{
  "query": {
    "country": "NO",
    "area": "Oslo - Oslove"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "NOK",
    "unit": "per month",
    "value": 1479,
    "measure": "average",
    "median": null,
    "typical_low": null,
    "typical_high": null,
    "min": null,
    "max": null
  },
  "sample_size": null,
  "period": {
    "from": "2026-01-01",
    "to": "2026-01-31"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "official_statistic",
  "statistic": {
    "measure": "average",
    "reference_period": "January 2026",
    "note": "Average over all children including free places and income-based discounts, so it is lower than the fee a parent without a discount pays. Fee caps cut national fees in 2026."
  },
  "as_of": "2026-10-18T20:52:04.763Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "no-childcare-fees",
    "name": "Average kindergarten fees by municipality (Statistics Norway, table 11573)",
    "publisher": "Statistics Norway (SSB), from the KOSTRA municipal reporting",
    "licence": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0), Statistics Norway",
    "licence_url": "https://www.ssb.no/en/diverse/lisens",
    "attribution": "Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 11573, Average kindergarten fees. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.",
    "url": "https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/11573"
  },
  "method": "Norway (Statistics Norway, table 11573, KOSTRA): the average monthly payment per kindergarten place in January, covering the kindergarten price, food fees and additional fees, with free places counted as zero. We pass on the published municipal (or national) average and its year; it is an average, not a range.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "In January 2026, parents in Oslo - Oslove paid on average NOK 1,479 per month per kindergarten place (all fees included, free places counted as zero). Official average published by Statistics Norway (SSB), from the KOSTRA municipal reporting for January 2026.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "municipality": {
      "name": "Oslo - Oslove",
      "ssb_code": "0301"
    },
    "kindergarten_price_only_per_month": 1078,
    "previous_year": {
      "year": "2025",
      "value": 2159,
      "change_percent": -31.5
    },
    "table_updated": "2026-04-30T06:00:00Z",
    "fee_kind": "average monthly payment per place, January, free places counted as zero"
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_4a548e4f0595c47aa11a",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-18T20:52:04.764Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "official_statistic",
    "label": "Official published average",
    "meaning": "One average or median that a statistics office or regulator publishes for a reference period: it describes a group, not a distribution, and says nothing about any single price."
  },
  "reliability": "official_median_no_count",
  "data_as_of": "2026-01-31",
  "data_age_days": 260,
  "suggestions": [
    "This is one published average or median with no record count: use it as a reference point, not as a range of what individuals paid.",
    "For a decision on a specific job or purchase, ask for an itemised quote."
  ]
}