Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2010, Ireland's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 34.5% compared to 2009, reaching 19.5.

Ireland accounts for 68.4% of the EU-27 total of 28.5.

Ireland ranks 15th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 32.7% (from 14.7 in 2005).

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