Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2024, Romania's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare decreased by 7.3% compared to 2023, reaching 11.4.

Romania accounts for 29.1% of the EU-27 total of 39.2.

Romania ranks 25th 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 19.1% (from 14.1 in 2019).

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