According to a report released by UNICEF, affordable and quality childcare is not accessible in several of the world’s most affluent nations. 

The report stated that Luxembourg, Iceland, Sweden, Norway and Germany are among the top nations in childcare provisions among high-income countries, while Slovakia, the United States, Cyprus, Switzerland, and Australia rank the lowest. The report, Where Do Rich Countries Stand on Childcare?, ranks countries across the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the European Union (EU) on the basis of their national childcare and parental leave policies. The report states that less than half of the nations provide at least 32 weeks of leave to mothers at full pay… (UNICEF, June 17, 2021)