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The indicator assesses expert perceptions of the extent to which public authorities enforce existing legislation establishing support for families for childcare services in practice. Experts rate enforcement on a five-point Likert scale (0–4), where 0 indicates no enforcement of laws establishing support for families for childcare services and 4 indicates full enforcement of such laws. Enforcement perceptions indicator-level score is contingent upon the score of the corresponding legal frameworks indicator and calculated by taking the median value of individual expert responses on the five-point Likert scale (0–4) at the economy level. For indicators that correspond to a partially scored leg
As of 2025, Belarus ranks first with 4.0, followed by Belgium (4.0) and China (4.0).
The top two are virtually level: Belarus and Belgium differ by less than 1%.
Across 174 countries and territories, values run from 4.0 (Belarus) to 0.0 (Zimbabwe), with a median of 0.0.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 8 from Europe and 2 from Asia.
Source: World Bank Open Data — WBL: Enforcement Perceptions, Childcare, Public authorities enforce existing legislation establishing support for families for childcare services, 2025. Unit: indicator value.
Source: World Bank Open Data — WBL: Enforcement Perceptions, Childcare, Public authorities enforce existing legislation establishing support for families for childcare services · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026