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Children under three in formal childcare
The name at the source «Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare»
What this number is
It is the share of children under 3 who are in a nursery or other formal childcare: a programme planned through public organisations or recognised private bodies, and not care given by grandparents, other relatives, friends or neighbours, or a professional child-minder.
Down from 2024. Above the European Union average.
57,9 %
identifier criancas-em-creche-2025
Published by Eurostat (tepsr_sp210)
What share of children under three are cared for outside the family, in a programme planned by public or recognised private bodies (formal childcare)?
Definition by Eurostat · Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare
Excerpt
This indicator shows the percentage of children (under 3 years old) cared for by formal arrangements other than by the family.read at the source on 24.09.2026
Definition by Eurostat · Statistics Explained · Living conditions in Europe - childcare arrangements
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Formal childcare is a formal education programme that is institutionalized, intentional and planned through public organizations and recognized private bodies, in line with the formal education definition of ISCED 2011 classification. Other types of childcare may include care that is provided by a professional child-minder at the child’s home or at the child-minders’ home, as well as care provided by grandparents, other household members (not parents), other relatives, friends or neighbours.read at the source on 24.09.2026
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Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare — Percentage — Portugal — 2025: 57.9
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The comparisons
- Previous period
- 59,4source · Eurostat · 2024
- European Union
- 40,5source · Eurostat
What was checked
- Read at the source on
- 12.08.2026
- Re-read on
- 05.10.2026, matches the source · weekly comparison with the source
- Re-read on
- 28.09.2026, matches the source · weekly comparison with the source
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