Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2021, Belgium's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare decreased by 5.9% compared to 2020, reaching 51.1.

Belgium accounts for 135.2% of the EU-27 total of 37.8.

Belgium ranks 7th 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 16.4% (from 43.9 in 2016).

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