PT · 2025 · tps00185

Formal child care by duration and age group

Portugal, 2025

Formal child care by duration and age group
42.1
Portugal, 2025
▲ 3.7% vs 2024 (40.6)
Analysis

In 2025, Portugal's formal child care by duration and age group increased by 3.7% compared to 2024, reaching 42.1.

Portugal accounts for 70.9% of the EU-27 total of 59.4.

Portugal ranks 22nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 25.5% (from 56.5 in 2020).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#22 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
70.9%
EU-27: 59.4
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2014 2025