Press release No. 256 of 21 July 2016
WIESBADEN – On 1 March 2016, 721,000 children under three years were cared for in day care centres or by publicly funded child minders. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of 26,000 children, or 3.7%, compared with the previous year. The increase was less marked than in the preceding year (2015: +32,500 or +4.9%).