Median number of weekly hours of formal care by age group - Children with at least 1 hour of formal care - Less than 3 years fell 25.0% to 12.0 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 - Less than 3 years in Netherlands reached an all time high of 16.0 in 2014 and an all time low of 12.0 in 2015. 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 - Less than 3 years in Belgium amounted to 30.0, 37.0 in Denmark, 30.0 in Germany and 15.0 in United Kingdom in 2015.
Netherlands has been ranked 31st 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 - Less than 3 years, 9 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 - Less than 3 years | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Austria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 30.0 | 25.0 | |||||||
| Belgium | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | |||||||
| Denmark | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 35.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 36.0 | 37.0 | |||||||
| France | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 35.0 | |||||||
| Germany | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 34.0 | 32.0 | 30.0 | 33.0 | 35.0 | |||||||
| Ireland | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15.0 | 17.0 | 33.0 | 16.0 | 20.0 | |||||||
| Luxembourg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24.0 | 30.0 | 35.0 | 32.0 | 30.0 | |||||||
| Netherlands | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | |||||||
| Norway | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 35.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | |||||||
| Poland | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 40.0 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 40.0 | |||||||
| Sweden | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 34.0 | 30.0 | |||||||
| United Kingdom | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
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