Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2010, Bulgaria's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare decreased by 8.9% compared to 2009, reaching 7.20.

Bulgaria accounts for 25.3% of the EU-27 total of 28.5.

Bulgaria ranks 23rd out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 54.1% (from 15.7 in 2005).

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