Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2017, Romania's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare decreased by 8.6% compared to 2016, reaching 15.9.

Romania accounts for 46.5% of the EU-27 total of 34.2.

Romania ranks 21st 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 35.9% (from 11.7 in 2012).

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