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Childcare · National ranking
Daycare waitlist rate
As of 2025
Official latest
Share of children who applied for daycare but could not get a place. Lower means easier to enroll.
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Shiga
0.90
%
2
Nara
0.72
%
3
Okinawa
0.29
%
4
Wakayama
0.29
%
5
Mie
0.23
%
6
Hyogo
0.17
%
7
Saitama
0.15
%
8
Tokyo
0.11
%
9
Osaka
0.10
%
10
Kanagawa
0.08
%
11
Chiba
0.07
%
12
Kochi
0.06
%
13
Ehime
0.05
%
14
Okayama
0.05
%
15
Hokkaido
0.04
%
16
Miyagi
0.04
%
17
Kagoshima
0.04
%
18
Saga
0.04
%
19
Yamaguchi
0.03
%
20
Aichi
0.03
%
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