Formal child care by duration and age group

In 2025, the EU-27 figure for formal child care by duration and age group was 59.4 .

That is a 2.1% fell versus 2024 (60.7).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 11.6% lower.

Across member states, Slovakia reported the highest value (98.2, 2025) and Denmark the lowest (32.8, 2025) — a ratio of 3.0× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tps00185; every value links back to the canonical source.