Childcare cost as share of income for single parents by country 2021

For a single parent with two children, earning the average wage, the United States had proportionately the most expensive childcare among selected countries, with net childcare costs taking up 37 percent of net household income. This figure was around nine percent in the OECD on average.

Net cost of childcare as a share of net household income for single parents in selected countries worldwide in 2021

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May 2023

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

Values based on a single parent with two children earning the average wage. All childcare benefits and tax changes are included.
*data from 2021.

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