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 rose 38.2% to 99.9 in Denmark 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 Denmark reached an all time high of 99.9 in 2015 and an all time low of 64.0 in 2009. When compared to Denmark'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 Germany amounted to 50.7, 27.5 in Netherlands, 46.9 in Norway and 99.1 in Sweden in 2015.
Denmark has been ranked 1st 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, 8 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
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 | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Austria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 40.0 | 47.0 | 48.0 | 48.0 | 45.0 | |||||||
Belgium | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 73.0 | 68.0 | 75.0 | 82.0 | 84.0 | |||||||
Denmark | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 64.0 | 69.0 | 71.0 | 66.0 | 74.0 | |||||||
Finland | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | |||||||
France | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 56.0 | 55.0 | 57.0 | 56.0 | 59.0 | |||||||
Germany | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 39.0 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 47.0 | 51.0 | |||||||
Iceland | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 84.0 | 81.0 | 79.0 | 78.0 | 83.0 | |||||||
Netherlands | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19.0 | 23.0 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 22.0 | |||||||
Norway | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 40.0 | 45.0 | 49.0 | 47.0 | 48.0 | |||||||
Poland | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 45.0 | 48.0 | 50.0 | 49.0 | 50.0 | |||||||
Russia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Sweden | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 99.0 | 99.0 | 99.0 | 99.0 | 99.0 | |||||||
United Kingdom | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 70.0 | 81.0 | 82.0 | 95.0 | 96.0 |