Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2021, Germany's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 91.5% compared to 2020, reaching 31.4.

Germany accounts for 83.1% of the EU-27 total of 37.8.

Germany ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 0.9% (from 31.7 in 2016).

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