Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2025, Greece's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare decreased by 18.0% compared to 2024, reaching 23.7.

Greece accounts for 58.5% of the EU-27 total of 40.5.

Greece ranks 21st 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 10.2% (from 21.5 in 2020).

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