Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2024, Belgium's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare decreased by 6.9% compared to 2023, reaching 52.3.

Belgium accounts for 133.4% of the EU-27 total of 39.2.

Belgium ranks 10th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 5.3% (from 55.2 in 2019).

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