Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2025, Cyprus's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare increased by 5.7% compared to 2024, reaching 42.4.

Cyprus accounts for 104.7% of the EU-27 total of 40.5.

Cyprus ranks 14th 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 96.3% (from 21.6 in 2020).

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