Average number of weekly hours of formal care by age group - Children with or without formal care - From minimum compulsory school age to 12 years fell 28.6% to 23.5 in Iceland in 2015, according to Eurostat, SILC.
Historically, Average number of weekly hours of formal care by age group - Children with or without formal care - From minimum compulsory school age to 12 years in Iceland reached an all time high of 32.9 in 2014 and an all time low of 23.5 in 2015. When compared to Iceland's main peers, Average number of weekly hours of formal care by age group - Children with or without formal care - From minimum compulsory school age to 12 years in Denmark amounted to 40.5, 29.5 in Norway, 36.6 in Sweden and 32.5 in United Kingdom in 2015.
Iceland has been ranked 26th within the group of 31 countries we follow in terms of Average number of weekly hours of formal care by age group - Children with or without formal care - From minimum compulsory school age to 12 years, 16 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Average number of weekly hours of formal care by age group - Children with or without formal care - From minimum compulsory school age to 12 years | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Belgium | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32.0 | 31.7 | 33.1 | 33.6 | 34.4 | |||||||
| Denmark | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30.6 | 31.7 | 33.2 | 32.6 | 33.8 | |||||||
| Finland | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24.3 | 24.5 | 24.9 | 24.8 | 24.6 | |||||||
| France | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30.3 | 30.0 | 30.6 | 30.5 | 30.2 | |||||||
| Germany | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26.9 | 27.0 | 26.8 | 28.1 | 29.4 | |||||||
| Iceland | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32.6 | 31.8 | 31.9 | 32.2 | 32.5 | |||||||
| Ireland | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28.2 | 28.3 | 28.1 | 29.1 | 29.1 | |||||||
| Netherlands | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 27.2 | 27.6 | 27.7 | 27.7 | 27.6 | |||||||
| Norway | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28.7 | 29.0 | 29.3 | 29.6 | 29.2 | |||||||
| Russia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Sweden | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 35.2 | 35.6 | 35.7 | 36.0 | 36.3 | |||||||
| United Kingdom | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24.1 | 27.6 | 27.7 | 31.4 | 31.9 |
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