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What percentage of 3-5-year-olds are enrolled in pre-school services or primary schools?

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Values among 41 countries

Indicator metadata and score calculation

Definition:	Enrolment in formal child care, age group 3-5 years
Year:	2018
Unit:	Percent
Direction:	High values translate into high scores
Source 1:	Eurostat Online Database
Data for:	AUT, BEL, BGR, HRV, CYP, CZE, DNK, EST, FIN, FRA, DEU, GRC, HUN, ISL, IRL, ITA, LVA, LTU, LUX, MLT, NLD, NOR, POL, PRT, ROU, SVK, SVN, ESP, SWE, CHE, GBR
Exceptions:	ISL (2016), GBR (2017)
Annotation:	Eurostat: Children in formal childcare or education by age group and duration - % over the population of each age group - EU-SILC survey [ilc_caindformal] URL: https://appsso.eurostat.ec.e… extracted May 21st, 2020
Source 2:	OECD Online Database
Data for:	AUS, CAN, CHL, ISR, JPN, KOR, MEX, NZL, TUR, USA
Exceptions:	AUS (2017), CAN (2012), CHL (2017), ISR (2017), JPN (2017), KOR (2017), MEX (2017), NZL (2017), TUR (2017), USA (2017)
Annotation:	OECD: Dataset: Family Database URL: https://stats.oecd.org/Index… extracted May 21st, 2020

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Maximum:	100
Minimum:	42.6
/	Above/Below IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=1+relative distance*9
Annotat.:	Source 1: Indicator calculated by Margit Kraus (Calculus Consult)

Top group

Score

Child Care Enrolment, Age 3-5

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Israel

9.9

99.40

Iceland

9.8

99.00

Belgium

9.8

98.70

Denmark

9.2

95.10

Ireland

9.2

95.10

Sweden

9.2

95.10

Spain

9.2

94.90

France

9.2

94.70

Greece

9.2

94.70

New Zealand

9.2

94.60

South Korea

9.2

94.60

Portugal

9.0

93.90

Estonia

9.0

93.50

Upper middle group

Slovenia

8.8

92.30

Hungary

8.7

91.90

Japan

8.7

91.40

Italy

8.6

91.00

Germany

8.4

89.50

Norway

8.2

88.40

Luxembourg

8.1

87.90

Latvia

8.0

87.30

Cyprus

7.8

85.90

Finland

7.7

85.20

Netherlands

7.6

84.70

Austria

7.6

84.40

Malta

7.5

84.20

Australia

7.5

84.00

Mexico

7.5

83.80

Lithuania

7.0

81.10

Czechia

6.8

79.40

Chile

6.7

79.20

Bulgaria

6.5

77.80

Romania

6.4

77.20

Lower middle group

Slovakia

5.1

68.70

4.8

67.00

USA

4.7

66.10

Switzerland

3.7

59.80

Poland

3.6

59.40

Croatia

3.0

55.10

Bottom group

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Canada

1.5

45.90

Turkey

1.0

39.70

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