Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2024, Denmark's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare decreased by 10.0% compared to 2023, reaching 62.9.

Denmark accounts for 160.5% of the EU-27 total of 39.2.

Denmark ranks 2nd 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 4.7% (from 66.0 in 2019).

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