Net cost of childcare as a share of net household income for couples 2022, by country

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Einar H. Dyvik,
Oct 9, 2023
For a couple with two children, where one parent earned the average wage, and the other parent earned 67 percent of the average wage, Switzerland and New Zealand had the most expensive childcare among OECD countries, with net childcare costs taking up 27 percent of net household income. This figure was around 23 percent in the United States.

Net cost of childcare as a share of net household income for couples in selected countries worldwide in 2022

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May 2023

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

Values based on a couple with two children where one partner earns the average wage, and the other 67 percent of the average wage. All childcare benefits and tax changes are included.
*data from 2021

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