Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2010, Germany's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 6.2% compared to 2009, reaching 20.5.

Germany accounts for 71.9% of the EU-27 total of 28.5.

Germany ranks 14th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 24.2% (from 16.5 in 2005).

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