Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2019, Belgium's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 1.5% compared to 2018, reaching 55.2.

Belgium accounts for 157.7% of the EU-27 total of 35.0.

Belgium ranks 5th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 13.1% (from 48.8 in 2014).

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