Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2019, Ireland's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 3.6% compared to 2018, reaching 32.0.

Ireland accounts for 91.4% of the EU-27 total of 35.0.

Ireland ranks 13th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 37.9% (from 23.2 in 2014).

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