Figure 5.

Public expenditure on ECEC service(0–6 years) in selected OECD countries (%)

Source : Starting Strong II, Figure 5.3, p. 105.

Note. This figure is comprised of expenditure estimates, based on replies provided by country authorities to an OECD survey in 2004. The figures provided suggest that Denmark spends 2% of GDP on early childhood services for 0-to 6-year-olds, and Sweden 1.7%. These countries — and Finland — also allocate an additional 0.3% (approximately) to the pre-school class for children 6 to 7 years.