Median number of weekly hours of formal care by age group - Children with at least 1 hour of formal care - From minimum compulsory school age to 12 years rose 3.85% to 27.0 in Netherlands in 2015, according to Eurostat, SILC.
Historically, Median number of weekly hours of formal care by age group - Children with at least 1 hour of formal care - From minimum compulsory school age to 12 years in Netherlands reached an all time high of 27.0 in 2015 and an all time low of 26.0 in 2005. When compared to Netherlands's main peers, Median number of weekly hours of formal care by age group - Children with at least 1 hour of formal care - From minimum compulsory school age to 12 years in Belgium amounted to 32.0, 36.0 in Denmark, 30.0 in Germany and 30.0 in United Kingdom in 2015.
Netherlands has been ranked 24th within the group of 31 countries we follow in terms of Median number of weekly hours of formal care by age group - Children with at least 1 hour of formal care - From minimum compulsory school age to 12 years, 4 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Median number of weekly hours of formal care by age group - Children with at least 1 hour of 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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26.0 | 28.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 28.0 | |||||||
| Belgium | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 33.0 | |||||||
| Denmark | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 32.0 | 35.0 | |||||||
| France | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 32.0 | |||||||
| Germany | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 27.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | |||||||
| Ireland | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | |||||||
| Luxembourg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 27.0 | 28.0 | 29.0 | 28.0 | 30.0 | |||||||
| Netherlands | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | |||||||
| Norway | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 27.0 | 28.0 | 29.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | |||||||
| Poland | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | |||||||
| Sweden | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 31.0 | 33.0 | |||||||
| United Kingdom | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 |
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