Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2016, Netherlands's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 14.2% compared to 2015, reaching 53.0.

Netherlands accounts for 158.7% of the EU-27 total of 33.4.

Netherlands ranks 2nd 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 1.1% (from 52.4 in 2011).

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