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The indicator assesses expert perceptions of the extent to which public authorities enforce existing legislation establishing support for nonstate childcare providers 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 legal
As of 2025, Belgium ranks first with 4.0, followed by Czechia (4.0) and Estonia (4.0).
The top two are virtually level: Belgium and Czechia differ by less than 1%.
Across 176 countries and territories, values run from 4.0 (Belgium) to 0.0 (Zimbabwe), with a median of 0.0.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 9 from Europe and 1 from Asia.
Source: World Bank Open Data — WBL: Enforcement Perceptions, Childcare, Public authorities enforce existing legislation establishing support for nonstate childcare providers, 2025. Unit: indicator value.
Source: World Bank Open Data — WBL: Enforcement Perceptions, Childcare, Public authorities enforce existing legislation establishing support for nonstate childcare providers · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026