Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2025, Belgium's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare decreased by 8.2% compared to 2024, reaching 48.0.

Belgium accounts for 118.5% of the EU-27 total of 40.5.

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 11.6% (from 54.3 in 2020).

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