Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2024, Germany's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 7.7% compared to 2023, reaching 25.1.

Germany accounts for 64.0% of the EU-27 total of 39.2.

Germany ranks 19th 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 19.8% (from 31.3 in 2019).

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