Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2025, Romania's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare decreased by 2.6% compared to 2024, reaching 11.1.

Romania accounts for 27.4% of the EU-27 total of 40.5.

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 grown by 63.2% (from 6.80 in 2020).

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