Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2024, Croatia's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 2.0% compared to 2023, reaching 30.2.

Croatia accounts for 77.0% of the EU-27 total of 39.2.

Croatia ranks 17th 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 92.4% (from 15.7 in 2019).

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