Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2025, Croatia's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 7.6% compared to 2024, reaching 32.5.

Croatia accounts for 80.2% of the EU-27 total of 40.5.

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 59.3% (from 20.4 in 2020).

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