Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2025, Portugal's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare decreased by 2.5% compared to 2024, reaching 57.9.

Portugal accounts for 143.0% of the EU-27 total of 40.5.

Portugal ranks 6th 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 33.1% (from 43.5 in 2020).

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