IE · 2013 · tepsr_sp210
Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare
Ireland, 2013
In 2013, Ireland's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare decreased by 9.3% compared to 2012, reaching 20.5.
Ireland accounts for 75.9% of the EU-27 total of 27.0.
Ireland ranks 14th 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 25.0% (from 16.4 in 2008).
Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_sp210, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.