The amount spent on childcare allowance in Sweden increased gradually over the past 10 years. There was especially a big jump from 2017 to 2018, when the total sum increased from 2.3 billion Swedish kronor to 2.7 billion. In 2022, the total childcare allowance expenditure was 2.8 billion Swedish kronor. Most of the childcare allowance expenditure was expenditure on general child allowance, amounting to 2.4 billion kronor that year.
Government expenditure on childcare allowance in Sweden from 2012 to 2022, by type of allowance
(in 1,000 SEK)
Childcare allowance is paid to all children who live in Sweden and are under 16 years old . There are also extended child allowance which is paid if the child is still in primary school when it has reached the age of 16. Child benefit can be paid to either parent or shared by parents who have joint custody of a child
* When the child is 18 years old , he/she is entitled to receive the allowance paid for himself/herself.
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Försäkringskassan. (March 31, 2023). Government expenditure on childcare allowance in Sweden from 2012 to 2022, by type of allowance (in 1,000 SEK) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/536763/sweden-government-expenditure-on-childcare-allowance-by-type-of-allowance/
Försäkringskassan. "Government expenditure on childcare allowance in Sweden from 2012 to 2022, by type of allowance (in 1,000 SEK)." Chart. March 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/536763/sweden-government-expenditure-on-childcare-allowance-by-type-of-allowance/
Försäkringskassan. (2023). Government expenditure on childcare allowance in Sweden from 2012 to 2022, by type of allowance (in 1,000 SEK). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/536763/sweden-government-expenditure-on-childcare-allowance-by-type-of-allowance/
Försäkringskassan. "Government Expenditure on Childcare Allowance in Sweden from 2012 to 2022, by Type of Allowance (in 1,000 Sek)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/536763/sweden-government-expenditure-on-childcare-allowance-by-type-of-allowance/
Försäkringskassan, Government expenditure on childcare allowance in Sweden from 2012 to 2022, by type of allowance (in 1,000 SEK) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/536763/sweden-government-expenditure-on-childcare-allowance-by-type-of-allowance/ (last visited November 22, 2024)
Government expenditure on childcare allowance in Sweden from 2012 to 2022, by type of allowance (in 1,000 SEK) [Graph], Försäkringskassan, March 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/536763/sweden-government-expenditure-on-childcare-allowance-by-type-of-allowance/