The share of children under three years of age cared for by only their parents varied considerably across the EU Member States, from a low of 21.9% in the Netherlands and Portugal, and 29.1% in Denmark, up to over 65.0% in Czechia (66.3%), Lithuania (69.5%) and Bulgaria (71.8%), reaching its peak in Germany with 80.2%.
Across the EU almost one third (32.3%) of children aged less than 3 were in formal care for at least one hour per week (-8.5% compared with 2019). For Latvia the figure was 26.3%.
The figures were afected by the arrival of the coronavirus, Eurostat said.
