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Do families receive benefits for child care or school costs?

This map tells us whether countries provide direct financial assistance specifically for child care or school costs.

Means-tested benefits are only available to families with incomes below a certain level.

Benefits available without a means test are available to families without considering their income.

Countries

Afghanistan - No benefits for child care or school costs

Andorra - No benefits for child care or school costs

Angola - No benefits for child care or school costs

Antigua and Barbuda - No benefits for child care or school costs

Armenia - No benefits for child care or school costs

Bahamas - No benefits for child care or school costs

Bahrain - No benefits for child care or school costs

Bangladesh - No benefits for child care or school costs

Barbados - No benefits for child care or school costs

Belarus - No benefits for child care or school costs

Belgium - No benefits for child care or school costs

Belize - No benefits for child care or school costs

Bhutan - No benefits for child care or school costs

Bolivia - No benefits for child care or school costs

Bosnia and Herzegovina - No benefits for child care or school costs

Botswana - No benefits for child care or school costs

Brazil - No benefits for child care or school costs

Brunei - No benefits for child care or school costs

Burkina Faso - No benefits for child care or school costs

Burundi - No benefits for child care or school costs

Cambodia - No benefits for child care or school costs

Cameroon - No benefits for child care or school costs

Cabo Verde - No benefits for child care or school costs

Central African Republic - No benefits for child care or school costs

Chad - No benefits for child care or school costs

Chile - No benefits for child care or school costs

Colombia - No benefits for child care or school costs

Comoros - No benefits for child care or school costs

Democratic Republic of the Congo - No benefits for child care or school costs

Republic of the Congo - No benefits for child care or school costs

Costa Rica - No benefits for child care or school costs

Cote d'Ivoire - No benefits for child care or school costs

Cyprus - No benefits for child care or school costs

Czech Republic - No benefits for child care or school costs

Dominica - No benefits for child care or school costs

Dominican Republic - No benefits for child care or school costs

Ecuador - No benefits for child care or school costs

Egypt - No benefits for child care or school costs

El Salvador - No benefits for child care or school costs

Equatorial Guinea - No benefits for child care or school costs

Eritrea - No benefits for child care or school costs

Ethiopia - No benefits for child care or school costs

Fiji - No benefits for child care or school costs

Finland - No benefits for child care or school costs

The Gambia - No benefits for child care or school costs

Georgia - No benefits for child care or school costs

Germany - No benefits for child care or school costs

Ghana - No benefits for child care or school costs

Greece - No benefits for child care or school costs

Grenada - No benefits for child care or school costs

Guatemala - No benefits for child care or school costs

Guyana - No benefits for child care or school costs

Haiti - No benefits for child care or school costs

Honduras - No benefits for child care or school costs

Iceland - No benefits for child care or school costs

India - No benefits for child care or school costs

Indonesia - No benefits for child care or school costs

Iran - No benefits for child care or school costs

Iraq - No benefits for child care or school costs

Ireland - No benefits for child care or school costs

Israel - No benefits for child care or school costs

Jamaica - No benefits for child care or school costs

Jordan - No benefits for child care or school costs

Kazakhstan - No benefits for child care or school costs

Kenya - No benefits for child care or school costs

Kiribati - No benefits for child care or school costs

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No benefits for child care or school costs

