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Millions of children around the world don’t get the care they need, and the problem exists in both the developed and developing worlds. The following statistics illustrate the problem.

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What is the global childcare crisis?

The Crisis Globally

Millions of children around the world don’t get the care they need, and the problem exists in both the developed and developing worlds. The following statistics illustrate the problem.


  • Globally, researchers estimate that 35 million children under five are left on their own or with a very young sibling.
    • Source: Women’s Work: Mothers, children and the global childcare crisis
  • The childcare gap affects 129 million women around the world.
    • Source: Women’s Work: Mothers, children and the global childcare crisis
  • 14% of children live in single parent households worldwide, and women head more than 80 percent of these households.
    • Source: Global Issues
  • 1 billion additional women will enter the workforce between 2020 and 2030
    • Source: Booz & Company

The crisis in the United States

  • 35 percent of children live in single-parent families
    • Source: KIDS COUNT data center
  • 71 percent of mothers with children are in the labor force.
    • Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • In the US, mothers often end up on waiting lists for daycares for months, and a third of families report difficulty finding care.
    • Source: Center for American Progress
  • Infant care in the US is more expensive than college, and the cost of childcare is equal to 53 percent of the average median family income.
    • New America
  • 61 percent of children under five spend at least part of their week in the care of somebody other than a parent.
    • US Census Bureau
  • 54 percent of low income families and 47 percent of above-average income families live in childcare deserts.
    • Childcare Deserts Tool

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