Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2024, Portugal's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 7.0% compared to 2023, reaching 59.4.

Portugal accounts for 151.5% of the EU-27 total of 39.2.

Portugal ranks 3rd 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 22.5% (from 48.5 in 2019).

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