Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2019, Germany's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 5.0% compared to 2018, reaching 31.3.

Germany accounts for 89.4% of the EU-27 total of 35.0.

Germany ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 13.8% (from 27.5 in 2014).

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