Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2024, Poland's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 19.8% compared to 2023, reaching 15.1.

Poland accounts for 38.5% of the EU-27 total of 39.2.

Poland ranks 24th 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 48.0% (from 10.2 in 2019).

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