Did you know that there were 47.6 million households with dependent children across the EU in 2024, and that 6.1 million of them were single-parent households? Or that in EU primary schools, there was an average of 13 pupils per teacher in 2023? And did you know that, in 2024, 3% of children who needed medical care were unable to receive it?
Eurostat has prepared a colourful infographic presenting key data on children in the EU, including childcare arrangements, education, health, social inclusion and more.
Source datasets: ilc_hch12 and ilc_hch14
Discover more on the youngest generation in our thematic section on children and youth.