Republic of Korea - No benefits for child care or school costs

Kuwait - No benefits for child care or school costs

Kyrgyzstan - No benefits for child care or school costs

Laos - No benefits for child care or school costs

Latvia - No benefits for child care or school costs

Lesotho - No benefits for child care or school costs

Liberia - No benefits for child care or school costs

Liechtenstein - No benefits for child care or school costs

Lithuania - No benefits for child care or school costs

North Macedonia - No benefits for child care or school costs

Madagascar - No benefits for child care or school costs

Malawi - No benefits for child care or school costs

Malaysia - No benefits for child care or school costs

Maldives - No benefits for child care or school costs

Mali - No benefits for child care or school costs

Malta - No benefits for child care or school costs

Marshall Islands - No benefits for child care or school costs

Mauritania - No benefits for child care or school costs

Mauritius - No benefits for child care or school costs

Micronesia, Federated States of - No benefits for child care or school costs

Moldova - No benefits for child care or school costs

Montenegro - No benefits for child care or school costs

Morocco - No benefits for child care or school costs

Myanmar - No benefits for child care or school costs

Namibia - No benefits for child care or school costs

Nepal - No benefits for child care or school costs

The Netherlands - No benefits for child care or school costs

New Zealand - No benefits for child care or school costs

Nicaragua - No benefits for child care or school costs

Niger - No benefits for child care or school costs

Nigeria - No benefits for child care or school costs

Oman - No benefits for child care or school costs

Pakistan - No benefits for child care or school costs

Palau - No benefits for child care or school costs

Panama - No benefits for child care or school costs

Papua New Guinea - No benefits for child care or school costs

Paraguay - No benefits for child care or school costs

Peru - No benefits for child care or school costs

The Philippines - No benefits for child care or school costs

Romania - No benefits for child care or school costs

Russian Federation - No benefits for child care or school costs

Rwanda - No benefits for child care or school costs

Samoa - No benefits for child care or school costs

Sao Tome and Principe - No benefits for child care or school costs

Saudi Arabia - No benefits for child care or school costs

Senegal - No benefits for child care or school costs

Seychelles - No benefits for child care or school costs

Sierra Leone - No benefits for child care or school costs

Singapore - No benefits for child care or school costs

Slovakia - No benefits for child care or school costs

Solomon Islands - No benefits for child care or school costs

Somalia - No benefits for child care or school costs

South Africa - No benefits for child care or school costs

Spain - No benefits for child care or school costs

St. Kitts and Nevis - No benefits for child care or school costs

St. Lucia - No benefits for child care or school costs

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No benefits for child care or school costs

Sudan - No benefits for child care or school costs

Suriname - No benefits for child care or school costs

Eswatini - No benefits for child care or school costs

Sweden - No benefits for child care or school costs

Switzerland - No benefits for child care or school costs

Syria - No benefits for child care or school costs

Tanzania - No benefits for child care or school costs

Thailand - No benefits for child care or school costs

Togo - No benefits for child care or school costs

Tonga - No benefits for child care or school costs

Türkiye - No benefits for child care or school costs

Tuvalu - No benefits for child care or school costs

Uganda - No benefits for child care or school costs

Ukraine - No benefits for child care or school costs

United Arab Emirates - No benefits for child care or school costs

United Kingdom - No benefits for child care or school costs

United States of America - No benefits for child care or school costs

Uruguay - No benefits for child care or school costs

Uzbekistan - No benefits for child care or school costs

Vanuatu - No benefits for child care or school costs

Venezuela - No benefits for child care or school costs

Vietnam - No benefits for child care or school costs

Yemen - No benefits for child care or school costs

Zambia - No benefits for child care or school costs

Zimbabwe - No benefits for child care or school costs

Argentina - Means-tested benefits

Austria - Means-tested benefits

Hungary - Means-tested benefits

Poland - Means-tested benefits

Portugal - Means-tested benefits

Serbia - Means-tested benefits

Trinidad and Tobago - Means-tested benefits

Tunisia - Means-tested benefits

Algeria - Benefits available without a means test

Australia - Benefits available without a means test

Azerbaijan - Benefits available without a means test

Bulgaria - Benefits available without a means test

Canada - Benefits available without a means test

Estonia - Benefits available without a means test

Gabon - Benefits available without a means test

Japan - Benefits available without a means test

Luxembourg - Benefits available without a means test

Mexico - Benefits available without a means test

Norway - Benefits available without a means test

Slovenia - Benefits available without a means test

Turkmenistan - Benefits available without a means test

France - Both with and without a means test

Monaco - Both with and without a means test