Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2010, Belgium's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 5.4% compared to 2009, reaching 35.3.

Belgium accounts for 123.9% of the EU-27 total of 28.5.

Belgium ranks 8th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 14.5% (from 41.3 in 2005).

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