Formal childcare by age group and duration - % over the population of each age group - From minimum compulsory school age to 12 years - 30 hours or over fell 38.4% to 49.6 in Iceland in 2015

Formal childcare by age group and duration - % over the population of each age group - From minimum compulsory school age to 12 years - 30 hours or over fell 38.4% to 49.6 in Iceland in 2015, according to Eurostat, SILC.

Historically, Formal childcare by age group and duration - % over the population of each age group - From minimum compulsory school age to 12 years - 30 hours or over in Iceland reached an all time high of 84.0 in 2009 and an all time low of 49.6 in 2015. When compared to Iceland's main peers, Formal childcare by age group and duration - % over the population of each age group - From minimum compulsory school age to 12 years - 30 hours or over in Denmark amounted to 99.9, 46.9 in Norway, 99.1 in Sweden and 96.2 in United Kingdom in 2015.

Iceland has been ranked 19th within the group of 31 countries we follow in terms of Formal childcare by age group and duration - % over the population of each age group - From minimum compulsory school age to 12 years - 30 hours or over, 15 places below the position seen 10 years ago.