Einar H. Dyvik
Research expert covering Nordics and global data for society, economy, and politics
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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.
