Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2021, Bulgaria's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 24.7% compared to 2020, reaching 18.7.

Bulgaria accounts for 49.5% of the EU-27 total of 37.8.

Bulgaria ranks 21st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 49.6% (from 12.5 in 2016).

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