Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years)

Country Country iso alpha 3 code Key indicator Year Value
Afghanistan AFG Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Albania ALB Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
Algeria DZA Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Angola AGO Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Argentina ARG Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Armenia ARM Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Australia AUS Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
Austria AUT Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
Azerbaijan AZE Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Bahamas BHS Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Bahrain BHR Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Bangladesh BGD Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Barbados BRB Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
Belarus BLR Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
Belgium BEL Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
Belize BLZ Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Benin BEN Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) BOL Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 6
Botswana BWA Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Brazil BRA Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 3
Brunei Darussalam BRN Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Bulgaria BGR Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Burkina Faso BFA Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Burundi BDI Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Cabo Verde CPV Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Cambodia KHM Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Cameroon CMR Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Canada CAN Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Central African Republic CAF Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Chad TCD Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Chile CHL Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
China CHN Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Colombia COL Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
Comoros COM Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Congo COG Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Costa Rica CRI Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
Croatia HRV Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 6
Cuba CUB Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 12
Cyprus CYP Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
Czechia CZE Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Côte d’Ivoire CIV Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Denmark DNK Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 6
Djibouti DJI Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Dominican Republic DOM Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Ecuador ECU Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
Egypt EGY Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
El Salvador SLV Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Equatorial Guinea GNQ Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Eritrea ERI Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Estonia EST Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 18
Eswatini SWZ Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Ethiopia ETH Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Fiji FJI Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Finland FIN Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
France FRA Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
French Polynesia PYF Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
Gabon GAB Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Gambia GMB Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Georgia GEO Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 12
Germany DEU Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 12
Ghana GHA Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Greece GRC Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
Guam GUM Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Guatemala GTM Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Guinea GIN Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Guinea-Bissau GNB Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Guyana GUY Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Haiti HTI Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Honduras HND Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Hungary HUN Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 5
Iceland ISL Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 18
India IND Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Indonesia IDN Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Iran (Islamic Republic of) IRN Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Iraq IRQ Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Ireland IRL Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Israel ISR Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
Italy ITA Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
Jamaica JAM Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Japan JPN Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
Jordan JOR Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Kazakhstan KAZ Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 12
Kenya KEN Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Kuwait KWT Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Kyrgyzstan KGZ Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Lao People's Democratic Republic LAO Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Latvia LVA Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 18
Lebanon LBN Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Lesotho LSO Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Liberia LBR Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Libya LBY Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Lithuania LTU Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
Luxembourg LUX Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
Madagascar MDG Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Malawi MWI Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Malaysia MYS Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Maldives MDV Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Mali MLI Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Malta MLT Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 3
Mauritania MRT Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Mauritius MUS Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Mexico MEX Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
Mongolia MNG Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
Montenegro MNE Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
Morocco MAR Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Mozambique MOZ Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Myanmar MMR Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Namibia NAM Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Nepal NPL Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Netherlands NLD Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
New Zealand NZL Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
Nicaragua NIC Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
Niger NER Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Nigeria NGA Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
North Macedonia MKD Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
Norway NOR Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 12
Oman OMN Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Pakistan PAK Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Panama PAN Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
Papua New Guinea PNG Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Paraguay PRY Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Peru PER Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 6
Philippines PHL Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Poland POL Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 5
Portugal PRT Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
Qatar QAT Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Republic of Korea KOR Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 3
Republic of Moldova MDA Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Romania ROU Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 3
Russian Federation RUS Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 2
Rwanda RWA Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Saint Lucia LCA Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VCT Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Samoa WSM Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Sao Tome and Principe STP Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Saudi Arabia SAU Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Senegal SEN Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Serbia SRB Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 6
Sierra Leone SLE Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Singapore SGP Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 2
Slovakia SVK Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Slovenia SVN Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 11
Solomon Islands SLB Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Somalia SOM Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
South Africa ZAF Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
South Sudan SSD Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Spain ESP Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 3
Sri Lanka LKA Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Sudan SDN Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Suriname SUR Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Sweden SWE Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 12
Switzerland CHE Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
Syrian Arab Republic SYR Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Tajikistan TJK Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Thailand THA Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Timor-Leste TLS Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Togo TGO Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Tonga TON Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Trinidad and Tobago TTO Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Tunisia TUN Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Turkmenistan TKM Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Türkiye TUR Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Uganda UGA Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Ukraine UKR Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 12
United Arab Emirates ARE Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland GBR Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
United Republic of Tanzania TZA Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
United States of America USA Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Uruguay URY Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 0
Uzbekistan UZB Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Vanuatu VUT Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) VEN Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Viet Nam VNM Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Yemen YEM Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Zambia ZMB Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
Zimbabwe ZWE Starting age (in months) of entitlement to statutory childcare services (0–2 years) 2021 No national childcare services system
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