Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2025, Netherlands's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare decreased by 15.7% compared to 2024, reaching 66.5.

Netherlands accounts for 164.2% of the EU-27 total of 40.5.

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 fallen by 1.6% (from 67.6 in 2020).

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