Median number of weekly hours of formal care by age group - children with at least 1 hour of formal care by country

Countries reporting
45
Highest
60
Hungary
Lowest
12
Czechia
Median
35
Years covered
21
2005–2025
Data points
935

What the numbers show

Median number of weekly hours of formal care by age group - children with at least 1 hour of formal care is currently reported for 45 countries. The highest value is 60 in Hungary; the lowest is 12 in Czechia.

The median across all reporting countries is 35, and the mean is 33.46.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Ireland (up 66.7%), and the largest decrease in Czechia (down 60.0%).

Median number of weekly hours of formal care by age group - children: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Hungary 60 2025 up 50.0% rising
2 Slovakia 40 2025 up 14.3% flat
2 Luxembourg 40 2025 up 14.3% rising
2 Lithuania 40 2025 unchanged flat
2 Latvia 40 2025 unchanged flat
2 Iceland 40 2020 unchanged flat
2 Croatia 40 2025 unchanged flat
2 Estonia 40 2025 unchanged falling
2 Latvia 40 2025 unchanged flat
2 North Macedonia 40 2024 unchanged flat
2 Estonia 40 2025 unchanged falling
2 Lithuania 40 2025 unchanged flat
2 Türkiye 40 2025 down 50.0% flat
2 Croatia 40 2025 unchanged flat
2 Slovakia 40 2025 up 14.3% flat
2 Cyprus 40 2025 up 33.3% rising
2 Bulgaria 40 2025 unchanged falling
18 Portugal 38 2025 down 5.0% flat
19 France 35 2025 unchanged rising
19 Finland 35 2025 unchanged falling
19 Denmark 35 2025 down 5.4% flat
19 Norway 35 2025 unchanged falling
19 Poland 35 2025 unchanged falling
19 Romania 35 2025 down 12.5% rising
19 Serbia 35 2025 unchanged falling
19 Slovenia 35 2025 down 12.5% falling
19 Slovenia 35 2025 down 12.5% falling
19 Sweden 35 2025 unchanged rising
19 Poland 35 2025 unchanged falling
30 Belgium 32 2025 up 6.7% rising
31 Malta 30 2025 up 20.0% rising
31 Italy 30 2025 unchanged flat
31 Ireland 30 2025 up 66.7% rising
31 Greece 30 2025 unchanged falling
31 Germany 30 2025 unchanged rising
36 European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020) 29.3 2019 up 8.5% rising
36 Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) 29.3 2021 down 2.3% flat
38 Spain 25 2025 down 16.7% falling
38 Austria 25 2025 unchanged rising
40 Switzerland 18 2024 unchanged rising
41 Netherlands 16 2025 up 33.3% flat
41 Netherlands 16 2025 up 33.3% flat
43 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 15 2018 up 66.7% rising
43 United Kingdom 15 2018 up 66.7% rising
45 Czechia 12 2025 down 60.0% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Median number of weekly hours of formal care by age group - children with at least 1 hour of formal care
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
51 places, 935 data points, 2005–2025
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