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 rose 22.0% to 40.5 in Denmark 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 Denmark reached an all time high of 40.5 in 2015 and an all time low of 30.6 in 2009. When compared to Denmark'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 Germany amounted to 29.0, 27.9 in Netherlands, 29.5 in Norway and 36.6 in Sweden in 2015.
Denmark has been ranked 1st 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, 5 places above 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 |
| Austria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 27.8 | 28.9 | 29.2 | 28.9 | 28.5 | |||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| Netherlands | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 27.2 | 27.6 | 27.7 | 27.7 | 27.6 | |||||||
| Norway | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28.7 | 29.0 | 29.3 | 29.6 | 29.2 | |||||||
| Poland | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 27.7 | 28.1 | 28.5 | 27.5 | 28.4 | |||||||
| 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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