Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2025, Bulgaria's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 4.2% compared to 2024, reaching 22.1.

Bulgaria accounts for 54.6% of the EU-27 total of 40.5.

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 47.3% (from 15.0 in 2020).

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