Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2024, Austria's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 25.3% compared to 2023, reaching 30.2.

Austria accounts for 77.0% of the EU-27 total of 39.2.

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 33.0% (from 22.7 in 2019).

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