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The indicator assesses whether the government publishes reports on the quality of childcare services. A score of 1 is assigned when the government provides an open-data information system or publish reports that assess individual childcare providers on the quality of provided services. A score of 0.5 is assigned when the government publishes reports of a broad nature benchmarking the quality of childcare services without assessing the individual providers. A score of 0 is assigned the government has not published any such reports. For details, please refer to the WBL Methodology Handbook (link: https://wbl.worldbank.org/content/dam/sites/wbl/documents/2026/WBL-Methodology-Handbook-2026-FINAL
As of 2025, Australia ranks first with 1.0, followed by Belgium (1.0) and Brazil (1.0).
The top two are virtually level: Australia and Belgium differ by less than 1%.
Across 188 countries and territories, values run from 1.0 (Australia) to 0.0 (Zimbabwe), with a median of 0.0.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 4 from the Americas, 4 from Europe, 1 from Asia and 1 from Oceania.
Source: World Bank Open Data — WBL: Supportive Framework, Childcare, The government publishes reports on the quality of childcare services, 2025. Unit: indicator value.
Source: World Bank Open Data — WBL: Supportive Framework, Childcare, The government publishes reports on the quality of childcare services · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026