Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2016, Germany's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 22.4% compared to 2015, reaching 31.7.

Germany accounts for 94.9% of the EU-27 total of 33.4.

Germany ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 32.1% (from 24.0 in 2011).

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