Number of children at day care centers Japan 2004-2024

Published by Statista Research Department, Sep 16, 2024

In 2024, there were almost 1.9 million infants enrolled in child day care centers in Japan, representing a decline for ten consecutive years since 2015. Meanwhile, the number of child day care centers in the country amounted to about 23.6 thousand facilities.

Number of children enrolled at day care centers in Japan from 2004 to 2024 (in 1,000s)

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Release date

August 2024

Region

Japan

Survey time period

2004 to 2024; as of April 1 of each year

Supplementary notes

Daycare centers for children refer to the facilities established for performing child care for infants and toddlers. The fixed number of children per facility is set to more than 20 people; excluding “integrated centers for early childhood education and care.”
Only centers for child nurseries approved by prefecture governors and mayors of designated cities and core cities are included according to the Child Welfare Act.

Values have been rounded.
Figures prior to 2014 come from the previous reporting.

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