{
  "ok": true,
  "country": "GB",
  "name": "United Kingdom",
  "flag": "🇬🇧",
  "couple": {
    "pctDisposableIncome": 16,
    "pctAverageWage": 25,
    "localAnnual": 11848,
    "currency": "GBP"
  },
  "singleParent": {
    "pctDisposableIncome": 10,
    "pctAverageWage": 6,
    "localAnnual": 2774,
    "currency": "GBP"
  },
  "year": 2023,
  "caveats": [
    "Modelled and published cost figures as of the dates shown, for information only. What a household actually pays depends on its own earnings, benefits, hours and provider; check the figure against a real quote before deciding.",
    "OECD's tax-benefit model for two children aged 2 and 3 in full-time centre-based care, claiming no social assistance or rent supplement; part-time care, informal care and regional fee variation are outside it. A single-parent figure at 67% of the average wage is not comparable with the couple's at 200%."
  ],
  "attribution": {
    "sources": [
      {
        "id": "oecd-ncc",
        "year": 2023,
        "label": "OECD Tax-Benefit models — net childcare costs",
        "attribution": "Net childcare cost for parents using full-time centre-based care (DSD_TAXBEN_NCC, measure NCF): fees minus childcare benefits plus tax and other-benefit effects, two children aged 2 and 3, as a share of household disposable income and of the average wage. OECD members only.",
        "updated": "2026-09-05",
        "url": "https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=DisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_TAXBEN_NCC%40DF_NCC&df[ag]=OECD.ELS.JAI"
      }
    ],
    "citation": "Geo-Parity — Childcare Cost. Data: OECD Tax-Benefit models — net childcare costs (2023). https://geo-parity.com/expenses/?tab=childcare",
    "permalink": "https://geo-parity.com/expenses/?tab=childcare",
    "terms": "Free to use and quote with attribution. Figures are estimates for orientation, not advice."
  }
}