Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2021, Austria's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 35.1% compared to 2020, reaching 28.5.

Austria accounts for 75.4% of the EU-27 total of 37.8.

Austria ranks 16th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 38.3% (from 20.6 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_sp210, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.