Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2024, Bulgaria's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 21.8% compared to 2023, reaching 21.2.

Bulgaria accounts for 54.1% of the EU-27 total of 39.2.

Bulgaria ranks 22nd 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 7.6% (from 19.7 in 2019).

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