Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2025, France's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 0.7% compared to 2024, reaching 59.7.

France accounts for 147.4% of the EU-27 total of 40.5.

France ranks 4th 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 4.4% (from 57.2 in 2020).

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