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 fell 16.7% to 25.0 in Iceland 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 Iceland reached an all time high of 30.0 in 2014 and an all time low of 25.0 in 2015. When compared to Iceland'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 Denmark amounted to 36.0, 28.0 in Norway, 35.0 in Sweden and 30.0 in United Kingdom in 2015.
Iceland has been ranked 26th 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, 17 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 |
| Belgium | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 33.0 | |||||||
| Denmark | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 32.0 | 35.0 | |||||||
| Finland | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | |||||||
| France | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 32.0 | |||||||
| Germany | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 27.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | |||||||
| Iceland | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | |||||||
| Ireland | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | |||||||
| Netherlands | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | |||||||
| Norway | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 27.0 | 28.0 | 29.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | |||||||
| Russia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 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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