European Social Watch Report 2010
childcare.pdf

Childcare

Childcare

Variable

Paternal leave

Enrolment rates of children under age 6 in formal care or early education services (%), 2006

Indicator

Spending on maternity and parental leave payments per child born, 2005 (spending per birth as a % of GDP per capita)

Weeks entitlement, 2006/2007

Full-time equivalent (FTE) of paid maternity, paternity and paternal leave, 2006/2007

Unpaid leave (weeks), 2006/2007

0-2 years

3-5 years

Albania

Andorra

Armenia

Austria

15.4

16

16.0

0.0

10.5

74.9

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Belgium

15.8

15

11.3

3.7

41.7

99.8

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

63

56.7

6.3

31.2

69.4

Croatia

Cyprus

20.0

70.7

Czech Republic

60.8

28

13.7

14.3

2.6

82.3

Denmark

47.4

18

18.0

0.0

63.0

90.7

Estonia

28

28.0

0.0

36.0

85.2

Finland

58.0

17.5

16.9

0.6

26.3

67.8

France

27.5

16

16.0

0.0

42.9

100.2

Georgia

23.0

Germany

14

14.0

0.0

13.6

89.3

Greece

8.9

17

17.0

0.0

18.2

47.3

Hungary

67.7

24

16.8

7.2

10.5

86.8

Iceland

44.3

13

10.4

2.6

55.7

95.0

Ireland

5.5

48

18.2

29.8

25.2

49.4

Italy

18.7

21

16.0

5.0

28.6

99.4

Latvia

19

19.0

0.0

8.1

77.3

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

21

21.0

0.0

8.0

60.6

Luxembourg

39.0

16

16.0

0.0

43.4

85.2

Macedonia

Malta

13

5.9

7.1

6.8

91.4

Moldova

Monaco

Montenegro

Netherlands

12.9

16

16.0

0.0

53.9

57.6

Norway

53.7

9

9.0

0.0

42.3

90.5

Poland

24.6

18

18.0

0.0

8.6

40.7

Portugal

18.5a

17

17.0

0.0

43.6

78.9

Romania

21

15.8

5.3

72.5

Russian Federation

San Marino

Serbia

Slovak Republic

51.3

28

15.4

12.6

4.9

72.7

Slovenia

15

15.0

0.0

32.5

77.5

Spain

14.5

12

12.0

0.0

33.9

97.7

Sweden

59.4

12

9.6

2.4

45.3

85.6

Switzerland

16

12.8

3.2

48.0

Turkey

12

7.9

4.1

16.0

Ukraine

United Kingdom

10.3

39

9.3

29.7

39.7

90.5

Source: OECD

Notes:

a: 2004

- FTE is an indicator of the overall support = Duration of leave in weeks payment received by the claimant (as per cent of Average Wage earnings)