Formal childcare; children, hours, type of care, region, 2007-2012

This table provides information on the number of children in childcare and the average number of hours of childcare by type and location in the Netherlands. This concerns the formal day care and extracurricular care by child centres or childminders within the framework of the Childcare Act (WKO). The data comes from the tax authorities. Children who use multiple types of care are counted once. The average number of hours has been calculated by dividing the total number of hours in the respective location and type of care by the number of children in that care. A breakdown has been made by region. In order to show how young people in the Netherlands are doing, the National Youth Monitor describes more than 70 topics in addition to this topic. The topics are called indicators. Data available from 2007. Status of the figures These are definitive figures. Changes as of 2 October 2015: The table has been discontinued in connection with a substantive change. See paragraph 3 for access to the new table with figures on formal childcare. When are new figures coming? This table has been discontinued.