | 41.2 | 41.2 | 41.4 | 41.6 | 40.6 | 45.3 |
Romania | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 2.4 | .. | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
Russian Federation | 21.3 | 21.5 | 17.8 | 17.6 | 17.3 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
San Marino | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 33.1 | 35.9 | 39.3 | 40.8 | 38.0 | 40.0 |
Serbia | 9.4 | 10.2 | 11.3 | 12.6 | 12.8 | 12.9 | 14.3 | 15.8 | 16.0 | 19.0 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 27.0 | 29.0 |
Slovakia | .. | .. | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
Slovenia | 38.0 | 41.0 | 44.0 | 49.0 | 51.0 | 54.0 | 56.0 | 55.0 | 54.0 | 56.0 | 58.0 | 61.0 | 64.0 | 66.0 | 67.0 | 67.0 | 69.0 |
Spain | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 36.0 | 35.0 | 36.9 | 39.7 | 39.3 | 45.8 | 50.5 | 57.4 | 45.5 | 55.3 |
Sweden | 48.0 | 48.0 | 49.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 49.0 | 51.0 | 51.0 | 51.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 51.0 | 52.0 | 52.0 | 52.0 | 51.0 |
Switzerland | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 36.7 | 38.8 | 40.8 | .. | .. | .. | 37.5 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tajikistan | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Turkmenistan | 10.0 | 10.2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ukraine | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 |
North Macedonia | 5.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 13.0 | .. |
United Kingdom | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 30.0 | 28.8 | 30.1 | .. | 33.0 | .. | .. | 61.8 | 59.6 | 60.9 | .. | .. |
United States | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Uzbekistan | 8.3 | 8.3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
Azerbaijan | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
Austria | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 29.0 |
Armenia | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
Belgium | 30.0 | 31.0 | 32.0 | 33.0 | 35.7 | 35.1 | 34.9 | 36.9 | 37.7 | 38.8 | 38.7 | 40.6 | 43.1 | 42.8 | 43.1 | 43.3 | .. |
Bulgaria | 11.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 |
Belarus | 26.3 | 26.2 | 26.0 | 28.4 | 27.6 | 27.6 | 31.0 | 29.5 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 29.1 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 33.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 37.0 |
Canada | .. | 17.0 | .. | 17.0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 25.0 | 20.0 | 24.0 |
Croatia | 16.5 | 18.1 | 19.6 | 20.1 | 20.7 | 21.6 | 22.4 | 22.8 | 22.6 | 23.5 | 24.2 | 26.1 | 27.5 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 29.0 |
Cyprus | 17.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 24.0 | 21.0 | .. |
Czechia | 7.0 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 7.0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Denmark | 61.8 | 63.2 | 66.9 | 67.1 | 66.7 | 68.4 | 69.1 | 69.2 | 69.1 | 67.4 | 68.6 | 67.1 | 68.3 | 68.2 | .. | .. | .. |
Estonia | 35.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 25.0 | 31.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 31.0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Finland | 22.8 | 23.8 | 24.9 | 25.9 | 24.2 | 24.6 | 25.5 | 25.0 | 25.1 | 25.1 | 30.3 | 31.2 | 33.4 | 35.4 | 37.0 | 36.9 | 35.5 |
Georgia | 7.0 | 6.0 | .. | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 32.0 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Germany | 14.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 29.0 | 32.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 35.0 | 34.0 | 36.0 |
Greece | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Hungary | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 12.0 | 12.8 | 13.9 | 15.2 | 16.3 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 |
Iceland | 53.0 | 55.0 | 55.0 | 55.0 | 54.0 | 55.0 | 57.0 | 58.0 | 58.0 | 59.0 | 60.0 | 60.0 | 59.0 | 59.0 | 59.0 | 58.0 | .. |
Ireland | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7.8 | 26.6 | 24.9 | .. | .. |
Italy | 25.0 | 26.0 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 25.0 | 22.0 | 25.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 22.9 | 27.3 | 34.4 | 28.6 | 25.7 | 26.3 | .. | 33.4 |
Kazakhstan | 7.9 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 10.5 | 10.2 | 15.1 | 18.0 | 20.7 | 22.4 | 26.8 | 28.0 | 35.7 | 37.5 | 31.4 | 41.3 | 38.9 | 41.3 |
Kyrgyzstan | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Latvia | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 29.0 | 30.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 33.0 |
Lithuania | 22.0 | 27.0 | 28.0 | 25.0 | 24.0 | 23.0 | 27.0 | 31.0 | 32.0 | 33.0 | 35.0 | 37.0 | 42.0 | 44.0 | 44.0 | 44.0 | 52.0 |
Malta | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14.3 | 16.3 | 25.1 | 29.6 | 28.1 | 35.5 | .. | .. | .. |
Republic of Moldova | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 56.0 | 57.0 | 58.0 | 58.0 | 59.0 | 61.0 | 63.0 | 58.0 | 62.0 |
Montenegro | 8.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 16.8 | 17.7 | 17.9 | 21.1 | 23.5 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Netherlands | 45.0 | 44.0 | 45.0 | 49.0 | 50.0 | 51.0 | 49.0 | 47.0 | 52.0 | 56.0 | 55.0 | 59.0 | 59.0 | 62.0 | 67.0 | 72.0 | .. |
Norway | 37.0 | 42.0 | 48.0 | 51.0 | 53.0 | 54.0 | 54.0 | 54.0 | 54.0 | 55.0 | 55.2 | 56.3 | 57.3 | 58.0 | 58.3 | 59.2 | 58.9 |
Poland | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 6.8 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 10.5 | 12.4 | .. | .. |
Portugal | 23.7 | 25.0 | 26.6 | 28.1 | 29.6 | 31.3 | 34.8 | 35.0 | 37.6 | 39.7 | 41.1 | 41.2 | 41.2 | 41.4 | 41.6 | 40.6 | 45.3 |
Romania | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 2.4 | .. | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
Russian Federation | 21.3 | 21.5 | 17.8 | 17.6 | 17.3 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
San Marino | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 33.1 | 35.9 | 39.3 | 40.8 | 38.0 | 40.0 |
Serbia | 9.4 | 10.2 | 11.3 | 12.6 | 12.8 | 12.9 | 14.3 | 15.8 | 16.0 | 19.0 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 27.0 | 29.0 |
Slovakia | .. | .. | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
Slovenia | 38.0 | 41.0 | 44.0 | 49.0 | 51.0 | 54.0 | 56.0 | 55.0 | 54.0 | 56.0 | 58.0 | 61.0 | 64.0 | 66.0 | 67.0 | 67.0 | 69.0 |
Spain | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 36.0 | 35.0 | 36.9 | 39.7 | 39.3 | 45.8 | 50.5 | 57.4 | 45.5 | 55.3 |
Sweden | 48.0 | 48.0 | 49.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 49.0 | 51.0 | 51.0 | 51.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 51.0 | 52.0 | 52.0 | 52.0 | 51.0 |
Switzerland | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 36.7 | 38.8 | 40.8 | .. | .. | .. | 37.5 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tajikistan | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Turkmenistan | 10.0 | 10.2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ukraine | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 |
North Macedonia | 5.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 13.0 | .. |
United Kingdom | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 30.0 | 28.8 | 30.1 | .. | 33.0 | .. | .. | 61.8 | 59.6 | 60.9 | .. | .. |
United States | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Uzbekistan | 8.3 | 8.3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |