Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2023, Austria's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 4.8% compared to 2022, reaching 24.1.

Austria accounts for 64.6% of the EU-27 total of 37.3.

Austria ranks 18th 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 20.5% (from 20.0 in 2018).

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