NL · 2025 · tps00185

Formal child care by duration and age group

Netherlands, 2025

Formal child care by duration and age group
33.5
Netherlands, 2025
▲ 58.8% vs 2024 (21.1)
Analysis

In 2025, Netherlands's formal child care by duration and age group increased by 58.8% compared to 2024, reaching 33.5.

Netherlands accounts for 56.4% of the EU-27 total of 59.4.

Netherlands ranks 26th 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 3.4% (from 32.4 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00185, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#26 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
56.4%
EU-27: 59.4
Netherlands timeline (last 15 years)
2014 2025