Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2025, Denmark's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 6.8% compared to 2024, reaching 67.2.

Denmark accounts for 165.9% of the EU-27 total of 40.5.

Denmark ranks 1st 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 0.7% (from 67.7 in 2020).

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