Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2025, Hungary's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 27.1% compared to 2024, reaching 21.1.

Hungary accounts for 52.1% of the EU-27 total of 40.5.

Hungary ranks 23rd 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 90.1% (from 11.1 in 2020).

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