Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2025, Austria's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 2.3% compared to 2024, reaching 30.9.

Austria accounts for 76.3% of the EU-27 total of 40.5.

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 46.4% (from 21.1 in 2020).

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