Children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare

In 2024, Estonia's children aged less than 3 years in formal childcare decreased by 2.9% compared to 2023, reaching 36.8.

Estonia accounts for 93.9% of the EU-27 total of 39.2.

Estonia ranks 15th 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 15.7% (from 31.8 in 2019).

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