DE · 2025 · tps00185

Formal child care by duration and age group

Germany, 2025

Formal child care by duration and age group
73.8
Germany, 2025
▼ 1.5% vs 2024 (74.9)
Analysis

In 2025, Germany's formal child care by duration and age group decreased by 1.5% compared to 2024, reaching 73.8.

Germany accounts for 124.2% of the EU-27 total of 59.4.

Germany ranks 8th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 11.7% (from 83.6 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00185, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#8 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
124.2%
EU-27: 59.4
Germany timeline (last 15 years)
2014 2025