Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2025, Germany's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 4.4% compared to 2024, reaching 26.2.

Germany accounts for 64.7% of the EU-27 total of 40.5.

Germany ranks 20th 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 59.8% (from 16.4 in 2020).

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