Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2025, Poland's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 39.1% compared to 2024, reaching 21.0.

Poland accounts for 51.9% of the EU-27 total of 40.5.

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 87.5% (from 11.2 in 2020).

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